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Ternary Data Units

Ternary does not align very well with decimal. Binary uses the Magic Number 1024 (2^10) which is very close to 1000. Ternary does not have a value that fits this well. So the closest one must be chosen.

The nearest to 1000 is 729; 3 to the power of 6. Instead of borrowing binary data unit names I came up with my own unit names from the letters of Heptavintimal starting backwards.

Ternary Data Units
Power Digit Word Short Pronunciation
7290 trit Tryte t / T
7291 Qutotrit Qutotryte Qt / QT "Qu-toe"
7292 Pegatrit Pegatryte Pt / PT "Pay-ga"
7293 Oktatrit Odictryte Ot / OT "Ahk-ta"
7294 Naratrit Naratryte Nt / NT "Nara"
7295 Metatrit Metatryte Mt / MT "Meta"

The names/spellings are VERY open to change suggestions.