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- From: reynhout@cs.uri.edu (Andrew)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Origin of 'BNC'
- Keywords: BNC CONNECTORS HISTORY QUESTION
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.025000.4192@cs.uri.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 02:50:00 GMT
- References: <BzBMr3.E7K@world.std.com> <1992Dec17.201022.9979@tc.fluke.COM>
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- Organization: University of Rhode Island, Computer Science Dept.
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- In article <1992Dec17.201022.9979@tc.fluke.COM> strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) writes:
- >In article <BzBMr3.E7K@world.std.com> dlowe@world.std.com (Miller Lowe) writes:
- >}We have a raging debate going on at work with some folks beliving
- >}that BNC stands for British Naval Connector.... While others(Like
- >}me) say Bayonet-Neill-Concelman.
- >
- >Well, we KNOW that the C connector was invented by Concelman, and we
- >KNOW that the N connector was invented by Neill. We might extrapolate
- >that BNC is Bayonet-Neill-Concelman, and TNC is Threaded Neill-Concelman.
- >
- >But, we could be absolutely WRONG.
-
- I like Horowitz & Hill's expansion: "Baby Neill Connector". :-)
- BNC and TNC ("Threaded ...") certainly resemble N connectors...so perhaps
- there is some sensibility to it...
- --
- Andrew <reynhout@cs.uri.edu> "If you remind me of my dog,
- we'll probably get along" -jane siberry
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