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From: jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Subject: Re: What means "bis" and "ter"?
Organization: NYC Public Unix
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 03:05:24 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.030524.4218@jpradley.jpr.com>
References: <10207@pitt.UUCP>

In article <10207@pitt.UUCP> jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes:
>What is the meaning of the "bis" in V.32bis and V.42bis and the "ter"
>in V.27ter?   Are there any more of these little suffixes, and 
>what do they mean?  Finally,  is there any particular meaning to the
>assignment of numbers for V or X series standards?

bis == a second time
ter == a third time

Latin words.

The French would number some intermediate dwelling between
Numbers 20 and 21 as 20bis where we might use 20A.

When we want more from a concert artist, we shout the French
word "encore', while the French would shout "bis" instead.

 Jean-Pierre Radley   NYC Public Unix   jpr@jpradley.jpr.com   CIS: 72160,1341