Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcnc!ecsvax!robinson From: robinson@ecsvax.UUCP (Gerard Robinson) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Acronyms Message-ID: <2921@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Apr-87 12:24:56 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.2921 Posted: Thu Apr 16 12:24:56 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Apr-87 06:11:38 EST Reply-To: robinson@ecsvax.UUCP (Gerard Robinson) Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 22 In article <8704160024.AA14830@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> UOWRAK@UOFMCC.BITNET (Roger Kingsley) writes: >Chris Petersen asks, "What are DEMPR's and DELNI's?" > original explanation deleted.... > >To this list, you could add >DESTA = Digital Ethernet STation Adapter >DEFTR = Digital Ethernet Frequency TRanslator >DEUNA = Digital Ethernet UNibus Adaptor ^Unibus to Network > >The latter spawned some near acronyms such as DEQNA (for Q-bus) and DEQNA = Digital Ethernet Qbus to Network Adapter >DELUA (for Unibus) systems. DELUA = Digital Ethernet Lan to Unibus Adapter Boring but relatively logical stuff, huh? :-) Gerard A. Robinson UNC School of Medicine