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From: chris@cos.COM (Chris Rohrer)
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Subject: CCITT bis
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Date: 21 May 88 20:31:12 GMT
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Since the CCITT is a European organization and is headquartered in
the French speaking country Switzerland, French is used in many places
in the recommendation naming system.

Bis in French means 'second' or 'again'. So V.26bis is just a second
version of V.26.  There is another word you might see in this place too.
Ter means 'third' in this kind of usage. So V.26ter is a third version or
modification or alternate usage of V.26.

There are odd looking words like these for fourth, fifth etc. but I've
never seen them used by the CCITT for recommendation naming.


Chris Rohrer, COS

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