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From: jackson@ttidca.TTI.COM (Dick Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: CCITT bis
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Date: 26 May 88 14:51:01 GMT
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In article <8805212031.AA00810@cos.com> chris@cos.COM (Chris Rohrer) writes:
>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.

I am adding the following information because it is obviously of critical
importance to one's telecom exptertize. "Bis" is actually the Latin for
twice. The French use the word (among other things) to shout for a repeat
of a song - just as we use the French word "encore".

Dick Jackson