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From: kline@tuna.cso.uiuc.edu (Charley Kline)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Origin of the name "BNC" connector
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Date: 26 Jan 89 20:46:23 GMT
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> According to connector folklore, there were two guys at Bell Labs or maybe
> it was MIT Rad Lab whose names started with N and C, and Mr. N invented
> the type N connector and Mr. C invented the type C connector and they both
> worked on the BNC/TNC series.  (The B means bayonet and T means threaded).
> Does anyone out there remember the full name of Mr. N and Mr. C?
> Was Mr. N named Nichols?  Can anyone give more accurate info on this?

The little light on the dimmer board at the theater I work at has a flexible
stalk which plugs into a BNC connector on the board. One of the actors, a
physics grad student here, was standing behind me when I was installing the
board, and I made some comment about "Neat, they used a BNC connector for
this," and he said "Yup. Berkeley Nuclear Corporation." And I said "oh is
that what that stands for?" And he said "Absolutely."

Take it for what it's worth.

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Charley Kline, University of Illinois Computing Services
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