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From: cook@stout.ucar.edu (Forrest Cook)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Origin of the name "BNC" connector
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Date: 27 Jan 89 01:22:53 GMT
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In article <5770015@hpscdc.HP.COM> rkarlqu@hpscdc.HP.COM (Rick Karlquist) writes:
>...(The B means bayonet and T means threaded).
>Does anyone out there remember the full name of Mr. N and Mr. C?

my 2 (10) bits:

I once heard that BNC was an acronym for "baby Nelson connector", and was a
small version of a Nelson connector, whatever that is.  This is probably
incorrect, as the B=bayonet and T=threaded argument seems quite logical.
Perhaps N=Nelson.

 ^	Forrest Cook   (The preceding comments were my Opinions)	 ^
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