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From: al@cs.strath.ac.uk (Alan Lorimer)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Origin of the name "BNC" connector
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Date: 1 Feb 89 16:34:57 GMT
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Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Scotland.
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In a former incarnation when working for the BBC (British Broadcasting
Corporation), I was involved in building TV studios and Radio Stations.
Having spent the odd afternoon inserting several hundreds of these
things I became convinced that BNC stood for Bloody Nasty Connector.:-)

Alan
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