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From: jeffw@midas.STS.TEK.COM (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Origin of the name "BNC" connector
Message-ID: <3994@midas.STS.TEK.COM>
Date: 16 Feb 89 01:04:01 GMT
References: <5770015@hpscdc.HP.COM> <2312@iscuva.ISCS.COM> <9432@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <11581@ihlpa.ATT.COM> <6918@fluke.COM>
Reply-To: jeffw@midas.STS.TEK.COM (Jeff Winslow)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <6918@fluke.COM> strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) writes:
>In article <11581@ihlpa.ATT.COM> pdg@ihlpa.UUCP (Paul D. Guthrie) writes:
>}BNC = Baby N Connector.
>}TNC = Threaded N Connector.

>WRONG! WRONG!  
>BNC = Bayonet Navy Connector
>TNC = Threaded Navy Connector

No, wait...   You're all right, every one of you.

Is that fair?

						Jeff Winslow