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On 4/30/2011 4:34 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:
I've also heard them called "British Naval Connectors".


In England some people joke that it stands for "Brand New Connector" and
the later TNC stands for "Terribly New Connector". :-)

Geoff


I first wrote "Navel" but changed it when I figured no one might get the
joke. ^_^

TDD