Re: Origin of 'BNC'

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From: Rob Finley
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:38

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Here is a posting from years ago:


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The origin of the `BNC' acronym *ought* to be an FAQ -- it gets asked
frequently enough.

It's Bayonet Neill-Concelman, after the two engineers that designed
it.

`TNC', by the way, is Threaded Neill-Concelman.

The idea that it's `Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation' is an urban legend.

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From: rmf@bpdsun1.uucp (Rob Finley)
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Subject: Re: Origin of 'BNC'
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