Hi Connie, It goes back to the military. Originally it was SNAFU. The translations is/was Situation Normal, All Fouled Up (ok fouled is NOT the word most often used, but I'm trying to keep it clean). When I learned digital electronics people talked about FU and FU-BAR. FU being a true-active signal and FU-BAR a false-active signal (the signal name written with a line written above it on the schematic). As an extension of the older SNAFU, FU-BAR as, a pun became fouled up beyond all repair. To clean it further, FU turned into FOO.
Anyway, that's the story as I heard it years ago. If you get any other explainations, please feel free to pass 'em along. -- Bruce One day at a time... One second if that's what it takes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
