And of course, the one that ALL hams always follow (NOT), and all authors love to hear and say:
RTFM - Read The Fine/Fantastic Manual (substitute some other expletive-deleted word for "F") Probably not an acronym you see often, but I bet you see it spelled out fully on empty pages in a lot of manuals: TPILB Bob M. ====== --- "Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The General Electric MCD (Mobile Communications > Division) was big on > TLAs (Three letter Acronyms). I always hoped there > would be an LBI > (Lynchburg Book of Instruction) outlining TLAs. We > have GETC's, MOM > PC,s IEA computers, CSD computers, The MOM looks at > CIC's the TRIM, > VMIMs, and AIC's as well as the EDG. > > GETC - General Electric Trunking Controller > MOM PC - Monitor Module PC > IEA is the Integrated Ericsson Alarm computer > I don't remember the CSD - took the place of the > System Manager > CICs are Console Interface Cards > TRIM is the Trunked Recorder Interface Module > VMIM is a Conventional Interface Module > and then the AIC Audio Interface Card. > EDG is the Ericsson Data Gateway > > Ad Infinum > > Steve NU5D > > > John J. Riddell wrote: > > * Eric, the "Kids" my grandchildren, use LOL as > "Laugh out loud" in > > their E mails * > > * * > > * 73 John VE3AMZ * > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Eric Lemmon > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:07 AM > > *Subject:* RE: [Repeater-Builder] Acronyms-a > little OT > > > > Doug, > > > > Here's my take: > > > > AFAIK = As Far As I Know > > FWIW = For What It's Worth > > IMHO = In My Humble Opinion > > BTW = By The Way > > FYI = For Your Information > > YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary > > LOL = Lots Of Luck (often misused as a > meaningless closer) > > > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow
