In my more than thirty years of program management and contract work in
industry it always meant either to be determined or to be defined.
A little Google searching (use the keywords acronym TBD) shows to be
determined as the dominant interpretation:
http://www.abbreviations.com/TBD
All reflectos readers are not insiders of english / american
abbreviations. TBD is not common shortcut in CW-traffic.
What it means?
- To Be Determined
- To Be Decided
- To Be Discussed
- To Be Defined
- To Be Done
These are the variations Wikipedia gives to-day.
BennyOH9NB
In my reply to Dave, I used TBD to mean To Be Determined.
73,
Lyle KK7P
All reflectos readers are not insiders of english / american
abbreviations. TBD is not common shortcut in CW-traffic.
What it means?
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Where I came from (raised on English) it means To Be Done (which might
include that something need to be determined or simply that there wasn't
time to do it yet).
And that's the bane of abbreviations. They don't mean exactly the same thing
to two different people - sometimes they mean exactly
16, 2011 4:31 PM
To: 'Benny Aumala'
Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TBD
Where I came from (raised on English) it means To Be Done (which might
include that something need to be determined or simply that there wasn't
time to do it yet).
And that's the bane of abbreviations
WNL may mean Within
Normal Limits or just We Never Looked !
Thank goodness! I was afraid that NL has been split into two or more sections
(for
SS).
My son used to say PCMCIA stood for People Can't Memorize Computer Industry
Acronyms.
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO
Or that can be shortened to JAA - Just Another Acronym.
In selected presentations in my long past, I sometimes used the
abbreviation IHA in jest, hoping someone might ask what it meant (I
Hate Acronyms)! Often it just passed without comment, and that is sad -
communication requires speaking
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