Re: [Elecraft] TBD
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 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_acronym_TBD_mean http://www.ask.com/questions-about/What-Does-TBD-Means http://www.acronymfinder.com/Military-and-Government/TBD.html http://www.acronymfinder.com/TBD.html 73, Dave AB7E On 5/26/2012 12:13 AM, Bill Tubbs wrote: Okay, you can have to be done.. I have to add to be determined to my to be developed which is in all the military planning manuals I have (and have read). I can't seem to find to be done as a common initialism, even on a routine internet search, but if you've used it then it must be ok ;-) Yep, silly topic to continue. Hey, how 'bout those KX3s?! Bill WK6A Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Phil Hystadphys...@mac.com wrote: A silly thing to debate -- but, it has always meant To Be Done. In fact, I have never known any other definition in the world of computer programming where it is often used as a comment to a section of code. So, at least for programming, To Be Done is it. Always has been since I started programming in 1965 (and, I am still programming and I still put TBD in code comments every now and then). But, a slight comment nod to Ron (AC7AC). I think that TBD is more accurately called an initialism and not an acronym. An acronym is a word formed by letters of a phrase or sentence such as sonar or radar. Thus, an acronym can be pronounced and used as a word. An initialism is a set of letters that are usually not pronounced or they receive a pronunciation from common practice. For example, CEO, HTML, and SQL are all initialisms. And, SQL has a common practice of pronunciation of Sequel although technically that is not correct and I believe the SQL standard stipulates this. Sequel is actually the name of a similar language developed by IBM that preceded SQL. Enough debate there is a CW contest to going on. 73, phil, K7PEH On May 25, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Bill Tubbs wrote: Since I was a kid in the 60s TBD has meant To Be Developed, particularly in the military. Never heard it as to be done but I suppose there are always regional differences. Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Ron D'Eau Clairer...@cobi.biz wrote: Actually, I have for half a century known TBD to be an acronym for To Be Done. In this case the development of the code is likely complete. What remains to be done is to integrate it with the rest of the KX3 code, test and debug any unintended interactions. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- TBD...acronym from to be deremined I think, check if you have latest firmware loaded on it VE3GNO Daniel __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] 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 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] TBD
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? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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. They don't mean exactly the same thing to two different people - sometimes they mean exactly the opposite! So I'll use TBD in notes to myself, but never when trying to communicate with others. Ron -Original Message- All reflectos readers are not insiders of english / american abbreviations. TBD is not common shortcut in CW-traffic. What it means? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] TBD
Yep, in my profession, when I was working with students, WNL may mean Within Normal Limits or just We Never Looked ! :) 73, Jamie WB4YDL -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ron D'Eau Claire Sent: Saturday, July 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. They don't mean exactly the same thing to two different people - sometimes they mean exactly the opposite! So I'll use TBD in notes to myself, but never when trying to communicate with others. Ron -Original Message- All reflectos readers are not insiders of english / american abbreviations. TBD is not common shortcut in CW-traffic. What it means? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] TBD
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 Party (CQP) October 1-2, 2011 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] TBD
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 and writing so others can understand even if they cannot crawl inside our brain. I don't know when all this acronym stuff started, but it may date back to the math usage of QED at the conclusion of a proof. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/16/2011 7:43 PM, gdaug...@stanford.edu wrote: My son used to say PCMCIA stood for People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
