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I have read so much over the last few weeks that my head is bursting.
I wish someone had a list of ACRONYMS with an explanation attached. This would be a usefull reference item. I will start this one please add to it as we go. SACN - Sea Anglers Conservation Network SFSA - Scottish Federation of Sea Anglers S0S - Save our Sharks NFSA - National Federation of Sea Anglers -------------------- |
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Oct 14 2005, 06:40 PM
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UKSWFF - United Kingdom Salt Walter Fly Fishermen
-------------------- Keep Rugby at the Rec! http://www.gopetition.com/online/9668.html
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Oct 14 2005, 07:04 PM
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TLA - Three Letter Acronym
-------------------- "To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target."
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Oct 14 2005, 07:26 PM
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SALC - Sea Angling Liason Committee
http://www.nfsa.org.uk/general/salc_intro.htm JAGB - Joint Angling Governing Bodies http://www.nfsa.org.uk/news_views/jagb_pr_nov02.htm FACT - Fishing and Angling Conservation Trust (the UK Peak body for angling) http://anglingsites.com/saa/politicsinfo/s.../structures.htm EAA - European Anglers Alliance http://www.eaa-europe.org RFA - (USA Based) Recreational Fishing Alliance http://www.joinrfa.org/ (More Angling body abbreviations at http://anglingsites.com/saa/saainfo/abbreviation.htm ) See also Who Does What TL - leon |
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Oct 14 2005, 07:29 PM
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BASS - Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society
http://www.ukbass.com NMC - National Mullet Club http://www.thenationalmulletclub.org |
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Oct 14 2005, 08:13 PM
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If your head is bursting from them don't do a computer networking course!
ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line AM amplitude modulation AMPS advanced mobile phone system ANS advanced networks and services ANSI American national standards institute ARPA advanced research projects agency ATM asynchronous transfer mode CCITT comite consultatif international telegraphique et telephonique CDMA code division multiple access CSMA carrier sense multiple access CSMA/CD CSMA with collision detection D-AMPS digital advanced mobile phone system (U.S.) DNS domain name system DSLAM digital subscriber line access multiplexer FDD frequency division duplexing FDM frequency division multiplexing FM frequency modulation FTP file transfer protocol GPS global positioning system GPRS general packet radio service GSM global system for mobile communications (except U.S.) HTTP hypertext transfer protocol IP internet protocol ISM industrial scientific medical (frequency bands) ISP internet service provider ITU international telecommunications union ITU-R ITU radiocommunications ITU-T ITU standardization ITU-D ITU development ISO international standards organisation KB 1024 bytes kbps 1000 bits per second LAN local area network LLC logical link control LMDS local multipoint distribution service MAC medium access control MAN metropolitan area network MB 1048576 bytes mbps 1000000 bits per second MMDS multichannel multipoint distribution service MTSO mobile telephone switching office NAP network access point NAT network address translation NID network interface device NSF national science foundation OSI open systems interconnection PCM pulse code modulation PDA personal digital assistant POP point of presence POTS plain old telephone service PPP point to point protocol PSTN public switched telephone network QAM quadrature amplitude modulation QPSK quadrature phase shift keying SMTP simple mail transfer protocol SNA systems network architecture (IBM) TCP transmission control protocol TDM time division multiplexing UDP user datagram protocol USB universal serial bus UTP unshielded twisted pair WAN wide area network WAP wireless applications protocol WCDMA wideband CDMA WLL wireless local loop WWW world wide web and I'm only on the third chapter of the text book!! |
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Oct 14 2005, 09:30 PM
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Someone once told me to FO. :confused:
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Oct 14 2005, 11:09 PM
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QUOTE John E Ashford: Nice one John Someone once told me to FO. :confused: lolDave -------------------- ANMC Founder Member. Always learning
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Oct 14 2005, 11:27 PM
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GSYHUADBB - go stick your head up a dead bear's bum
PEBKAC error - problem exists between keyboard and chair ColinW - If you thought computer networking was bad you should try communications in general! The manual for one type of telephone exchange switch lists 800 acronyms! [ 14. October 2005, 06:40 PM: Message edited by: Toerag ] -------------------- |
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Oct 14 2005, 11:53 PM
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I have in the past been told to......GTF.....anyone know what it means ????
And once while in the middle of singing Unchained Melody at a karaoke night ,I was told....KLTFS.....something about "Kindly Leave The F****** Stage"....... [ 14. October 2005, 06:55 PM: Message edited by: Norrie ] -------------------- In sleep every dog dreams of food,and I, a fisherman,dream of fish..
Theocritis.. My Album, Have a look, see if you're in there :) http://www.worldseafishing.com/forums/album.php?albumid=131 For top class Fly rods. http://www.davidnorwich.com/ For Fantastic Sea rods,and rebuilds. http://www.alba-rods.co.uk/ www.planetseafishing.com |
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