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  • Most overused acronym

    September 27, 2007

    The engineering world is full of acronyms. Some, like ASCII, have become words in themselves. But none, I believe can top "IP" for number of uses. I can think of four.

    * Internet protocol: The organization of bits into packets used to transfer data over the Internet.
    * Intellectual property: Usually refers to the internal design of a field-programmable gate array.
    * Instrument panel: Most often used in the automotive industry, but also used in aerospace.
    * Intercept point: Usually followed by the number 2 or 3, used in intermodulation distortion measurements.

    Second place, as far as I can tell, goes to SI, which may stnad for "signal integrity" or "synthetic instruments."

    Can you think of more? Post a comment.

    Posted by Martin Rowe on September 27, 2007 | Comments (1)
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  • November 27, 2007
    In response to: Most overused acronym
    Martin Rowe commented:

    Here's another one, "Ingress Protection." It refers to circuit design for protecting against dust and humidity.

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