[Fists] "The Correct Use of Metric"

[Daniel Metzger]

>>ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
I'm a sucker for getting drawn into this, but...

1) The (Random House) dictionary pronunciation of gigabyte is "gig'uh 
biet, jig'-" indicating that "gigga" is preferred over "jigga".  I'm not 
sure what "official" means here.

2) There are several "official" symbols for capacitors -)|- for Fixed, 
-||- for Non-polarized, and various combinations with "+" for 
electrolytic, "arrow" for variable and more.  If the capacitor (formerly 
condenser) was limited to your "official capacitor symbol is two 
straight lines", there would be significant electrical problems with 
equipment built and maintained from schematic drawings.  Every seen a 5 
Volt 200 Amp 100,000 MFD electrolytic cap, which was installed 
backwards, powered on for the first (and only) time?

3)  The two symbols for "ground" you refer are valid, but I would add 
that there are more than those two.

I suggest that this is a "your" perspective not a "USA" perspective.

Eli Lustig, KF4YOG   <<

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>> I'm not sure what "official" means here.<<

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards.  They're 
available in published form, but quite expensive.  Also IEEE Dictionary 
of Electronic Terms.  There may be web sites; I've never looked.

Dan, K8JWR