Etymologies...

From: John Higginbotham <higginbo_at_netpath.net>
Date: Thu Jan 15 20:09:40 1998

At 11:03 PM 1/15/98 +0000, you wrote:

>There is no such thing as a DB15 (or a DB9 for that matter). The 'D'
>means a D-sub connector (named after the shape?) and the 'B' is the shell
>size. For reference, the common sizes are :

They may not exist, but there are plenty of monitor and video card manual
writers who keep this mythological etymological animal alive.


-John Higginbotham-
-limbo.netpath.net-
Received on Thu Jan 15 1998 - 20:09:40 GMT