<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Werner Almesberger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:werner@openmoko.org">werner@openmoko.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Gerald A wrote:<br>
> EVT, PVT, MP, etc... remember, I'm a mere software mortal, not a hardware<br>
> hacker (yet!) :)<br>
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</div>Okay, I've already explained EVT and PVT. MP is Mass-Production.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Well, what they generally are (and thanks -- I'm reading in order, just got to that e-mail. :)) -- but what do they actually stand for?</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">More ? :)</blockquote><div><br></div><div>BOM = Bill of Materials ?</div><div>ROI = Return on Investment</div>
<div><br></div><div>MRD?</div><div><br></div><div>I actually like the newspaper convention, where the first time a TLA (Three Letter Acronym) is used, it has a little bracket after it with the actual words. I try to use that, as some acronyms are head scratchers, such as ATM (Automatic teller machine? Asynchronous Transfer Mode? Some other initials?)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Gerald.</div></div>