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09/09/05 11:49
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#100855 - What can be abbreviated?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
I said:
My rule is that every abbreviation should be spelled-out in full on its first use.

Erik Malund said:
a bit tedious ... we will get to something like this:

to run the uC (microcontroller) you need 5V (Volts) of supply that can handle 47mA (milliamperes). Your serial is described as ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) and the UART (Universal Asynchronous Reciever and Transmitte) send those when you load the SBUF (serial buffer) with the mov (move) instruction, then the UART transfer the data to the Txd (transmit external data) pin which you connect to the MAX (maxim) chip.

Stuart Hall said:
So it becomes a matter of where to draw the line? It's tricky isn't it ... what can be abreviated and what should be left in full?

I would say that the symbols for standard units of measure don't count as "abbreviations"
Also, the names of pins, registers, & instructions aren't "abbreviations"

So Erik's example becomes:

"to run the uC (microcontroller) you need a 5V supply that can handle 47mA. Your serial is described as ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) and the UART (Universal Asynchronous Reciever and Transmitte) send those when you load the SBUF register using the MOV instruction, then the UART transfer the data to the Txd pin which you connect to the MAX (maxim) chip.

Which is manageable.

(I would argue with Erik's use of "the MAX (Maxim) chip" - but that's a different issue).

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why -ve sign is used in cal of baudrate            01/01/70 00:00      
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   I have seen much Stupid Monkey Shit, but            01/01/70 00:00      
      Well established            01/01/70 00:00      
         4 i=1 2 3            01/01/70 00:00      
            Not taught            01/01/70 00:00      
               XTAL...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  -ve, +ve, xtal            01/01/70 00:00      
                     If all involved totally and without any            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Abbreviations            01/01/70 00:00      
                           a bit tedious, I would say that every no            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Yes, but            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 ASCII            01/01/70 00:00      
                              abreviations            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Let me try to fly this baloon:            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    lol            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 What can be abbreviated?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    addendum            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Not another glossary!!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    [OT]: DDCMP            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       [OT] Re: DDCMP            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    no glossary            01/01/70 00:00      
                     history            01/01/70 00:00      
   Need logical answer            01/01/70 00:00      
      Did not understand            01/01/70 00:00      
         HI            01/01/70 00:00      
      nobody is "making fun" just stressing th            01/01/70 00:00      
      Explanation            01/01/70 00:00      
      You are calling the kettle black            01/01/70 00:00      
   Need logical answer            01/01/70 00:00      
      Logical Answer            01/01/70 00:00      
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