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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:	DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:	Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:	NETCAD::COLELLADT

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4455
Total number of notes:	16761

3851.0. "Question re DS = DECswitch OR DECserver" by NETCAD::MORRISON (Bob M. LKG2-A/R5 226-7570) Mon Sep 09 1996 18:17

  I have a question about the abbr. "DS900EF" for DECswitch. I did a quick scan
of this notesfile and found this is a commonly used abbr.  I also found it in
the computer-based training on Hubs and Hubwatch.
  I am concerned because "DS" has always stood for "DECserver" and customers
may get confused and think the DS900EF is a new model of DECserver. Of course,
they will lose this notion as soon as they read further and see that it is a
DECswitch, but I am still concerned about this confusion.
  Is "DS900EF" an officially sanctioned abbreviation for DECswitch?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3851.1	You don't have 2 b concerned it's an abbreviation...	NETCAD::BATTERSBY		`Mon Sep 09 1996 18:23`	5
	No it is not. It's simply a case of people abbreviating things so they don't have to type "DECswitch" everytime they refer to a DECswitch 900EF. Bob