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Subject:Re: Backpan or backplane? From:DaveC <davec2468 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com Date:Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:37:48 -0700
On 23 Mar 2015, at 10:49 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> So there is both a backplane and a backpan, and it has nothing to do with
> water (it's a mounting scheme). That said, I could still use an industrial
> definition for the latter to add to a glossary.
Yes, in this case I’d definitely add both to the glossary so as to distinguish.
Best,
Dave
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