Acronyms
May 24, 2018 06:55:13 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
JohnnysC7 wrote:
I see IQ used frequently. Aside from "intelligence quotient", what does it stand for? Also, is there a site that lists all the acronyms used. (Nikon) Thanks all.
For those chosen few who are lucky enough to own NIKON are well aware of what IQ means, cause we see it every time we take an image. IQ stands for Image Quality. Which, again, as a Nikon owner, I am well aware of, I see it in every single photo I take. Welcome to UHH. Glad to have another Nikon shooter aboard. Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.
May 24, 2018 07:12:43 #
JohnnysC7 wrote:
I see IQ used frequently. Aside from "intelligence quotient", what does it stand for? Also, is there a site that lists all the acronyms used. (Nikon) Thanks all.
NAFA, or not another f***ing acronym! Don't you just hate them?
May 24, 2018 11:41:17 #
garygrafic
Loc: South Florida
Question: Was it in WW2 that acronyms became into being? everyone knows the meaning of 'snafu', but what about 'fubar'?
May 24, 2018 12:23:41 #
ballsafire
Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
"NAFA, or not another f***ing acronym! Don't you just hate them?" I DO and further more those who are so smug using them thinking it makes them smart.
May 24, 2018 12:38:11 #
May 24, 2018 12:43:23 #
ballsafire wrote:
"NAFA, or not another f***ing acronym! Don't you just hate them?" I DO and further more those who are so smug using them thinking it makes them smart.
I only hate them when I don't know what they stand for--IMHO.
May 24, 2018 12:48:53 #
SharpShooter wrote:
I know what "image quality" is....., but, what's, "intelligence quotient"??? LoL
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It's something that if one has a high number of then one doesn't have to ask.
May 24, 2018 12:49:43 #
SteveR wrote:
I suppose every question asked on UHH could be answered through Google....but this is a photographic forum where questions are welcome. . .
Agreed. . . The only stupid question is the one un-asked.
My impression is that this is supposed to be a friendly forum of nice people socializing over the common-interest of photography. If I ask my friend what time it is, he doesn't tell me to go look at a clock.
May 24, 2018 13:30:19 #
ballsafire
Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
Mac wrote:
In the Frequently Asked Questions forum section there is a lot of good information. Here is a link to Terms And Abbreviations in that section. http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-26493-1.html
Thanks Mac, I needed that information badly!
May 24, 2018 13:36:08 #
garygrafic wrote:
Question: Was it in WW2 that acronyms became into being? everyone knows the meaning of 'snafu', but what about 'fubar'?
Answer: No.
A 1917 letter to Winston Churchill concluded with "O.M.G."
In 1879 the telegraphic code from the United Press Association included SCOTUS and POT (replaced by POTUS in 1895).
WWII did give rise to many acronyms, but they were by far not the earliest.
May 24, 2018 13:44:59 #
Naldo wrote:
Agreed. . . The only stupid question is the one un-asked.
My impression is that this is supposed to be a friendly forum of nice people socializing over the common-interest of photography. If I ask my friend what time it is, he doesn't tell me to go look at a clock.
My impression is that this is supposed to be a friendly forum of nice people socializing over the common-interest of photography. If I ask my friend what time it is, he doesn't tell me to go look at a clock.
May 24, 2018 13:56:00 #
DaveO wrote:
Plenty of gas in a farp. 
LOL! And according to the Urban Dictionary, a farp is when someone burps and farts at the same time, either accidentally or purposefully. Farpers should be held in great regard for the skill required to coordinate different bodily noises.
May 24, 2018 14:24:21 #
Of course, acronyms only become official when they are sanctioned by the American Committee for Research on Names Yielding Mnemonics (or, ACRONYM, for short) 
May 24, 2018 15:35:13 #
May 24, 2018 15:45:11 #
JohnnysC7 wrote:
I see IQ used frequently. Aside from "intelligence quotient", what does it stand for?
I/Q is also two signals 90 degrees out of phase in a quadrature detector for radio.
Acronym overload...
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