What do the letters NTE really mean?
Alex_X
Having recently been informed by a company official that the
letters N,T,E of NTE Electronics, Inc. (http://www.nteinc.com)
do not stand for anything, I thought it might be interesting and
yes ....somewhat vindictive.... to pass along my thoughts in
this area.
IMO, , , , NTE stands for a variety of things:
New Taiwanese Exports
Now Terribly Expensive
Not Tough Enough
Never Touch Electricity
Despite my apparent attitude toward NTE, I will admit that they
are just as handy as having a rubber in your wallet. When you
really need to use one, your glad their available!
Alex_X
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Michael A. Covington
Reminds me of all those facetious automotive acronyms...
FORD = Found On Road Dead
OLDS = Old Ladies Drive Slowly
How many others are there? (I drive an Olds.)
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Alex_X wrote:
>
> Having recently been informed by a company official that the
> letters N,T,E of NTE Electronics, Inc. (http://www.nteinc.com)
> do not stand for anything
I have very vague memories from my first solid-state stereo days years
ago that NTE stood for New Tone Electronics. Anybody else recall if this
was it?
Dennis
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Gary Tait
In article <356e3fa0...@news1.iserv.net>, al...@iserv.net wrote:
#Having recently been informed by a company official that the
#letters N,T,E of NTE Electronics, Inc. (http://www.nteinc.com)
#do not stand for anything, I thought it might be interesting and
#yes ....somewhat vindictive.... to pass along my thoughts in
#this area.
#
#IMO, , , , NTE stands for a variety of things:
#
#New Taiwanese Exports
#Now Terribly Expensive
#Not Tough Enough
#Never Touch Electricity
#
#Despite my apparent attitude toward NTE, I will admit that they
#are just as handy as having a rubber in your wallet. When you
#really need to use one, your glad their available!
#
#Alex_X
#
#Alex's Electronic Test Bench www.iserv.net/~alexx
#Useful Links Pertaining to Electricity and Electronics
#mailto: al...@iserv.net Grand Rapids, Michigan
New Tone Electronics.
Gary Tait,VE3VBF
Michael Black
On Fri, 29 May 1998, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
> Alex_X wrote:
> >
> > Having recently been informed by a company official that the
> > letters N,T,E of NTE Electronics, Inc. (http://www.nteinc.com)
> > do not stand for anything
>
> I have very vague memories from my first solid-state stereo days years
> ago that NTE stood for New Tone Electronics. Anybody else recall if this
> was it?
>
> Dennis
>
I couldn't say what NTE stands for, but "New Tone Electronics" does sound
like it. I saw an ad for them in an old magazine recently, and I was
surprised to find an actual series of words rather than just "NTE".
The magazine must have been at least twenty years ago, and my reaction
to seeing the ad (and I've had the magazine since it was new) was
surprise that the company had been around for so long. Just goes
to show you how much you can miss.
I can't remember which magazine it was, so I'm not going to look it up,
but seeing "New Tone Electronics" in your post sure seems familiar.
Besides, Gary Tait says the same thing as verification.
Michael
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Steve Helling
Now I'm wondering what do ECG and SK stand for. Anybody . . .?
Steve
A & S Electronic Repair
Gary Tait wrote in message <896451939.273284@Virginia>...
Dave Rosenbloom
Steve Helling wrote:
>
> Now I'm wondering what do ECG and SK stand for. Anybody . . .?
Electro-Cardiogram and Sam Kemerrer.
Remove MY PANTS to reply.
Jon Garver
Steve Helling wrote:
>
> Now I'm wondering what do ECG and SK stand for. Anybody . . .?
>
> A & S Electronic Repair
>
> Gary Tait wrote in message <896451939.273284@Virginia>...
> >In article <356e3fa0...@news1.iserv.net>, al...@iserv.net wrote:
> >#Having recently been informed by a company official that the
> >#letters N,T,E of NTE Electronics, Inc. (http://www.nteinc.com)
> >#do not stand for anything, I thought it might be interesting and
ECG = Electronics Components Group
NTE = New Tone Electronics formally TCG? Technicians Component Group?
SK = ????
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SK= Same Krap <G>
Steve Helling
Thanks Jon. Now I know. And thank you Dave. Although you didn't know the
answer to my question, you obviously felt a need to respond anyway. Oh,
and about the pants thing, not interested. Sorry. Besides, I don't think
you need MY help removing YOUR pants, you're doing just fine all by
yourself.
Steve
A & S Electronic Repair
Jon Garver wrote in message <35705126...@netusa1.net>...
Franc Zabkar
On Sat, 30 May 1998 02:41:26 -0500, "Steve Helling" <@snowhill.com>
put finger to keyboard and composed:
>Now I'm wondering what do ECG and SK stand for.
Is it possible that Philips ECG is an abbreviation for Philips
Electronic Components Group? Just a guess, or is it a dim
recollection?
-- Franc Zabkar
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