Where do they get these names

[fvay]

If you think about it, most of the technical terms are kinda mysterious. for eg IEEE 1394. does any body know why they chose the number 1394 ?

[Meat Puppet]

Yes theyre thought up by the Incrediblly.Excentric.Engineering.Elite. division at Microsoft. 1394 is the amt of errors they had dectected to that point. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Meat Puppet]

It had to be said !!!! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[GlobalNameSpace]

HA

[fvay]

well thas was good, but way off meat muppet. IEEE stands for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE 1394 is an apple technology. I dont think microsoft or intel likes it that much. what confuses me is the number 1394. was it supposed to be around in 1394 ? http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[U-96]

It is a certified industry standard, I suppose like ISO, etc

IEEE 1393 (http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov/Technology/Pubs_FODB.html)

IEEE 1396 (http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.computer-design.com/Editorial/1997/06/embedded/697emmezz.html+%22IEEE+1396%22&hl=en)
http://www.ieee.org/

[This message has been edited by U-96 (edited 06-07-2000).]

[fvay]

I know all that U-96, but why 1394; why not 1273 or something
guess they just make up these numbers

[Ultima]

That is the same as asking why they call ISO, ISO 9000, 9001 and 9002 etc.

Nobody will know except for the guys who thought it up.

Pim

[U-96]

My guess is that that they are numbered numerically and arbitrarily as standards are submitted for peer-review.
Let's face it, if it were down to the marketing guys, it would be the IEEE 2000xL or something http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

IEEE 1
The Electron

Approved by: GOD

U-96

[hd581]

What's 1394? Firewire?

[fvay]

you got it hd581.
IEEE standardize it for all manufacturers. apple call it firewire and every one else jsut call IEEE 1394; still paying apple license fee though

[800XL]

IEEE 1394 is "1394" because it was the 1394th standard to be reviewed by the IEEE. No real choice in the matter. It could just as easily been IEEE 1392 or something. Speaking of, whatever happened to all those other standards like IEEE 1392, or IEEE 666 for that matter?

[jl123]

Isn't Firewire Serial SCSI?

~Joel(jl123)

[rtyp3]

Lots of companies call it different things, right on fvay. Another name from Sony is I-link