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David Looser wrote:
The refusal of the broadcast and recording industries to use agreed,
unambiguous terms for the various types of 1/4" jack is one of the
mysteries of modern life. Whilst the terms Dave uses are vague, yours
are worse.

The BBC were famous for inventing their own terms for things. ;-) And of
course being the major single organisation using them, that use often
percolated to others in broadcasting. But not always. In the staff days
there would be jargon confined to just the one company. Can make for
problems now most are freelance and move around. ;-)

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