Hi,

NNN is a type of cross country ski binding ( New Nordic Norm ) ,
other kinds are BC ( back country) 3 pins and cable bindings.

see http://www.rei.com for more details.



htp

Michael


On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:51:51 -0800, Atwood, Tim (DVM)
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>By the way - what do the "BT" and "NNNN" stand for ?
>
>At www.acronymsearch.com I found the following for "BT"
>
>  BT Bathythermal/Bathythermograph
>  BT Begin Text
>  BT Bit Test
>  BT Block Termination
>  BT Block Transfer
>  BT Baghdad Time [+0200]
>  BT Byte This [slang]
>  BT Bering Time [-1100]
>  BT British Telecom
>  BT brain tumor [medical]
>  BT Burst Tolerance
>  BT (USN Rating) Boiler Technician
>  BT Baggage Tag
>  BT Baronet
>  BT Basic Training
>
>The only one that might make sense on this list is "Byte This" :-)  Though
>sometimes when tempers are flaring "Burst Tolerance" would work. I suppose
>at a sensor company "Boiler Technician" might be possible (though I doubt
>it). Or maybe "Bathythermal/Bathythermograph" since I don't have a clue
what
>that is, so it could be related to sensors. I doubt for "Basic Training"
>they are talking about the computer language.
>
>Obviously none of the acronym search engines I tried are complete. Since
>none of them found "Bacillus thuringiensis", a bacteria which attacks
>caterpillars and is often used as form of natural pest control.
>
>Only www.webopedia.com found "bt" as the web extension for the country of
>"Bhutan".
>
>I tried three different Acronym search engines and did not find anything
for
>"NNNN". Google finds lots of pages with "NNNN". But most of them appear to
>be PDF documents and the "NNNN" seems to be part of the internal Adobe
>Acrobat coding. There are also several Unicode Georgian "UC-NNNN" pages. I
>did not see one explaining what "NNNN" might be in the context of a
>signature though.
>
>(My apologies to Tracy for my having a little fun with this. I'm just
trying
>to stave off the midweek panic when I realize how much real work I need to
>do. Please accept this in the spirit of fun with which it is intended.)
>
>Timothy Atwood
>Holtenwood Computing
>http://www.holtenwood.bc.ca/computing/
>for Domtar Vancouver Mill
>(Opinions expressed are mine and do not reflect Domtar)
>
>--- "Johnson, Tracy" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
><snip>
>>
>> BT
>> NNNN
>> Tracy Johnson
>> MSI Schaevitz Sensors
>
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