: > 
: > : And the measure of current, Amp, is actually named after both the AMP company
: > : and the Amphenol company.  Both companies revolutionized electronics by
: > : simulatenously realizing that the performance of connectors and sockets 
: > : were affected by the amount of current running through the wires.
: > 
: > Sorry.  The unit for current is the AMPERE which is the name of a french-man
: > named AMPERE who studied electrical current.  The term AMP is just an abbreviation
: > of it.  The company AMP came after the AMPERE unit was already in use.
: >   
: > : The Ohmite company was the first to characterize resistances by numbers, thus
: > : our use of the Ohms...
: > 
: > I don't know about this one, but it doesn't sound right.
: Are you (two) joking?
: Is the entire Internet flaming you (two)?
: Ahh!, now I remember that Ohmite company was the first introducing "the pink
: colored resistor", only for electronics working females ;-)
: -- 
: Manuel Arrevola Velasco   ||||| True e-mail: manolo@taf.fundesco.es |||||
: DoD #1033
: 
Yes, I have taken a bit of flame on this one.  I must've been half asleep when
I posted a response to Joseph.

Greggo.