Telecom Terms and Acronyms You Should Know. Prior to the internet, wireless and high speed communications, fax and vcr were the buzzwords of the day. Now terms and acronyms enter our vocabulary on a monthly (if not daily) basis. Here is a short list of terms and acronyms that are essential lingo in today's telecom and techno world. If you canât find the term youâre looking for here. Try Newtonâs Telecom Dictionary or check out an online technical dictionary called Techtionary.
Full Moon Names. May's Full Flower Moon, also called Mother's Moon, Milk Moon, and Corn Planting Moon, marks a time of increasing fertility with temperatures warm enough for safely bearing young, a near end to late frosts, and plants in bloom. See all Full Moon names and their meanings.
When a season has four full moons the third is called the blue moon so that the last can continue to be called with the proper name for that season. Sky and Telescope calendar misinterpretation. The March 1946 Sky and Telescope article Once in a Blue Moon by James Hugh Pruett misinterpreted the 1937 Maine Farmers' Almanac.