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Yes, radio found out naming is hard before software did, in very old times there was High Frequency (HF), but then circuits got fast enough to go higher, oops,

Yes, radio found out naming is hard before software did, in very old times there was High Frequency (HF), but then circuits got fast enough to go higher, oops, ok no problem, let's call the new frequencies Very High Frequency (VHF) whew that was close, but wait they got even faster! Ugh! Ok let's call the new frequencies Ultra High Frequency (UHF), but wait, we're still not in the Ghz range yet! Thankfully they did not keep going to Super Super Mega Ultra High Frequency.

LoganDark 3mo ago
Sky High Frequency
mNovak 3mo ago
Uhm.. Super High Frequency (SHF) and Extremely High Frequency (EHF) would like to have a word. Though yes in my experience, at those frequencies people stop using ITU designations, and switch to IEEE (S,C,X-band etc).
- cgyvbunji 3mo ago
  Ahaha that's even better, I had no idea, love it!
saltcured 3mo ago
They should have started adopting olive size factors. After Ultra High, we could have had Jumbo, Colossal, Super Colossal. and Mammoth frequency ranges. Not to be confused with Colossal wavelengths, which is what we could have used if we need to fiddle around below Extremely Low frequencies..
tmzt 3mo ago
So you've heard of USB?
isomorphic 3mo ago
Television resolutions appear to be on the same naming path.
- SAI_Peregrinus 3mo ago
  Oh, they're much worse[1]. Is 4k 3840x2160 or 4096x2160? That's right, it's both! And 4096x2048! And 4096x4096! And about half a dozen other resolutions, many of which have no dimension of 4000 or 4096 pixels. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_display_resolutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_display_resolut...
inigyou 3mo ago
3–30 Hz Extremely low frequency 30–300 Hz Super low frequency 300–3000 Hz Ultra low frequency 3–30 kHz Very low frequency 30–300 kHz Low frequency 300 kHz – 3 MHz Medium frequency 3–30 MHz High frequency 30–300 MHz Very high frequency 300 MHz – 3 GHz Ultra high frequency 3-30 GHz Super high frequency 30–300 GHz Extremely high frequency 300 GHz – 3 THz Tremendously high frequency

LoganDark 3mo ago

Sky High Frequency

mNovak 3mo ago

Uhm.. Super High Frequency (SHF) and Extremely High Frequency (EHF) would like to have a word. Though yes in my experience, at those frequencies people stop using ITU designations, and switch to IEEE (S,C,X-band etc).

cgyvbunji 3mo ago
Ahaha that's even better, I had no idea, love it!

saltcured 3mo ago

They should have started adopting olive size factors. After Ultra High, we could have had Jumbo, Colossal, Super Colossal. and Mammoth frequency ranges. Not to be confused with Colossal wavelengths, which is what we could have used if we need to fiddle around below Extremely Low frequencies..

tmzt 3mo ago

So you've heard of USB?

isomorphic 3mo ago

Television resolutions appear to be on the same naming path.

SAI_Peregrinus 3mo ago
Oh, they're much worse[1]. Is 4k 3840x2160 or 4096x2160? That's right, it's both! And 4096x2048! And 4096x4096! And about half a dozen other resolutions, many of which have no dimension of 4000 or 4096 pixels. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_display_resolutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_display_resolut...

inigyou 3mo ago

3–30 Hz Extremely low frequency 30–300 Hz Super low frequency 300–3000 Hz Ultra low frequency 3–30 kHz Very low frequency 30–300 kHz Low frequency 300 kHz – 3 MHz Medium frequency 3–30 MHz High frequency 30–300 MHz Very high frequency 300 MHz – 3 GHz Ultra high frequency 3-30 GHz Super high frequency 30–300 GHz Extremely high frequency 300 GHz – 3 THz Tremendously high frequency