[WAAAY OT]

[Mike Jeays]

On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 20:43, Eric Crist wrote:
> That's it!  Reason for my question was that a buddy asked me as a trivia
> question.  Bet me $50 I couldn't figure it out (we both agreed any
> method I could use was OK) by the time he left for Vancouver, WA
> tomorrow morning.
> 
> Thanks guys.
> 
> 
> 
> Eric F Crist
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Baron Fujimoto [mailto:baron at lava.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 7:45 PM
> > To: Eric Crist
> > Subject: RE: [WAAAY OT]
> >
> >
> > ahh, I didn't realize that's what you were asking.  I've seen
> > at least one reference that speculates that "I" was for
> > Intensity, though even there they acknowledge dispute over
> > the etymology.  I always just assumed it was a standard
> > chosen to minimize ambiguity with many other common physical
> > properties.
> >
>   http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_2/1.html
> 
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Eric Crist wrote:
> 
> : Thanks for all your responses, but I still don't have the information
> : I'm seeking.  The letter I in Ohm's Law is short for an english word,
> : such as E is short for Electromotive Force (or Voltage), and R is
> short
> : for Resistance.
> :
> :
> : > -----Original Message-----
> : > From: Luke [mailto:luked at pobox.com]
> : > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 7:24 PM
> : > To: Eric Crist
> : > Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> : > Subject: Re: [WAAAY OT]
> : >
> : >
> : >
> : > > Anyone know what the ACTUAL definition/word for I in Ohm's
> : > Law is?  I
> : > > know:
> : > >
> : > > E= Electromotive Force
> : > > R= Resistance
> : > > I= ?  (I know it's amperage, but what does I mean?)
> : >
> : > Impedance
> 
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I am afraid it doesn't stand for impedance.  It is the symbol used for
current throughout electromagnetic theory, and I don't think it does
stand for an English word.

Your are right it is off topic!