Trivia question: kranky, the god of Internet searches, figured it out

[reitz]

What does TNT (not the explosive) stand for, as in an Ascend TNT or a Lucent TNT? Any networking gurus know the answer to this one?

 

[kranky]

I'm not a networking guru, but what the heck. This must not be a very well known as an acronym, since even in Ascend and Lucent literature for the products they don't explain it.

But I found An Ascend glossary where they -- believe it or not -- say it stands for "The Next Thing".

 

[BA]

aw man, and i knew what the explosive stood for!

 

[reitz]

Thanks, kranky. One question: Where the hell did you find the Ascend glossary? I have scoured the Lucent website, but found nothing. It's not even in Lucent's own glossary, or any of the technical manuals. I've downloaded about 20 pdf files already, and it's not listed in a single one.

I have to tell you, after 3 hours of searching, that definition really pisses me off. The least they could have done was come up with a better name.

 

[kranky]

LOL @ new thread title!

Caught a break on this one. I tried some searches @ Google, and eventually tried "TNT stand for ascend" figuring I might get a hit on some phrase like "what does TNT stand for". Luckily the page I linked above contained the phrase "stand alone" and it was the third hit returned, enough to see it likely had the answer. The short blurb returned by Google ended with "...TNT - a term that describes the..."

Hey, there's nothing wrong with lucky!

 

[reitz]

I waded through several hundred google searches with both Ascend and TNT in search field, but didn't find a thing. I know all about the hardware now, though

 

[reitz]

Thanks, kranky. You won me a free dinner tonight

 

[kranky]

"I waded through several hundred google searches" = I tried twice and then asked the guy next to me who didn't know either.

Since you won a free dinner, make it a good one. You know, with enough left to take home that you have a week's worth of leftovers.

 

[abracadabra1]

sheesh...nothing!
i must have spent an hour.

is this a joke?

 

[reitz]

It wasn't that big of a dinner (just a sandwich at Primanti Brothers in the Strip), but it was still free

(My previous post should read "several hundred hits" not "several hundred searches&quot