BNC
A BNC connector is used with co-axial cables. One part of the connector is male and is the part that is
usually stationary on a piece of equipment, while the
other part is the female part that twists, and locks onto
the male part. See photo.
What does BNC stand for? Well I asked around and
got a few different answers, I read a letter to the editor
of VideoMaker Magazine that asked the same
question. I responded with this letter:
"The article in Quick Focus (May ‘95) about the
acronym BNC, and what it stood for, was well timed
with a course I just took.
The instructor in our Networking class asked the
students if anyone knew what BNC stood for. Having
researched this at one time in my life because we use
these connectors quite heavily in
electronics/computers, I replied quickly, and
authoritatively: “British Nut Company”. After the
laughter stopped, the instructor said no, that BNC
stood for “Bayone-Neil-Concelman”. Since I hadn’t yet lived down my humiliation, I didn’t catch the story
that followed about the origins of this name. Supposedly it had something to do with the guys who invented
Ethernet.
Note the name “Neil”, above, whose name is also in one of your (VideoMaker Mag) definitions, Bayonet Neil
Cofflin.
I did further research after this and to say no one is really sure of WHAT the letters stand for, would be an
understatement.
Barrel Nut Connector
Bayonet Neill Concelman - Blackbox, Zendex
Baby N Connector- EE Circuits archive
Bayonet Neil Concilman - Analog Devices
British Nut Company
Bayone-Neil-Concelman
Bayonet Nut Connector
Bayonet Nut Coupling - King's Electronics (manufacturers of BNC)
British Navy Connector - ATT
Bayonet Neill Concelman - Electronics Now
Thanks to the internet and numerous "acronym sites", I found a few more, some just a difference in spelling
of the supposed inventors, Neill and Concelman
British Naval Connector
Bayonet Nut Coupling
Bayonet-coupling Navy Connector
Bayonet-coupling Nut Connector
Bayonet Navy Connector
Bayonet Neil Councilman
Bayonet Nipple Connector
Bayonet Norm Connector
Bayonet Normalized Connector
Bayonet Nut Coupler
Big Nobby Connector - I like this one...
And finally, maybe the most definitive answer (the one I believe) is that the connector was named after the
Bayonet (push and twist) locking mechanism and its two inventors "Neill" and "Concelman".
BTW (by the way), RHF stands for Robert Henry Found....though there could be other interpretations...