GPS(r) ??
Tue, 03/18/2008 - 7:43am
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16 years
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I see a lot of folks call the GPS a "GPSr"
I know that 'GPS' stands for --Global Positioning System--.
I would like to ask what the "r" stands for, and why is it in lower-case?
Thanks in advance-
GPSr
Global Postioning System receiver
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GPS(r) ??
The r stands for receiver. All gadgets used to find locations are receivers using a GPS. Why the lower case, I don't know.
Anyone know that one.
Alan-Garmin c340
That makes sense
To be hyper-accurate, I'm going to start calling my GPS a GPSr, just so people know that I don't have a GPSt (transmitter). Of course I'd have to be Uncle Sam to own a GPSt, but I want people to understand right away!
My car has a radio, but I'm going to call it a radio(r), so people know that it can't transmit. This is great. I love being accurate! My cell phone is a transceiver, but to be really accurate, it's a full-duplex transceiver, so I'm going to start calling it a CPfdt.
This is fun!
My TV at home doesn't transmit, so I think I'll call it a TVr, my microwave oven doesn't receive microwave signals, so I have to call it a microwave nr (non-receiver). My....
IF we're going to be hyper-accurate
Shall we refer to you as an IP?
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Intelligent posterior
{disclaimer: humor intended}
*Keith* MacBook Pro *wifi iPad(2012) w/BadElf GPS & iPhone6 + Navigon*
Thank-you
I was wondering what the r was for too.
Thanks for asking the question.
How about your car?
To be hyper-accurate, I'm going to start calling my GPS a GPSr, just so people know that I don't have a GPSt (transmitter). Of course I'd have to be Uncle Sam to own a GPSt, but I want people to understand right away!
My car has a radio, but I'm going to call it a radio(r), so people know that it can't transmit. This is great. I love being accurate! My cell phone is a transceiver, but to be really accurate, it's a full-duplex transceiver, so I'm going to start calling it a CPfdt.
This is fun!
My TV at home doesn't transmit, so I think I'll call it a TVr, my microwave oven doesn't receive microwave signals, so I have to call it a microwave nr (non-receiver). My....
It can't be an "Auto" mobile because it won't drive itself so until it can, shouldn't it be a "DC motorized road vehicle?" DC=driver controlled. DCMRV for short.
Echostar
I'm glad you mentioned my car.
I drive an Echo. No, it has nothing to do with sound bouncing off walls. It's "not sound related," thus it is my Echo (nsr). But it is also "not an automatic transmission." Therefore I should call it my "Echo (nsr/nat)".
Call them what you want
To be hyper-accurate, I'm going to start calling my GPS a GPSr, just so people know that I don't have a GPSt (transmitter). Of course I'd have to be Uncle Sam to own a GPSt, but I want people to understand right away!
My car has a radio, but I'm going to call it a radio(r), so people know that it can't transmit. This is great. I love being accurate! My cell phone is a transceiver, but to be really accurate, it's a full-duplex transceiver, so I'm going to start calling it a CPfdt.
This is fun!
My TV at home doesn't transmit, so I think I'll call it a TVr, my microwave oven doesn't receive microwave signals, so I have to call it a microwave nr (non-receiver). My....
Doesn't mean you have to present them to us in such a way that make it sound like you are calling us idiots.
Have fun explaining to all you know what you are talking about.
Glenn - Southern MD; SP C330 / Nuvi 750 / Nuvi 265WT