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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MTBCF | English | Mean Time Between Component Failures | Computing, Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Proper Noun Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-f-m-t" | |
+4 letters: Flintcomb. | |
+5 letters: Fruchtbaum. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 54 42 43 46 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- - -... -.-. ..-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01010100 01000010 01000011 01000110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M T B C F |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0054 0042 0043 0046 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4754363740 |
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