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   From: fmmck@aol.com   
      
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   <0001HW.D1358CA00B45342EB01029BF@news.eternal-september.org>,   
    DaveC  wrote:   
      
   > A tech writer is asking me "backplane" or "backpan"?   
   >   
   > The use is in describing PLCs and the PCB the function cards plug into.   
   >   
   > His technical source--an engineer of the PLC manufacturer--insists the term   
   > is "backpan".   
   >   
   > I've only seen "backplane" but a net search does turn up uses of "backpan"   
   > specifically with reference to PLCs.   
   >   
   > What say y'all?   
      
   Not knowing anything about the subject, I would say a backpan is a   
   shield that covers a backplane.   
      
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   Fred   
      
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