From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 3 15:08:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF89A16A4CE for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 15:08:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1D143D41 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 15:08:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cactus.fi.uba.ar (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i63F8xu0018190; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 12:08:59 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 12:08:59 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser To: Mike Jeays In-Reply-To: <1088731833.51017.10.camel@chaucer> Message-ID: <20040703120625.J11293@cactus.fi.uba.ar> References: <005201c45fcd$93c32270$6501a8c0@Nomad> <1088731833.51017.10.camel@chaucer> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 cc: Eric Crist cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: 'Baron Fujimoto' Subject: RE: [WAAAY OT] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 15:08:51 -0000 On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Mike Jeays wrote: > I am afraid it doesn't stand for impedance. It is the symbol used for > current throughout electromagnetic theory, and I don't think it does > stand for an English word. It isn't impedance. impedance is equivalent to resistance in mixed (with both reactive (capacitors/inductors) and resistive components) circuits exited with alternating current. I is for "current Intensity". Fer