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GE loved abbreviations. Usually they were similar/related to the EE abbreviations, but sometimes they strayed.
At GE Gas Turbine division, one of the engineers claim to fame was the "BS" abbreviation for "Black Start". Everything associated with it was XXBS.
So, as a field engineer, I was designing/re-designing/implementing a new system for the cranking motor (CR). The old system used a hydraulic torque converter with 4 specific position settings, but could only be adjusted one-way underload. The new system could control both directions (raise and lower torque). It had the position switches for feedback. But the control system for my starting motor (CR) had a current feedback.
So, using the "standard", to designate starting motor (CR) current (AMPS) I implement the variable CR-AMPS, sometimes shortens to CRAMPS. That is still in the software 25 years later.
admittedly, it's no "Pirate Ninja"...
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James
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
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