Dave Turner wrote:

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Subject: ITT Cannon - Contact Us
Date: Monday 17 Nov 2003 12:14 pm
From: Technical Query
To: '"


Hello David

As far as I know the XLR is just a series part number, it may have had an
original meaning, however we have no info here on it.

regards

John Embleton
Technical Support
ITT Industries,
Cannon Connector Division,
Basingstoke.
UK

So that's the official answer.

Official? It's not even an answer. He might just as well have said,
"Who cares?" or "None of your damn business."

Ray A. Rayburn gives further information
which ties in with this at http://www.soundfirst.com/xlr.html which gives

Now this explanation makes much more sense. But having been around the
internet awhile I have learned the important truth that just because a
story sounds plausible, or has been written, doesn't make it true.
This explanation has been repeated by a few other people but for all I
know they could have all gotten it from a single unreliable source.
Since every other explanation I've heard has been obvious bull****,
this is the one I'll choose to believe until I find evidence to
contradict it. Not that it really matters.

What does "NC3FD" stand for?

ulysses