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  • D (Symbol)

    • Fourth letter of the English Alphabet
    • Roman Numeral with the value of 500
    • Diploma, e.g. DAC
    • Directorate, e.g. DHE
    • Distinction
    • District, e.g. D4TM
    • Grade, usually 1.0
    • DC — District Commissioner; Direct current; District of Columbia
    • DD — Doctor of Divinity; Double Density
    • DNA — Deoxyribonucleic acid
    • DND — Do Not Disturb
    • DPI — Dots Per Inch
    • DPU — Dual Processing Unit
    • DQ — Disqualification
    • DS — Double Sided; Data Science
    • DST — Daylight Savings Time
    • DVD — Digital Versatile Disc

  • U – Z

    UCC

    • Universities’ Computer Center (UCC) Project — proposed in the mid-1960s; took a long time to get approval and funding
    • Funding Agency — UNDP
    • Executing Agency — UNESCO
    • Founders — Dr. Chit Swe (GBNF), U Soe Paing, U Myo Min, U Ko Ko Lay (GBNF)
    Dr. Chit Swe

    University

    • Concept
    • College
    • Faculty

    Vipassana

    • Meditation Centers
    • Teachers
    • Instruction

    Volunteer

    • Volunteer for five decades

    Win

    • Zero Sum Games
    • Win – Win
    • Four Wins

    Y

    • YMCA

    Years

    1946

    • Matriculates
    • U Tin U, Dr. Pe Nyun, Dr. Pe Thein, U Sein Hlaing

    1947

    • Matriculates
    • U Ba Than, Dr. Myint Soe, U Tin Swe

    1948

    • Matriculates
    • U Aung Khin, U Aw Taik Moh

    1949

    • Matriculates
    • Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun, U Maung Maung Than, U Khin Aung Kyi

    1950

    • Matriculates
    • Bilal Raschid

    1951

    • Top Matriculates
    • George Chapman

    1952

    • Top Matriculates
    • Dr. Nyunt Tin, Dr. Myo Tint

    1953

    • Top Matriculates
    • Dr. Hla Shwe (Boon Chiong), U Ohn Khin

    1954

    • Top Matriculates
    • Koon Yin Chu (Phillip), Dr. Tin Myo Than

    1955

    • Top Matriculates
    • Lily Hwang

    1956

    • Top Matriculates
    • U Ye Myint, U Thaung Tin, U Khin Maung Than, Dr. Than Myint (Harry)

    1957

    • Top Matriculates
    • Dr. Htin Kyaw, Nellie Liu

    1958

    • Top Matriculates
    • Dr. Soe Win, U Robert Sein, Daw Myint Myint Tin (Pearl)

    1959

    • Top Matriculates
    • Dr. Frankie Ohn , Dr. Shewan Lee, Dr. Than Nwe Aung, U Oo Tha

    1960

    • Top Matriculates
    • Dr. Austin Kyan, Dr. Nyan Win, Arthur Hla Maung, Marie Nyunt, Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint

    1961

    • Top Matriculates
    • Lina Ong, Dr. Robin Ban (Kyaw Win)

    1962

    • First HSF Only Examination
    • Coup d’etat
    • Two State Funerals

    1963

    • Top Matriculates
    • Dr. Khin Maung U, Dr. Min Oo, Dr. Myo San (Freddie), Dr. Nyunt Wai (Victor), Dr. Thein Wai, Kenny Wong, U Hla Min, Winnie Aung, Dr. Aung Kyaw Zaw (Johnny), Dr. Maung Maung Kyi, Dr. Khin Tun, U Aung Thu Yein (Brownie), Dr. Khin Maung Zaw (Frank)

    1964

    • Top Matriculates
    • Dr. Cherry Hlaing (Than Than Tin), Dr. Lyn Aung Thet, Dr. Aung Win Chiong, Dr. Min Lwin (Maurice)

    1965

    • Top Matriculates
    • Bernard Khaw, Maung Aye, Winston Sein Maung, Cherry Than Tin, Dr. Yi Thway, Dr. Paing Soe

    1966

    • RIT Graduates
    • U Thaung Lwin, U Soe Lwin

    1967

    • RIT Graduates
    • Dr. Chan Nyein, U Win Thein, U Myo Myint,
    • U Than Htut

    1968

    • RIT Graduates
    • U Myat Htoo, U Aung Khin, U Tun Aung

    1969

    • RIT Graduates
    • U Aung Min, Dr. Taing Oke, Daw Myint Myint, Daw Mu Mu Aye

    1970

    • RIT Graduates
    • U Thaung Sein (Steeve), Tan Yu Beng (Benny), U Ohn Khine

    1971

    • RIT Graduates
    • U Tin Win, U Myint Thin (GBNF), U Myint Toe

    1972

    • RIT Graduates
    • U Aung Myaing, U Wynn Htain Oo, U Myint Pe

    1973

    • RIT Graduates
    • U Hla Win, U Khin Maung Cho, Dr. Myint Thein, Dr. L Sein Myint

    1974

    • RIT Graduates
    • Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (GBNF), U Myint Swe, Daw Khin Swe Oo

    1975

    • RIT Graduates
    • U Hla Myint Thein (Maurice), Daw Mar Mar Yee, U Win Khaing

    1976

    • RIT Graduates
    • U Khin Maung Zaw (KMZ), U Moe Myint, U Thura Thant Zin

    Zero

    • Number
    • The Dawn of Nothing

  • F – J

    Fortune Telling

    • Types — Astrology, Tarot cards, Tea leaves …
    • Numerology

    Foundation

    • Definition (multiple senses)
    • Apache Foundation
    • Asia Foundation
    • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
    • Daw Khin Kyi Foundation
    • Ford Foundation
    • Four Foundations of Mindfulness
    • Free Software Foundation
    • Lilly’s Foundation
    • Rockefeller Foundation

    GBNF

    • BFHA : Bound For Higher Aboade
    • GBNF : Gone But Not Forgotten
    • RIP : Rest In Peace

    Geography

    • Discipline
    • L D Stamp
    • Dr. Daw Thin Kyi
    • Dr. Tin Htoo
    • Dr. Hla Tun Aung
    • Daw Mya Tin
    • Dr. U Win

    Habit

    • Atomic Habit
    • Break Habit
    • Form Habit
    • Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

    History

    • Computer History Museum
    • Discipline
    • History of Computing
    • History of Myanmar Engineering Education
    • U Ba Nyunt
    • Gordon H Luce
    • Mr. Hall
    • Dr. Kyaw Thet
    • Daw Khin Khin Gyi
    • Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
    • Dr. Than Tun
    • Dr. Yi Yi

    Hockey

    • Field Hockey
    • RU Hockey
    • Ice Hockey
    • Stanley Cup
    • Olympics

    Intellectual Property

    • Patent
    • Copyright
    • Trademark
    • Trade Secret

    Intelligence

    • Human Intelligence
    • Machine Intelligence
    • Military Intelligence
    • Artificial Intelligence

    Jubilee

    • Silver Jubilee
    • Golden Jubilee
    • Diamond Jubilee
    • Centennial
    • Sesquicentennial
    • Bicentennial
    • Tricentennial

  • Terms

    • A : Architecture
    • AFPFL : Anti Fascist Peoples’ Freedom League
    • AFAIK : As Far As I Know
    • AI : Artificial Intelligence
    • BA : Bachelor of Arts
    • BAPS : Burmese American Professional Society
    • BARB : Burma Astro Research Bureau
    • BASES : Burmese American Society of Engineers and Scientists
    • BCS : Burma / Burmese Civil Service
    • BE : Bachelor Engineering (or) Burmese Era
    • BEA : Bay Area / Burmese Engineers Association
    • BIT : Burma Institute of Technology
    • BMH : Base Military Hospital
    • BMRI : Burma Medical Research Institute
    • BPI : Burma Pharmaceutical Industry
    • BS, B.Sc : Bachelor of Science
    • C : Civil
    • Ch : Chemistry
    • ChE : Chemical Engineering
    • CLC : Calcutta Lake Club
    • CRO : Central Research Organization
    • CURC : Calcutta University Rowing Club
    • DCS : Department of Computer Science
    • DMR : Department of Medical Research
    • DTM : Distinguished Toastmaster
    • EC : Electrical Communications; Executive Committee
    • Eco : Economics
    • EE : Electrical Engineering
    • EI : Electrical Inspectorate; Emotional Intelligence
    • EP : Electrical Power
    • EPC : Electric Power Corporation
    • FEARA : Far East Asia Rowing Association
    • GBNF : Gone But Not Forgotten
    • HCF : Health Care Fund
    • HE : His / Her Excellency
    • HMEE : History of Myanmar Engineering Education
    • ICS : Indian Civil Service; Institute of Computer Science
    • ICST : Institute of Computer Science and Technology
    • ILA : Intelligence Level Aggregate
    • IM : Institute of Medicine
    • IP : Intellectual Property
    • IQ : Intelligence Quotient
    • M : Mechanical
    • MA : Master of Arts
    • MASU : Mandalay Arts and Science University
    • ME : Master of Engineering
    • MEHS : Methodist English High School
    • Met : Metallurgy
    • Min : Mining
    • MIT : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MS, MSc : Master of Science
    • MU : Mandalay University
    • OMA : Old Members’ Association
    • OPA : Old Paulians’ Association
    • Phy : Physics
    • PTC : Post and Telecommunications Corporation
    • PWD : Public Works Department
    • RASU : Rangoon Arts and Science University
    • RC : Recreation Center
    • RC1, RC2, RC3 : Regional College One, Two, Three
    • RGC : Rangoon Golf Club
    • RIT : Rangoon Institute of Technology
    • RU : Rangoon University
    • RUBC : Rangoon University Boat Club
    • RUESU : Rangoon University Engineering Students’ Union
    • RUSU : Rangoon University Students’ Union
    • SDYF : Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
    • SMART — Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bounded
    • SMS — Simple Messaging System
    • SOA — Span of Attention; Service Oriented Architecture
    • SOAP — Simple Object Application Protocol
    • SOAS — School of Oriental and Asian Studies
    • SPARK : Society for the Promotion and Advancement of Radio Knowledge
    • SPZP : Saya Pu Zaw Pwe
    • SSOT — Single Source of Truth
    • SWOT — Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
    • T : Textile
    • TBSA : Theravada Buddhist Society of America
    • TMC : Tathagata Meditation Center
    • UBARI : Union of Burma Applied Research Institute
    • UCC : Universities’ Computer Center
    • UN : United Nations
    • UNDP : United Nations Development Program
    • UNESCO : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    • UTC : University Training Corps
    • YIT : Yangon Institute of Technology
    • YM : Yegyaw Methodist
    • YMCA : Young Mens’ Christian Association
    • YTU : Yangon Technological University
    • YUBC : Yangon Universities’ Boat Club
    • YUFL : Yangon University of Foreign Languages

  • Y (Symbol)

    • 25th letter of the English Alphabet.
    • Pronounced as WYE
    • Alias for YMCA
    • YMCA — Young Men Christian Association
      It was founded in Britain and then spread to over many countries.
      Several YMCA’s in the US are credited with
      (a) the invention of Basketball
      (b) the invention of Volleyball
      (c) the promotion of Public Speaking by hiring Dale Carnegie
      (d) sowing the seeds of Toastmasters International (for Leadership and Public Speaking) via Dr. Ralph Smedley
    • YMBA — Young Men Buddhist Association
      It was involved in setting up monastic and/or Vernacular schools (predating the National Schools. It published the “History of Buddhism” by Mahagandayone Sayadaw with illustrations by Saya U Ba Kyi.
    • Y-junction — a junction type (e.g. two incoming roads merge into one outgoing road)

  • S (Terms)

    • SMART — Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bounded
    • SMS — Simple Messaging System
    • SOA — Span of Attention; Service Oriented Architecture
    • SOAP — Simple Object Application Protocol
    • SOAS — School of Oriental and Asian Studies
    • SSOT — Single Source of Truth
    • SWOT — Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

  • P – T

    Psychology

    • Discipline
    • Department
    • Dr. Hla Thwin

    Queue

    • FCFS : First Come First Served
    • FIFO : First In First Out
    • Data Structure
    • Deque : Double Ended Queue
    • Queuing Theory

    Question

    • FAQ : Frequently Asked Question
    • Q&A : Question and Answer

    Retire vs. Re-tire

    • U Thaung Sein (Steeve Kay, EC70) is a Multiple Golden Sponsor of SPZPs. He told me,
      “You should not retire. You may re-tire (as in re-threading a tire).We will try to support you and your projects.”
    • I am retired from working to make ends meet.
    • Took a few on-line courses (for credit)
      Too taxing and slow
      Opted to audit 100+ courses (covering many subjects)
    • Listen to Blinkist
    • Listen to Merriam Webster’s Word of the day (WOTD) Podcast
    • Ride stationary bike for 40+ minutes daily
    • Write or revise several posts every day.
    • I am re-tiring as long as my physical and mental health permit.

    Rowe Co. Ltd.

    • Before nationalization, Rowe Co. Ltd. was one of the busy shops in Rangoon that offered a wide range of products.
    • My mom bought a Rayleigh bicycle for me.
    • Rosie (Mai Khin Nyunt, ChE71) still has a Rowe’s bag.

    Serendipity

    Some inventions are attributed to Serendipity.

    Three notable examples are

    • Discovery of X-rays by Rontgen
    • Discovery of Penicillin by Alexander Fleming
    • 3M’s Post-it notes

    Three

    • 3-D : Three dimension
    • 3-D Matrix
    • 3-D Model
    • 3-D Photo
    • 3-D Printer
    • 3-layer architecture

    Tie

    • Aequal (in examination result)
    • Joint champion
    • Joint winner

    Tie Breaker

    • 12-point game in Tennis
    • Extra holes in Golf
    • Extra innings in Baseball
    • Less misses in High Jump and Pole Vault
    • Lower body weight in Weightlifting
    • Overtime (selected sports)
      May need double or more overtime (in Basketball)
    • Penalty
      Penalty kicks in Soccer
      Penalty shootout in Ice Hockey

    Time

    • Calendar
    • Clock
    • New Year
    • Time Arrow
    • Time Management

  • M (Symbol)

    • 13th letter of the English Alphabet.
    • Roman Numeral with the value of 1000.
    • Million — e.g. 1 Million = 1,000,000
    • Mega — e.g. 1 MB (Megabyte) = 1024 x 1024 bytes (more than a million). This has roots in using the Binary Number System in computers.
    • Master — e.g. M.Sc. or M.A.
    • Medical — e.g. MS (Medical Superintendent)
    • Medicine — e.g. MD (Doctor of Medicince)
    • Management — e.g. MIS (Management Information Systems).
    • MI — Machine Intelligence; Military Intelligence
    • MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the USA. Professor Horwood (MIT) came to the University of Rangoon as a Visiting Professor. Sayagyi U Ba Hli proposed the Twinning Program, and Professor Horwood helped implement on the MIT side by accepting Burmese students for undergraduate and graduate study.
    • MIT — Mandalay Institute of Technology in Myanmar. BIT (Burma Institute of Technology) was renamed as RIT (Rangoon Institute of Technology) to allow engineering institutes to be opened in Mandalay and other cities.
    • M&A — Mergers and Acquisitions
    • M&M — a specific brand of chocolate/sweet.

  • E (Symbol)

    • Fifth letter of the English Alphabet.
    • Education, e.g. IIE (Institute of International Education)
    • Engineering. e.g. ChE (Chemical Engineering)
    • Estimate, e.g. ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)
    • Executive, e.g. EC (Executive Committee), CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
    • Exponent. e.g. 1E6 (stands for a million) and 1E-6 (stands for a millionth).
    • e is a Mathematical Constant named in honor of Euler. It has a value of 2.71828…
    • e^x (is the Euler Constant raised to the power x).
    • Differentiating e^x returns e^x.
    • Integrating e^x returns e^x.
    • The invariant property of e^x is essential to the Transforms and Transformations (used for the Analysis and Synthesis in Engineering problems).
    • E : Electrical, Electronic, Electronics, Executive, Exponent, English, Engineering
    • EC — Electrical Communications; Executive Committee
    • ECAP — Electrical Circuit Analysis Program
    • EE– Electrical Engineering
    • EEC : European Economic Commission
    • EI : Emotional Intelligence, Electrical Inspectorate
    • EMR — Electronic Medical Record
    • EP — Electrical Power.
    • EPC — Electric Power Corporation
    • EQ — Emotional Quotient, Equality
    • ER — Emergency Room; Emergency Responder
    • ESL — English as a Second Language; English as a Specialty Language
    • ESP — Extra Sensory Perception
    • ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival
    • ETD — Estimated Time of Departure
    • EU — European Union
    • EV — Electric Vehicle
    • EVA — Extravehicular Activity
    • EWS — Early Warning System
    • EZ — Easy
    • IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
    • IEEE-CS — Computer Society of IEEE

  • C (Symbol)

    • Third letter of the English Alphabet
    • Roman numeral with the value 100
    • Celsius — formerly known as Centigrade
    • Central, e.g. CPU (Central Processing Unit)
    • Company, e.g. BOC (British Oil Company)
    • Computer, e.g. PC (Personal Computer)
    • Grade– usually counts as 3.0
    • Co — Company
    • C/O — Care of)
    • Com — Commerce; Company; Communications
    • CA — California
    • CAD — Computer Aided Design
    • CAD — Computer Aided Design
    • CB — Chat Box
    • CAT — Computerized Axial Tomography
    • CG — Center of Gravity
    • CO — Commanding Officer; Chief Operator
    • CRLF — Carriage Return Line Fee
    • CS — Computer Science
    • CT — Computer Technology