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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 19/04/2013 14:48, Lorenzo Marcantonio a écrit :
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 02:41:01PM +0200, jp charras wrote:
> >   Engineering Comment Order
>
> Maybe Engineering Change Order? some CAD use this term for forward/back
> annotation...

Yes, or perhaps Engineering Command Order.
ECO was used in my previous EDA tool, but this was 15 years ago,
so I do nor remember exactly ...
I used it in Kicad as comment layers.
> Another think... what does the ki in kicad stand for???
>
> Just curious:P

No special meaning.
When I was searching for a name, I was searching a name with Cad 
(Computer Aided Design) inside.
But most of names like Ecad, eecad, freecad ... were already in use, and 
after a small brain storming, a friend of mine suggest me kicad.
The word was also something like an English word, and French guys are 
strange guys: they like English words for names (and in the same time, 
complain there are too many English words in use in French...)
I was pleased with this and used it.

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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS