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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 05:28:23PM +0200, jp charras wrote:
> In fact these names come from French usage:
> the Front or top side of a board is named component side ("coté composant")
> and
> the Back side or bottom side of this board is named copper side or
> solder side ("coté cuivre" or "coté soudure")

I imagined something like that, it's *still* called that way even in
Italy...

> It is not a reference to a copper layer.
> 
> But for English speakers, component side or copper side is not a good name.

Well, I've seen them called Component Side and Copper Side, since when
board where single sided with only THT it was unambiguos. These days
however it's better to call them Top/Bottom or Front/Back since there is
copper (and ofter components, too) on both sides.

IPC by the way call them 'primary access side' and 'secondary access
side', in the D356 standard (for nailbeds or moving probe testers),
probably because since board are easily flipped even front/back is not
clear enough...

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