Wouter,

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:49:00 +0200, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

> What is the word for a component (let's say a 7805, or a 74HC595) from
> an unspecified manufacturer?

You've already used it: Generic.  If you put that on a component's description, I would expect it to be from a 
random manufacturer(s).

> My supplier uses the abberviation -MBR,
> dunno what that abbreviates. Partminer seems to use that too. Google
> turns up 'Master Boot Record' and 'Membrane Bio Reactor'. I guess it is
> not one of those two.

Quite!  :-)  There is no single or group of three words that I can think of for which MBR would be an 
abbreviation, and "Multiple BRand" which others suggest is about as good as any, I think.

If you want to use one word, then "Generic" is the one I'd suggest!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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