From bra to WC, these abbreviations are often mentioned but do not know what it all means

COMPASS.com – In everyday life, we can often hear abbreviations that have become common words, but we do not know what they mean.

Including the length and history of why the abbreviation exists. Although these objects or abbreviations are close to our daily life.

The following are a number of commonly heard abbreviations with their length and history summarized by Kompas.com.

A bra or brassiere or brassiere is a women’s undergarment designed to support or cover a woman’s breasts.

BH is from Dutch bust holder which means more or less breast support.

The bra or precursor to the modern bra was created by Mary Phelps Jacob as a substitute for the corset that in the 1900s was still commonly worn by women.

Also read: Empowered Women: Mary Phelps Jacob, Inventor of the First Corset Replacement Bra

Caresse Crosby (born Mary Phelps Jacob) was the first to receive a patent for the modern bra, an American patron of the arts, publisher, and “Literary godmother of the lost generation of expatriate writers in Paris.” pic.twitter.com/k6DCZGYZSE

— Marina Amaral (@marinamaral2) May 8, 2021

The official website of the Indonesian Automobile Industry Association (Gaikindo), the name Kijang is an abbreviation of “Indonesia-Japan Cooperation”.

Launched in Indonesia in 1977, the Toyota Kijang was born out of President Suharto’s promulgation of the “Versatile Commercial Vehicle” (KNBS) program in the early 1970s.

The goal is to create domestically produced commercial vehicles at affordable prices, so that people can buy them as a means of transportation and distribution of goods.

Thinking for decades, Kijang has been present in many products, namely Kijang Buaya (1977-1981), Kijang Doyok (1981-1986), Kijang Super (1986-1996), Kijang Kapsul (1986-2004), Kijang Innova (2004- ). 2004).2015), and Kijang Innova Reborn (2015-present).

Also read: Why does K stand for Thousand? This is the origin and history

3. LPG

KOMPAS.COM/AGIE PERMADI West Java Police Trade and Investigation Sub-Directorate, Tanjung Village, Patokbesi, Subang Regency, Thursday (14/7/2022) in the morning at around 03.00 WIB secured trucks transporting subsidized LPG. The seized truck was carrying 20 tonnes of subsidized LPG from the Eretan Indramayu refinery, West Java and was due to be taken to Linggarjati SPBE, Subang.

LPG means liquid petroleum gas or liquefied natural gas with the main components of propane (C3H8) and butane (C4H10), cited in the official website of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

The liquefaction of natural gas into LPG is intended to solve the transportation problem for consumers because the volume of LPG is much smaller than the volume of gas.

For Indonesians, “WC” is a word that is often used to replace the word “toilet”. WC itself is an abbreviation of water closet.

5. Soap operas

Sinetron is an abbreviation of electronic cinema. Based on the Big Indonesian Dictionary (KBBI), sinetron means a film specially made for broadcasting on electronic media, such as television.

6. PIN

Most people certainly have an ATM card or digital currency platform. To access it, users are usually asked to enter a PIN number.

The pin means Personal Identification Number used in many financial transactions, cited in Investopedia.

The purpose of this PIN number is to add more security to the electronic transaction process.

Also read: Many questions about South Kalimantan DA license plate code, why doesn’t it start with K like in other Kalimantan provinces?

Doc. DAMRI DAMRI bus to Denpasar

One of the bus companies commonly found in many cities is DAMRI. Unfortunately, many people do not know that DAMRI is an abbreviation.

Cited in its official website, DAMRI is an abbreviation of “Djawatan Angkoetan Motor Republik Indonesia” based on Information from the Indonesian Ministry of Communications No.01/DAM/46.

The main task of DAMRI at that time was to organize transport by buses, trucks, and other motorized transport.

When in a place or an area that has never been visited, GPS becomes our “hero”.

With GPS, we can go to the destination even if we have never visited it.

The GPS means Global Positioning Systema network of satellites and receivers used to determine a location, cited in National Geographic.

GPS consists of 24 satellites that orbit the Earth in precise orbits, providing accurate time.

Street of dreams WiFi illustration

Many sources say that WiFi stands for Wireless Fidelity. But based on history, the word is not quite right.

Quote from the news Compass.comWiFi was introduced as a consumer brand for “Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11” produced by the US network certification body, Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) in 1999 in Atlanta.

In collaboration with a brand consulting company, WECA finally chose a Wi-Fi name that they thought was friendlier to the ear.

Initially, the choice of the name Wi-Fi was created as a play on Hi-Fi (High Fidelity). They also created an indiscriminate advertising slogan (slogan), namely “Standards for wireless fidelity“which was used for a while.

The slogan later became a misunderstanding in the community who assumed the slogan was an acronym for WiFi. In fact, the fact that WiFi has no meaning either.

10. HVS

HVS is short for Hour Free Writing Paper.

In Dutch it means wood paper without pearls.
HVS paper is an important part of administrative, office, and educational activities. Without this paper, the work we have to do may not be possible for us to do.

Internet is an abbreviation of interconnected network.

The history of the Internet emerged after the cold war between the Western Bloc of the United States and the Eastern Bloc of the Soviet Union.

In the 1960s, the United States Department of Defense (USA) began research to connect defense department computers into a single facility, which they hoped would be able to communicate with each other and survive in the event of war.

In October 1962, the computer research program at ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) began, led by Joseph Licklider.

Then, in 1969, ARPA managed to create a computer network called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). ARPAnet is the forerunner of the modern Internet.

12. Japri

Japri stands for private network or often called private message.

Many people use the expression japri, but in reality not many people know what japri means.

Get updates present news and Latest news daily from Kompas.com. Let’s join the Telegram group “Kompas.com News Update”, how to click on the link https://t.me/kompascomupdate, then join. You must first install the Telegram application on your cell phone.