Naming Things Is Hard

Naming things is hard Frequency range Wavelength range ITU designation Full name Abbreviation[7] IEEE bands[6] Below 3 Hz > 10⁵ km — 3–30 Hz 10⁵–10⁴ km Extremely low frequency ELF — 30–300 Hz 10⁴–10³ km Super low frequency SLF — 300–3000 Hz 10³–100 km Ultra low frequency ULF — 3–30 kHz 100–10 km Very low frequency VLF — 30–300 kHz 10–1 km Low frequency LF — 300 kHz – 3 MHz 1 km – 100 m Medium frequency MF — 3–30 MHz 100–10 m High frequency HF HF 30–300 MHz 10–1 m Very high frequency VHF VHF 300 MHz – 3 GHz 1 m – 100 mm Ultra high frequency UHF UHF, L, S 3–30 GHz 100–10 mm Super high frequency SHF S, C, X, Ku, K, Ka 30–300 GHz 10–1 mm Extremely high frequency EHF Ka, V, W, mm 300 GHz – 3 THz 1 mm – 0.1 mm Tremendously high frequency THF —

The meme shows the caption “Naming things is hard” above a table of radio-frequency bands with increasingly elaborate names, from extremely low frequency to tremendously high frequency. The joke is that naming frequency ranges becomes progressively more ridiculous and overcomplicated, so the image is used as a reaction to difficult naming tasks or excessive technical terminology.

• @gentoomemes / 2460 2023-02-15