{"id":577,"date":"1995-08-18T00:01:59","date_gmt":"1995-08-18T00:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/?page_id=577"},"modified":"2025-12-01T02:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:50:19","slug":"tables","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/tables\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference tables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This is a collection of technical reference tables that I have been accumulating since I was a child. To a large extent, sites such as the Wikipedia have rather surpassed this particular project. However, this pre-dates the Wikipedia by a couple of decades &#8211; 1973 to be precise. Though obviously there have been a lot of updates since then. Besides, I rather like having all this stuff in one easy-to-find location. Seems we still have a few readers who quite like it too. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"general\">General<\/a>, including&#8230;<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"general\/batteries-button-cell-equivalents\">Batteries &#8211; button cell equivalents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/batteries-dry-alkaline-equivalents\">Batteries &#8211; dry and alkaline international equivalents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/batteries-lead-acid-equivalents\">Batteries &#8211; lead acid equivalents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/battery-formulation-iec-codes\">Battery formulation IEC codes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/domain-name-country-suffixes\">Domain name country suffixes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/electronic-component-colour-codes\">Electronic component colour codes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/form-factors-for-storage-media\">Form Factors for Media Storage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/global-metar-stations\">Global METAR stations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/iso-216-din-476-iso-269-paper-sizes-table\">ISO 216 (DIN 476) \u201cA\u201d, \u201cB\u201d &amp; ISO 269 \u201cC\u201d series paper sizes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/international-clothing-size-equivalents\">International clothing size equivalents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/international-morse-code\">International Morse Code<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/international-phonetic-alphabet\">International phonetic alphabet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/keyboard-shortcuts\">Keyboard shortcuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/mathematical-and-other-constants\">Mathematical and other constants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/metric-non-si-units\">Metric non-SI units<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/metric-prefixes\">Metric prefixes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/metric-si-units\">Metric SI units<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/metric-versus-binary-computer-prefixes\">Metric versus binary computing prefixes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/mp3-id3v1-genre-tags\">MP3-ID3v1 genre tags<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/original-arpa-domain-abbreviations\">Original ARPA domain abbreviations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/sound-pressure-levels\">Sound pressure levels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/wind-speeds\">Wind speeds<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"general\/wire-gauge\">Wire gauge equivalents<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a href=\"radio-frequencies\">Radio Frequencies<\/a>, including&#8230;<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"radio-frequencies\/internet-radio-player\">Internet radio player URLs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"radio-frequencies\/radio-and-tv-frequencies-for-broadcast-stations-near-southampton-uk\">AM and FM Radio frequencies for broadcast stations near Southampton, England<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"radio-frequencies\/aircraft-frequencies-uk-europe\">Aircraft frequencies, EU and UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"radio-frequencies\/citizens-band-frequencies-eu-and-uk\">Citizen\u2019s Band frequencies, EU and UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"radio-frequencies\/commonly-used-radio-terminology\">Commonly used radio terminology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"radio-frequencies\/pmr-446-frequencies\">PMR 446 frequencies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"radio-frequencies\/radio-microphone-frequencies\">Radio microphone frequencies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"radio-frequencies\/vhf-marine-band-channels\">VHF Marine band channels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"radio-frequencies\/wavebands-amateur-radio\">Wavebands, amateur radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"radio-frequencies\/wavebands-shortwave-broadcast-worldband\">Wavebands, shortwave broadcast (worldband)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"tv-sound-frequencies\">TV Sound Frequencies<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Analog TV sound is almost completely obsolete now. 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