In article ,
Owen Duffy wrote:

"UHF" is a bit of a misnomer I agree, but it has market acceptance in
one of the largest market places, and that is the generic term for the
things.

As I have heard it, this is a case of TLA (three-letter acronym)
collision. The full term for these connectors started out "Universal
High Frequency" (UHF) and did not imply that they were used, or good
for, "Ultra-High Frequency" operation.

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