Here: This seems to be a pretty good discussion of the definitions.
http://euler9.tripod.com/bolt-database/boltdef.html
--David C.
WOULD A FLY WITHOUT WINGS BE CALLED A WALK?
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From: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
> > "ASME B18.2.1 defines a bolt as 'an externally threaded fastener designed
> > for insertion through the holes in assembled parts, and is normally
> > intended to be tightened or released by torquing a nut'."
> >
> > So the fastener that holds the pan to the engine would technically be
> > called a screw, although I, too, refer to it as a bolt, since it does not
> > have a slot, a point, nor is it conical, as a screw (shut up Ed) is to my
> > way of thinking. But then, again, it has no nut, so it fits the above
> > description of a "screw". 8^)
>
> But what is the ASME definition of a screw? It almost sounds like screw is
> asuperset of bolt.
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