IEEE = means?

[Brangwen]

Fellow Members

Out of curiosity, what does the acronym IEEE stand for?

I have checked a couple of dictionaries and have only come up with something to the effect " International Electronic Engineering Standard. . .'

Does anyone know the answer?

Although, now that I think about it, back in the days when I used to earn a few dollars polishing vacuum tubes well, not actually vacuum tubes -- there was a site -- I cannot recall the name ... it was an online dictionary for looking up computer terminology.

Does anyone recall the URL I'm referring to?


Thanks!

Brangwen

[jman01pa]

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

[HeadBand]

www.webopedia.com

excelent site for termonology

[Brangwen]

man01pa:

Hey, thank you very much.

I just now found the website referenced in my original thread:

www.Webopedia.com

Brangwen

[jman01pa]

dictionary.com defined IEEE

but here are some tech dictionaries

http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/

http://www.techdictionary.com/

http://www.pcwebopedia.com/

http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/

Hope that helps

[Brangwen]

Gee -- I think a few members out responded me!


Thanks again!

Brangwen

[Vagabond]

Is IEEE also an abr. for a video connection??

[davidamarkley]

IEEE 1394 is the technical term for the commonly referred to "FireWire"

IEEE is the organization that comes up with different standards for electrical/computer technologies.

Good link: http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/buzzwords.html

Dave

[HeadBand]

IEEE 1394 is another term for firewire yes which is a data port usually used for transfering digital video...but dont expect to hook up a monitor to a firewire port or anything

but it is not only firewire IEEE 802.11 is used for wifi and IEEE 802.3 is used for wired networking

EDIT: Doh I was beaten

[davidamarkley]

OK, I better stop while I'm ahead!! Two different threads, and beating TWO different posters!! A first for me!!!

IEEE is everywhere though, but most of the time some "buzzword" ends up replacing the tech name for it. Just like FireWire, Wi-Fi, etc...