»Computer Standards and the Standards Councils «

I am forever looking for (and forgetting) what all the computer standards are, who formulated and ratified them, and why. For the most part it is intensely dry and boring and in any event I always for get it two minutes later. But that's hardly the point, I guess. This website is meant to be a resource. Can't be that if I ignore the important things because I don't like them, hmmm.

With no further ado I'll start adding them today. With the webpage started I might even remember (and find time) to keep adding to it!

Initially I'll just start throwing them in; when I get time I'd break them up into suitable categories such as electrical, internet, software codecs etc.


- ANSI (American National Standards Institute)

- Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)

- Electronic Components, Assemblies, & Materials Association (ECA)

- Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)

- Electronic Industries Foundation (EIF)

- Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA)

- International Technoelectrical Commission (IEC)

- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc)

- IPC Formally the "Institute of Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits"
The added "Association Connecting Electronics Industries" is an identity statement.


- ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

- JEDEC Solid State Technology Association (JEDEC)

- Japan Electronics & Information Technologies Association (JEITA)
Strangely, the orginal link I had was broken and the current home page (Dec 2002) shows a tacky "Under Construction" bar. Blah!

- Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

TSMC - (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.)