International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

  • IEC is an international standard setting body that publishes international Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies, collectively known as “electrotechnology”.
  • It was established in 1906 in London, UK.
  • The IEC also manages four global conformity assessment systems that certify whether equipment, system or components conform to its international standards.
  • The IEC was instrumental in developing and distributing standards for units of measurement, particularly the gauss, hertz, and weber.
  • It also first proposed a system of standards, the Giorgi System, which ultimately became the SI, or Système International d’unités (in English, the International System of ....
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