Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a global professional association for engineering and computing fields. It publishes research, develops technical standards, and supports professional communities.

IEEE Standards Association: The IEEE organization that develops and maintains technical standards through consensus-based working groups. It coordinates the standards-development work associated with IEEE.
IEEE 802.11: The IEEE family of standards for wireless local area networking, commonly known as Wi-Fi. It is a prominent example of an IEEE standard used in everyday connectivity.
American Institute of Electrical Engineers: A professional organization founded in 1884 to advance electrical engineering in the United States. It merged with the Institute of Radio Engineers to create IEEE in 1963.
International Electrotechnical Commission: An international standards organization that publishes standards for electrical, electronic, and related technologies. It develops global electrotechnical standards independently of IEEE’s professional-association structure.
IEEE Xplore: IEEE’s digital library of technical literature, including journals, conference proceedings, and standards. It provides access to much of IEEE’s published research and standards.
IEEE 802.3: The IEEE standard family defining Ethernet physical and data-link layer specifications. It illustrates IEEE’s role in standardizing wired computer networking.
Institute of Radio Engineers: A professional organization founded in 1912 for engineers working in radio and related technologies. Its merger with AIEE established IEEE’s modern organizational lineage.
International Organization for Standardization: An independent international organization that coordinates standards across many industries and countries. Its broad, cross-industry remit contrasts with IEEE’s engineering-focused association and standards work.
IEEE Technical Activities: The IEEE organization overseeing technical societies, councils, and communities. Its societies and councils organize IEEE’s subject-specific technical work.
IEEE 754: The IEEE standard specifying formats and operations for binary and decimal floating-point arithmetic. It standardizes numerical behavior across much computing hardware and software.

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Electrical engineeringBroader topic: Its predecessor societies helped organize the profession and its technical standards.