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International Electrotechnical Commission

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Summary

International Electrotechnical Commission is a standards organization[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of standards organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,112 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Instance of: non-governmental organization[5]
  • Official language: English[6], French[7]
  • Headquarters location: Geneva[8]
  • Commons category: International Electrotechnical Commission[9]
  • Has part(s): ISO/IEC JTC 1[10]
  • Inception: 1906[11]
  • Official website: https://www.iec.ch[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:International Electrotechnical Commission[13]
  • Has characteristic: United Nations General Consultative Status[14]
  • Short name: IEC[15], CEI[16]
  • Has works in the collection: Museum of Modern Art[17]
  • P14536: 352443[18]
  • P14541: 4Mb6mx[19]

Why It Matters

International Electrotechnical Commission has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Works attributed to it include IEC 61508[22], an IEC standard[23].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . esango.un.org. Retrieved . esango.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . esango.un.org. Retrieved . esango.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . esango.un.org. Retrieved . esango.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . moma.org. Retrieved . moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en',
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  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4Mb6mx
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  3. 16w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → International+Electrotechnical+Commission, IEC
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  4. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 352443
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  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1906-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Headquarters location → Geneva
    Svkkl authority id → 0335397-Mezinarodni-elektrotechnicka-komise
    Has characteristic → United Nations General Consultative Status
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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