[email protected] wrote (in <of9ff6934b.f1bcbeef-on88257062.0054928f-88257062.00553...@teal.com>) about 'Information Technology Symbols', on Fri, 19 Aug 2005: >The IEC has published several documents concerning graphical symbols. >Here is the search result using the phrase 'graphical symbols': >http://www.iec.ch/cgi-bin/procgi.pl/www/iecwww.p?wwwlang=E&wwwprog=seabo >x1.p&seabox1=graphical+symbols
A useful list, but I don't think it addresses the problem. I, too, have wondered where the symbols actually used on computers, mostly adjacent to I/O connectors, come from. For example, there is an established IEC symbol for 'microphone' which is NOT a representation of a hand-held microphone or, as I see on my Dell portable, a picture of a 1920s Marconi ribbon mic. I suppose the USB and Bluetooth symbols come from the defining standards, and haven't been submitted to IEC TC3 (which does tend to react rather slowly). -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. Deadlines are 90% of deadliness. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
