Known as the IEC Electropedia or as the International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV), the resource provides a set of agreed definitions and terms for concepts in specific fields, thereby “reducing the level of ambiguity associated with words and sentences,” according to the standards agency.
Prior to embarking on new standards, IEC experts first must agree on the terminology used in the standards, so that there is no confusion about the concepts which are referred to. This is an essential first step in standards development.
The Electropedia offers a range of different resources for standards developers including definitions of terms and concepts, standardized technical drawings, and links to relevant standards and documents.
It also contains an extensive wordlist comprising over 20 000 terms related to electrical engineering, electronics, and associated technologies. More ever, the site's content is available in numerous languages.