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DefinitionIEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is a professional society of engineers in the electrical, electronic and communications fields, and it sets many technical standards, with LAN standards the best known.
ExplanationBased in the United States, IEEE has individual engineers from around the world as members, and it develops standards alongside publishing journals and holding conferences. Its standards go by numbers such as "IEEE 802.3", and the group starting with 802 covers network technologies such as LAN. The wired LAN standard Ethernet (イーサネット, IEEE 802.3) and the wireless LAN standard IEEE 802.11 are both in wide use.
AnalogyThink of an association of electrical experts deciding the wiring and communication rules for connecting devices, with manufacturers then building products to match.
Memory hookIt is read "I-triple-E", from the three Es in a row in Electrical and Electronics Engineers.