pat_law...@condordc.com 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


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