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The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA, until 1997 Electronic Industries Association) is a trade organization composed as an alliance of trade associations for electronics manufacturers in the United States. Those associations in turn govern sectors of EIA standards activity.

The associations are:

Formerly CEA – The Consumer Electronics Association (As of January 1, 2005 CEA withdrew from its sector affiliation with EIA)
ECA – The Electronic Components, Assemblies, and Materials Association
GEIA – The Government Electronics and Information Technology Association
JEDEC – The JEDEC Solid State Technology division, formerly Joint Electron Devices Engineering Councils
TIA – The Telecommunications Industry Association

EIA is accredited by ANSI to help develop standards on electronic components, consumer electronics, electronic information, telecommunications, and Internet security. The recommended standards (formerly designated as RS-#, currently EIA-#) are designed so that manufacturer’s equipment can be interchanged and compatible.

Prior to 1957, EIA was known as the Radio Electronics Television Manufacturing Association (RETMA). A comprehensive history of the development of EIA is found on the JEDEC history page.

Well known EIA standards include: