Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik
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The VDE is the German Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies, a professional body based in Frankfurt am Main. It was founded as Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (Association of German Electrical Engineers) in Berlin in 1893 and renamed itself to Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik in 1998. The VDE has as of 2005 some 33,000 members.
The role of the VDE in Germany is comparable to that of the IET in the United Kingdom and the IEEE in the United States.
One of its activities is as a standards organization. For example, the VDE maintains the German electrical wiring regulations (DIN/VDE 0100).
