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== {{anchor|RS}}EIA standards ==
{{Main|EIA standards}}
 
With the changing names of the EIA, the naming convention of the standards was also adapted. For example, a standard defining serial communication between computers and modems e.g. was originally drafted as a '''Recommended Standard''',<ref>{{cite book |title=EIA RS-464 |publisher=Electronic Industries Association |date=1981 |orig-year=December 1979 |page=insert |quote=Recommended Standards are adopted by EIA without regard to whether or not their adoption may involve patents on articles, materials, or processes. By such action, EIA does not assume liability to any patent owner, nor does it assume any obligation whatever to parties adopting the Recommended Standard. This EIA Recommended Standard is considered to have international standardization implications, but there is no known IEC (or ISO) activity in this product area.}}</ref> thus the "'''RS'''" [[RS-232]]. Later it was taken over by the EIA as ''EIA-232''. Later this standard was managed by the TIA and the name was changed to the current ''TIA-232''. Because the EIA was accredited by ANSI to help develop standards in its areas, these standards are often described as (e.g. ''ANSI TIA-232'', or formerly as ''ANSI EIA/TIA-232''). As currently{{When|date=August 2020}} authorized, any ANSI standard designated at ANSI EIA-xxx is developed or managed by ECA (and, in the future, ECIA).{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}