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IEC 61508

international standard for electronic safety-related systems
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IEC 61508

Summary

IEC 61508 is an IEC standard[1]. It draws 278 Wikipedia views per month (iec_standard category, ranking #9 of 77).[2]

Key Facts

  • IEC 61508 authored International Electrotechnical Commission[3].
  • IEC 61508's instance of is recorded as IEC standard[4].
  • IEC 61508's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bggyq[5].
  • IEC 61508's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Functional Safety of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic Safety-related Systems'}[6].
  • IEC 61508's title is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Functionele veiligheid van elektrische/elektronische/programmeerbare elektronische systemen'}[7].
  • IEC 61508's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 138267214[8].
  • IEC 61508's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C138267214[9].

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Authorship and Creation

IEC 61508 authored International Electrotechnical Commission[3].

Why It Matters

IEC 61508 draws 278 Wikipedia views per month (iec_standard category, ranking #9 of 77).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). IEC 61508. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/iec-61508
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_iec-61508_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{IEC 61508}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/iec-61508}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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