An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices (such as wires, batteries, resistors, and transistors) in a drawing of an electrical or electronic circuit. These symbols can (because of remaining traditions) vary from country to country, but are today to a large extent internationally standardized. Some symbols (such as those of vacuum tubes) became virtually extinct with the development of new technologies.
Gallery of common electronic symbols
 Batteries, single cell, multi-cell |
 Capacitor, polarized (American) |
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 Potentiometer: American |
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 Switch, Single Pole/Single Throw (SPST) |
 Switch, Single Pole/Double Throw (SPDT) |
 Switch, Double Pole/Double Throw (DPDT) |
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 Transformer, with center tap |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Electrical symbols |
- International standard IEC 60617 DB Graphical symbols for diagrams
- Circuit Symbols of Electronic Components
- Circuit Symbols for all Electronic Components
- List of Circuit Schematic Symbols
- Electrical & Electronic Drawing Symbols
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