VESA (), formally known as Video Electronics Standards Association, is an American
technical standards organization for
computer display standards. The organization was incorporated in
California
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in July 1989
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San Jose.
It claims a membership of over 300 companies.
In November 1988,
NEC Home Electronics
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announced its creation of the association to develop and promote a
Super VGA
Super VGA (SVGA) is a broad term that covers a wide range of computer display standards that extended IBM's Video Graphics Array, VGA specification.
When used as shorthand for a resolution, as VGA and XGA often are, SVGA refers to a resolution of ...
computer display standard as a successor to
IBM's