Engineered systems whose defining function depends on generating, transmitting or applying electricity: power grids and generation systems, communication networks, and complete electrical or electronic systems built to a specific function. Belongs here: a named power system, communication network or comparable electrical system considered as a whole engineered system. Does not belong here: the raw electronic materials a system is built from, grouped under Materials Engineering, or a mechanical structure that merely houses electrical equipment without the electrical function itself being the system defining feature.
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Electrical engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, emergence as an occupationQuote, Introduction, emergence as an occupation
It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the latter half of the 19th century after the commercialization of the electric telegraph.
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