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   Timnit Gebru (she/her) (timnitgebru@dair-community.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 02:25:46 JST Timnit Gebru (she/her)

   Does anyone with a background in electrical engineering/electronics etc have any references or other information for how datasheets became a standard thing, or something that is expected of a manufacturer to produce?

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     Timnit Gebru (she/her) (timnitgebru@dair-community.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 16:17:54 JST Timnit Gebru (she/her)

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     To clarify, I'm an electrical engineer and know why datasheets are important, how they're used etc. But does anyone know how they came to be that important, and whether there was a time when people didn't have datasheets associated with their components. And were there discussions of having such documentation and what should go in those documentations? Were there arguments? What was the process by which we arrived at having datasheets?