Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Video Electronics Standards Association
     
         (VESA) An industry {standard}s organisation
        created in 1989 or 1990 mostly(?) concerned with {IBM}
        compatible {personal computer}s.  The first standard it
        created was the 800 x 600 pixel {Super VGA} (SVGA) display and
        its software interface.  It also defined the {VESA Local Bus}
        (VLB).
     
        See also {PCI}.
     
        {Home (http://www.vesa.org/)}.
     
        (1995-11-16)