>What does the "VE" stand for?  Is that a standard term?

Well, for the 30 odd years I have been in electronics I have seen it used as
a diminutive for positive or negative when preceded with + or -
respectively. Perhaps this is more common in the British Commonwealth
countries than it is in the USA.

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