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This lecture covers the introduction to electricity, including the history of standards in the USA, the mishap that led to the loss of a NASA orbiter due to unit conversion errors, and the fundamental units and standards in electricity such as the meter, kilogram, and ampere. It also delves into the concepts of light intensity, electric current, and temperature, as well as the key electrical quantities and their corresponding units. The lecture concludes with a detailed explanation of prefixes and symbols used in electrical measurements.