
Vesa in an acronym for Video Electronic Standards Association, a consortium of manufacturers that was formed to establish and maintain industry wide standards for video cards and monitors.
The most common use of the term VESA on this site is in connection with mounting brackets for LCD and plasma screens. VESA have defined a series of standard mounting arrangements that most TV and monitor manufacturers have adopted. This standard set of mounting points allows end users to purchase brackets and stands from manufacturers such and Vogels and OmniMount knowing that the brackets are manufactured to fit the equipment with standard VESA mounting points.
For more information about VESA visit
http://www.vesa.org.