An international standards organization that comprises national standards bodies; ANSI, for example, is the U.S. representative to ISO. ISO's data communications standards include HDLC, the OSI Reference Model, and OSI protocols.
A federation of national standards bodies such as BSI and ANSI.
Based in Geneva Switzerland, among the many standards it issues are pump and seal standards for the metric community.
The organization responsible for developing the standardized forex trading codes used by traders such as EUR for Euros or CAD for the Canadian Dollar.
This is a non-governmental, world-wide federation of national standards bodies from some 100 countries, one per country, which was established in 1947 to "promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity."
ISO is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 130 countries, one from each country. It is a non-governmental organization established in 1947 to promote the development of standardization facilitating international trade. ISO's work results in international agreements which are published as International Standards.
ISO was established in 1947 as a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 130 countries.
International standards organization involved with setting of standards on a world-wide basis. ISO is made up of national standards organizations from more than 75 countries.
Geneva, Switzerland. An organization that sets international standards. It deals with all fields except electrical and electronics which is governed by IEC. Syn: International Standards Organization.
The group that developed the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocols.
Organization that promotes the development of standards to facilitate the international exchange of goods and services; develops mutual cooperation in areas of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity.
The worldwide federation of national standards bodies that sets standards for international compatibility, including the physical and electronic standards for payment cards.
ISO is a worldwide federation of national standardization bodies of more than 140 countries. Established as a non-government organization in 1947, it develops international standards and publishes them. All branches other than electrical engineering standards are within the scope of ISO.
An organization of 89 member countries (founded in 1946) responsible for setting world standards in many electronics areas. Members of the ISO are the national standards organizations of the member countries.
International Standardization Organization. Establishes and coordinates worldwide standards for electronic information exchange.
A network of the national standards institutes of 146 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system. It is a non-governmental organization, which operates under the belief that industry standards facilitate commerce and benefit suppliers and customers.
An international association of member countries, each represented by its leading standard-setting organization - for example, ANSI (American National Standards Institute) for the United States. The ISO works to establish global standards for communications and information exchange.
Abbreviation: ISO A world-wide federation of national standards institutes (ISO member bodies). Note: Trans Misr is implemneting ISO 9001:2000 BVQI - UKAS certification for the Quality of its Management System.
A voluntary, nontreaty organization founded in 1946 which is responsible for creating international standards in many areas, including computers and communications. Its members are the national standards organizations of the 89 member countries, including ANSI for the U.S. See also: American National Standards Institute, Open Systems Interconnection. [Source: TAN
A worldwide federation of national standards bodies from 130 countries. The ISO's mission is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. The ISO's work results in international agreements that are published as international standards.
An international body composed of individual country's standards groups that focuses upon international standards.
(ISO) A standards organization recognized for its development of 051 protocols and the 051 Reference Model.
A network of national standards institutes. Abbreviation: ISO.
A worldwide federation of national standards organizations. "ISO container" denotes a container equipped with standard ISO corner fittings for lifting or for retaining on a truck chassis.
Responsible for a wide range of standards such as the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model and international relationship with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on X.509.
The standards organization that developed the OSI seven-layer protocol model.
(ISO) The world's largest developer of standards.
Abbreviation: ISO. International Standards Organization also referred to as the International Organization for Standardization. This is a worldwide federation of national standards member bodies. It consists of technical committees made up of governmental and non-governmental international organizations. Draft international standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to member bodies for voting. Adoption of standards requires approval of at least 75% of member bodies that cast a vote.
An organization that sets international standards founded in 1946. ISO deals with all fields except electrical and electronics. ISO created JTC1, the Joint Technical Committee for information technology.
An organization that coordinates the development and adoption of numerous international standards. "ISO" is not an acronym, but the Greek word for "equal".
An international organization created to promote standardization around the world.
An international standards body, commonly known as the International Standards Organization.
ISO It's an organization acting as a central clearinghouse for industry standards drafted by national standard setting organizations. The American National Standards Institute is the U.S. representative of ISO.
The ISO was established to promote both national and international standardization in the area of data communications.
An international organization composed of national standards bodies from over 75 countries. ISO is a Greek term meaning "equal". ISO has defined a number of important computer standards, the most significant of which is perhaps OSI (Open Systems Interconnection), a standardized architecture for designing networks.
Group of cooperating institutes from 140 countries working to develop and publish international standards. It acts as a bridge between public and private sectors.