International Organization for Standardization

standard, body (ISO) A voluntary, nontreaty organisation

founded in 1946, responsible for creating international

standards in many areas, including computers and

communications. Its members are the national standards

organisations of 89 countries, including the AmericanNational Standards Institute.

ISO produced the OSI seven layer model for network

architecture.

The term "ISO" is not actually an acronym for anything. It is

a pun on the Greek prefix "iso-", meaning "same". Some ISO

documents say ISO is not an acronym even though it is an

anagram of the initials of the organisation's name.

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