[W/K] :: International Organization for Standardization

  International Organization for Standardization
       
           (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 American
          National 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.
       
          http://www.iso.ch/).html">Home (http://www.iso.ch/).
       
          (1999-06-22)