from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
International Organization for Standardization
International Organisation for Standardisation
ISO
<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 {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://iso.ch/).
(1999-06-22)