national institute of standards and technology

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

National Institute of Standards and Technology
    n 1: an agency in the Technology Administration that makes
         measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or
         government programs [syn: {National Institute of Standards
         and Technology}, {NIST}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Bureau of Standards
NIST

   <body> (NIST, formerly the National Bureau of Standards) A
   United States governmental body that helps develop
   {standards} including {FIPS}.

   NIST Home (http://nist.gov/).

   (2003-06-04)

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