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
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.
(1999-06-22)