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  2. De facto standard - Wikipedia

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    A de facto standard is a custom or convention that is commonly used even though its use is not required. De facto is a Latin phrase (literally " of fact "), here meaning "in practice but not necessarily ordained by law" or "in practice or actuality, but not officially established".

  3. De facto - Wikipedia

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    The term "de facto standard" is used for both: to contrast obligatory standards (also known as "de jure standards"); or to express a dominant standard, when there is more than one proposed standard. In social sciences, a voluntary standard that is also a de facto standard, is a typical solution to a coordination problem. [15]

  4. List of computer display standards - Wikipedia

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    A widely used de facto standard, introduced with XGA-2 and other early "multiscan" graphics cards and monitors, with an unusual aspect ratio of 5:4 (1.25:1) instead of the more common 4:3 (1. 3:1), meaning that even 4:3 pictures and video will appear letterboxed on the narrower 5:4 screens. This is generally the native resolution—with ...

  5. Standards organization - Wikipedia

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    The term de jure standard refers to a standard mandated by legal requirements or refers generally to any formal standard. In contrast, the term de facto standard refers to a specification (or protocol or technology) that has achieved widespread use and acceptance – often without being approved by any standards organization (or receiving such ...

  6. Technical standard - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, a custom, convention, company product, corporate standard, and so forth that becomes generally accepted and dominant is often called a de facto standard. A technical standard may be developed privately or unilaterally, for example by a corporation, regulatory body, military, etc. Standards can also be developed by groups such as ...

  7. Dominant design - Wikipedia

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    Dominant design is a technology management concept introduced by James M. Utterback and William J. Abernathy in 1975, identifying key technological features that become a de facto standard. [1] A dominant design is the one that wins the allegiance of the marketplace, the one to which competitors and innovators must adhere if they hope to ...

  8. robots.txt - Wikipedia

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    By June 1994 it had become a de facto standard; [6] most complied, including those operated by search engines such as WebCrawler, Lycos, and AltaVista. [7] On July 1, 2019, Google announced the proposal of the Robots Exclusion Protocol as an official standard under Internet Engineering Task Force. [8]

  9. Floppy disk drive interface - Wikipedia

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    The de facto standard 5.25 inch FDD interface is based upon the Shugart Associates SA400 [6] FDD. [5]: 169 The signal interface uses a 34-pin PCB edge connector which mates to a flat ribbon cable connector. DC power is provided on a separate connector. [6] The 34-pin connector is similar in pinout to the standard 50-pin connector for 8 inch FDDs.