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  2. International standard - Wikipedia

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    An international standard is a technical standard developed by one or more international standards organizations. International standards are available for consideration and use worldwide. The most prominent such organization is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Other prominent international standards organizations ...

  3. Internet Standard - Wikipedia

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    Internet Standard. In computer network engineering, an Internet Standard is a normative specification of a technology or methodology applicable to the Internet. Internet Standards are created and published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). They allow interoperation of hardware and software from different sources which allows ...

  4. International Organization for Standardization - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.iso.org. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO / ˈaɪsoʊ / [3]) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. [4] Membership requirements are given in Article 3 of the ISO Statutes.

  5. Thesaurus (information retrieval) - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus (information retrieval) In the context of information retrieval, a thesaurus (plural: "thesauri") is a form of controlled vocabulary that seeks to dictate semantic manifestations of metadata in the indexing of content objects. A thesaurus serves to minimise semantic ambiguity by ensuring uniformity and consistency in the storage and ...

  6. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement. Coordinated by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (abbreviated BIPM from French: Bureau international des ...

  7. Electronic data interchange - Wikipedia

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    Electronic data interchange. Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the concept of businesses electronically communicating information that was traditionally communicated on paper, such as purchase orders, advance ship notices, and invoices. Technical standards for EDI exist to facilitate parties transacting such instruments without having to ...

  8. Standards-based education reform in the United States

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    Creation of specific, concrete, measurable standards in an integrated curriculum framework. These standards apply to all schools in a state or country, regardless of race or relative wealth. Criterion-referenced tests based on these standards rather than norm-based relative rankings (which compare one student with another).

  9. Style guide - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A style guide is a set of standards for the writing, formatting, and design of documents. [1] A book-length style guide is often called a style manual or a manual of style (MoS or MOS). A short style guide, typically ranging from several to several dozen pages, is often called a style sheet. The standards documented in a style guide are ...