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| | What is ISO? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: international standardization organization, International ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | ISO, founded in 1947, is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 100 countries, with one standards body representing each member country. |
 | | Among the standards the ISO fosters is Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), a universal reference model for communication protocols. |
 | | The name ISO is used around the world to denote the organization, thus avoiding the assortment of abbreviations that would result from the translation of "International Organization for Standardization" into the different national languages of members. |
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