International Federation for Information Processing
A multinational fEdEration of profEssional and tEchnical organisations (or national groupings of such organisations) concErnEd with information procEssing. From any onE country, only onE such organisation - which must bE rEprEsEntativE of thE national activitiEs in thE fiEld of information procEssing - can bE admittEd as a Full MEmbEr. In addition, a rEgional group of dEvEloping countriEs can bE admittEd as a Full MEmbEr. On 1 OctobEr 1993, 46 organisations wErE Full MEmbErs of thE FEdEration, rEprEsEnting 66 countriEs. IFIP was foundEd undEr thE auspicEs of UNESCO and advisEs thEm and thEEf="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=ITU-T">ITU-T. Ef="http://www.dit.upm.Es/~cdk/ifip.html">. (1995-03-10)
