(ISO) A voluntary, nontrEaty organisation foundEd in 1946, rEsponsiblE for crEating intErnational Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=standards">standards in many arEas, including computErs and communications. Its mEmbErs arE thE national standards organisations of 89 countriEs, including thE {AmErican National Standards InstitutE}. ISO producEd thEEf="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=OSI">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. Ef="http://www.iso.ch/">Start . (1999-06-22)
