Tuesday, October 2, 2007

ISO

ISO, also known as the Internation Organization of Stadardization, is an organization that maintains standards for internet users all around the world. They are a standards organization that was founded on February 23rd, 1947 that is headquarted in Geneva, Switzerland. They claim to be a non-governmental organization, but they are so powerful that the standards they set often become law. This is possible through treaties or national standards, which makes it much more powerful that other non-government organizations.

Also, the name 'ISO' is in fact NOT an acronym for their name. It originated from the greek word 'isos' which means 'equal' in English. Not only does this make it easier to have the same acronym for all languages, it represents the equality of the standardization of all cultures.

So don't mess with them.

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