Lesson 5 - Standards Organizations

Organization	Stands for :	Description
IOS	International Organization for Standardization	Ensure that products and services are safe, reliable and good quality.
ANSI	American National Standard Institute.	Is a private organization that oversees the development of voluntary standards for product, services, process, system and personal in the US.
BSI	British Standard institution.	Is the National Standard Body in UK, responsible for facility drafting, publishing and marketing British Standard and other guidelines.
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.	Sets standards for most types of electrical interfaces. Its most famous standard is probably RS-232C, which defines an interface for serial communication. This is the interface used by most modems, and a number of other devices, including display screens and mice. IEEE is also responsible for designing floating-point data formats.
ITU	International Telecommunication Union.	Defines international standards, particularly communications protocols. It has defined a number of standards, including V.22, V.32, V.34 and V.42 that specify protocols for transmitting data over telephone lines.