ISO

See: International Organization for Standardization

A voluntary, nontreaty organization founded in 1946 which is responsible for creating international standards in many areas, including computers and communications. Its members are the national standards organizations of the 89 member countries, including ANSI for the U.S. See also: American National Standards Institute, Open Systems Interconnection. [Source: TAN]

International Organization for Standardization.An organization of member countries(founded in 1946 ) responsible for setting world standarda in many electronics areas.Members of the ISO are the national standards organizations of the member countries.

(International Organization for Standardization) An association that has defined a different set of network protocols, known as the ISO/OSI protocols, that are in line to replace those currently in use on the Internet. See also OSI .