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In response to Becca Price, Dick Margulis wrote:
<<Every time someone posts with a catchy "ISO" subject line, I fall for it,
thinking the discussion is going to be about standards, only to learn that
the person has borrowed an abbreviation from the world of personal ads to
request information about some obscure program I've never heard of.>>
I do a little double-take myself (see my current title in my sig).
<<May I make the modest suggestion that, for THIS audience (techwr-l), ISO
generally means International Standards Organization, not "in search of.">>
OK, I'm picking nits here, but the (English) name of the group is
International Organization for Standardization, and ISO is not an acronym.
As the ISO Web site explains, the name "ISO" comes from the Greek "isos"
meaning equal, which ties in with the idea of standards (see http://www.iso.ch/infoe/intro.htm). If they were to use an acronym, it would
differ from language to language.
Julie, setting the record straight
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| Julie Pitt Digex, Inc. |
| ISO Implementation Coordinator One Digex Plaza |
| Digex Consulting Beltsville, MD 20705 |
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| Julie -dot- Pitt -at- Digex -dot- com http://www.digex.com |
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