ISO

Meaning

Name

The International Organization for Standardization.

Noun

1. A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system (such as a CD or DVD); also used as the file extension for such a file.
2. A measure of film sensitivity or brightness, derived from the ISO standard.

Noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Imperial Service Order.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of incentive stock option.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism) Initialism of instrument-shaped object, used to refer to a musical instrument that is of very low quality.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of information security officer.

Prep

Initialism of in search of.

Synonyms

International Organization for Standardization

International Standards Organization

Estonian

🇪🇪

Turkish

🇹🇷

Cyrillic

International Standardization Organization

Latin 3

Latin 9

Arabic

Insurance Services Office

Baltic

Translations

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Internationale Organisation für Normung

Organisation internationale de normalisation

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Organizzazione internazionale per la standardizzazione

Iso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaɪ.səʊ/

Etymology

Officially from Greek ίσος (ísos, “equal”). However, a participant in the initial meetings disputes this etymology, claiming that the link to ίσος was decided on after the name ISO was set.