Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

International Organization for Standardization
     
         (ISO) A voluntary, nontreaty organisation
        founded in 1946, responsible for creating international
        {standards} in many areas, including computers and
        communications.  Its members are the national standards
        organisations of 89 countries, including the {American
        National Standards Institute}.
     
        ISO produced the {OSI} seven layer model for network
        architecture.
     
        The term "ISO" is not actually an acronym for anything.  It is
        a pun on the Greek prefix "iso-", meaning "same".  Some ISO
        documents say ISO is not an acronym even though it is an
        anagram of the initials of the organisation's name.
     
        {Home (http://www.iso.ch/)}.
     
        (1999-06-22)