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From: rick@hanauma (Richard Ottolini)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: So many graphics `standards'
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Date: 23 Jun 89 14:32:05 GMT
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The word `standard' is misused.  The proper word is specification.
Standard applies to a specification widely used either by design or accident.