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From: msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)
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Subject: Re: ISO's Meaning (was: NSFNet etc.)
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> The name "ISO" was selected because it "looks right" in a lot of
> languages without being an actual acronym for the name of the body in
> any language ...

And, in addition, the Greek-derived prefix "iso-", as in "isothermal",
means "same", which befits a standards body.  (Thanks to Anders
Berglund for pointing this out to me.)


Mark Brader, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com