I also heard (at a seminar) that ISO was greek meaning "all things equal". But since then, I have not been able to find that bit of trivia anywhere else! ---------- From: Ed Cosper <ed Subject: The meaning of ISO Date: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 3:56PM Dear colleagues, I have a trivial question but it is driving me crazy. I have heard for = years that ISO is an acronym for the International Organization for = Standardization. However, if this is the case would not IOS be more = appropriate? The reason I ask is that I recently attended an ISO 9001 lead assessors = course put on by IRCA. I was informed by the instructor that ISO does = not stand for the International Organization for Standards but is = actually a Greek word meaning the same as or equal to. Furthermore, I = was taught that this is intended only as a prefix to a given = specification or guideline number. I found the definition to be true = according to the dictionary and I thought I understood what the letters = ( or word) ISO stood for and its intended use. However, in all of the forwards I have read in your published = documentation it is typically written " ISO ( the International = Organization for Standardization) ". This leads one to understand that = ISO does in fact stand for the International Organization for = Standardization. Perhaps someone in the organization can shed some light on this issue = for me despite the trivial nature of this request. I would really = appreciate it. Sincerely, Ed Cosper Director, Quality Assurance and Engineering Graphic Electronics, Inc. Tulsa, OK USA *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message <to: [log in to unmask]> * * with <subject: subscribe/unsubscribe> and no text in the body. * *************************************************************************** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * *************************************************************************** Received: from simon.ipc.org ([168.113.24.64]) by aidsrv.advanced-input.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA00201; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 15:56:30 -0800 Received: from ipc.org by simon.ipc.org via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/940406.SGI) id RAA29926; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:46:01 -0800 Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:46:01 -0800 Received: by ipc.org (Smail3.1.28.1 #2) id m0wA1uP-000BjhC; Wed, 26 Mar 97 17:15 CST Resent-Sender: [log in to unmask] Old-Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Message-ID: <01BC3A0C.412CB9C0@gateway> From: Ed Cosper <[log in to unmask]> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Cc: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: The meaning of ISO Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:36:29 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Resent-Message-ID: <"pXCKM3.0.nsA.ntQEp"@ipc> Resent-From: [log in to unmask] X-Mailing-List: <[log in to unmask]> archive/latest/11503 X-Loop: [log in to unmask] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [log in to unmask] *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message <to: [log in to unmask]> * * with <subject: subscribe/unsubscribe> and no text in the body. * *************************************************************************** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * ***************************************************************************