ISO

Meanings

Proper Noun

• International Organization for Standardization

Noun

• A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system (such as a CD or DVD); also used as the file extension.
• A measure of film sensitivity or brightness, derived from the ISO standard.
• Initialism of {{w}}
• Initialism of incentive stock option

Origin

• Officially from Greek ίσος ("equal").{{cite-web
• |url=https://www.iso.org/about-us.html#isoname
• |work=International Organization for Standardization
• |accessdate=2018-05-16
• 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.{{cite-web
• |url=https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/about%20ISO/docs/en/Friendship_among_equals.pdf
• |year=1997
• |author=International Organization for Standardization
• |work=FRIENDSHIP AMONG EQUALS
• |passage=I recently read that the name ISO was chosen because “iso” is a Greek term meaning “equal”. There was no mention of that in London !