The '''[http://www.iso.org for more details%|%International Organization for Standardization]''' is to standards organizations worldwide what the [UN] is to the national governments. Although ISO works as an acronym in some languages, their website claims the name is really derived from the Greek word ''isos''. ---- From an [open source] perspective, the ISO unfortunately is an old-economy standardization organisation, i.e., they won't let you read their publications unless you buy them. Standards effectively available from other sources includes * ISO/IEC 10646 ([Unicode]): [http://www.unicode.org/%|%unicode.org] ---- [LV]: Some people also use ISO as an abbreviation for "In Search Of", as in "ISO: cross platform games written in Tcl/Tk"... <> Glossary