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ISO

Abbrev. for Infrared Space Observatory, an orbiting infrared astronomy observatory launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on top of an Ariane-4 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, Nov. 1995. The 2.5-tonne, 5.3-meter-long ISO was the most sensitive infrared satellite of its time, using four detectors cryogenically cooled by liquid helium to capture and study weak infrared radiation from such sources as cold gas and dust clouds and regions of star birth and star death, as well as quasars and remote galaxies. Lying in the focal plane of a telescope with a 60-centimeter mirror, the four detectors were (1) an infrared camera (ISOCAM) covering the range 2.5–17 μm; (2) a photopolarimeter (ISOPHOT) functioning between 2.5 and 240 μm; (3) a shortwave spectrometer covering the 2.4–45 μm band; and (4) a longwave spectrometer operating between 45 and 196.8 μm. These instruments revealed numerous hitherto unknown objects that were ‘visible’ only in infrared light. The satellite operated for about 30 months. Its mission ended in Apr. 1998 when its coolant finally ran out.

Iso

a lime-sulfur chemical decoction for combating mites and ticks (acaricide).

International Standards Organization, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

A body which promotes the development of world-wide standards and which publishes such standards.

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISO

(1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. ISO deals with all fields except electrical and electronics, which is governed by the older International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). With regard to information processing, ISO and IEC created JTC1, the Joint Technical Committee for information technology.

ISO carries out its work through more than 185 technical committees and 2,700 subcommittees and working groups and is made up of standards organizations from more than 95 countries, some of them serving as secretariats for these technical bodies.

Full, Correspondent and Subscriber Members
Of the 164 ISO member bodies, more than a hundred are full members that influence ISO standards development. Approximately 50 Correspondent members attend meetings as observers. A handful of Subscriber members stay up-to-date on ISO activities but do not sell or adopt ISO standards nationally as do all the others. See ISO/IEC.

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The ISO 15489 standard and the technical report are available in the United States in hard copy format through the American National Standards Institute.

Standards

The ASTM Committee on Rubber (D11) has truly tested the waters, making changes to harmonize many of the extant standards with current ISO standards.

The zen of standards harmonization and globalization. (Viewpoint)

Wilcox is also dead wrong in saying ISO spokesmen have been told to clear all media contacts through the Governor's Office.

STATE'S ENERGY OVERSIGHT MISSTATED

Given the court's ruling and the fact that ISO 9000 clearly has benefits that last well over a year, manufacturers were relieved to obtain those concessions.

IRS allows same-year deduction for ISO 9000 costs

ISO has grown primarily by developing new customers and products.

A New Perspective

This ISO model may provide supportive services to consumers, such as skills and self-advocacy training, assistance with criminal background checks, development of emergency backup service plans, and maintenance of an attendant registry that assists consumers in performing the employment-related administrative and supervisory tasks associated with their CD-PAS.

You Can Do it: State Initiatives Broaden Access to Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Services Through the Use of Intermediary Service Organizations

For an option to qualify as an ISO, the exercise price cannot be less than the fair market value of the stock at the time the option is granted.

Incentive stock options revisited

If an option plan does not meet the ISO requirements, either by definition or by effect, it is an NQO plan.

Option options

Two Motion Industries facilities in Columbus, OH have achieved ISO 9002 certification.

Quality registrations

The Archives and Records Management Subcommittee (SC/11) of ISO TC/46 Information and Documentation actually developed the standard.

The World's First International Records Management Standard

Although the exercise of an ISO does not create taxable income, it does create income for AMT purposes.

ISOs in a down market

Take automotive: Detroit's Big Three car makers embraced ISO 9000 in September 1994 when they jointly adopted QS-9000 quality standards as a replacement for their individual quality systems.