ISO

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English

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Etymology 1

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Officially from Greek ίσος (ísos, equal).[1] 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.[2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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The ISO logo

ISO

  1. (organisation) The International Organization for Standardization.

Noun

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ISO (plural ISOs)

  1. (file format) A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system (such as a CD or DVD); also used as the file extension for such a file.
    I downloaded the ISO but got an error when trying to burn it to disc.
  2. (photography) A measure of film sensitivity or brightness, derived from the ISO standard.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ISO (plural ISOs)

  1. Initialism of Imperial Service Order.
  2. (finance) Initialism of incentive stock option.
  3. (music, derogatory) Abbreviation of instrument-shaped object. Used to refer to a musical instrument that is of very low quality.

Preposition

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ISO

  1. (in personal ads) Initialism of in search of.
    • 1992 November 23, Joseph E. Beason, “Re: gayfolk and cats”, in soc.motss[2] (Usenet):
      SO's affection for cats is important, but not nearly as important as not being allergic! It's really irritating to date a person who stops breathing whenever he's in your apartment. "GWM, 26, ISO G/BiM, must be kind to animals and have no allergies to pets..."

References

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  1. ^ About ISO”, in International Organization for Standardization, 2018 May 16 (last accessed)
  2. ^ International Organization for Standardization (1997) FRIENDSHIP AMONG EQUALS[1], page 20: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 !

Anagrams

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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ISO

  1. ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ISO ISO-k
accusative ISO-t ISO-kat
dative ISO-nak ISO-knak
instrumental ISO-val ISO-kkal
causal-final ISO-ért ISO-kért
translative ISO-vá ISO-kká
terminative ISO-ig ISO-kig
essive-formal ISO-ként ISO-kként
essive-modal
inessive ISO-ban ISO-kban
superessive ISO-n ISO-kon
adessive ISO-nál ISO-knál
illative ISO-ba ISO-kba
sublative ISO-ra ISO-kra
allative ISO-hoz ISO-khoz
elative ISO-ból ISO-kból
delative ISO-ról ISO-król
ablative ISO-tól ISO-któl
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ISO-é ISO-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ISO-éi ISO-kéi
Possessive forms of ISO
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ISO-m ISO-im
2nd person sing. ISO-d ISO-id
3rd person sing. ISO-ja ISO-i
1st person plural ISO-nk ISO-ink
2nd person plural ISO-tok ISO-itok
3rd person plural ISO-juk ISO-ik

Spanish

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Proper noun

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ISO f

  1. ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

Further reading

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