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International Organization for Standardization (ISO). A voluntary,
non-treaty organization founded in 1946 which is responsible for creating
international standards in many areas, including computers and communications.
Its members are the national standards organizations of the 89 member
countries, including ANSI for the U.S.
International Electrotechnical Commission (NEC).
The international standards and
conformity assessment body for all fields of electrotechnology. IEC and ISO
technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest.