Standards

American National Standards Institute - ANSI serves as administrator and coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system. Founded by five engineering societes and three government agencies, the Institute remains a private, nonprofit membership organization supported by a diverse constituency of private and public sector organizations.
web.ansi.org/

ANSI Standard (X3.64) Control Sequences - For video terminals and peripherals in alphabetic order by mnemonic.
local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/dataformats/ansi/

Digital Display Working Group - Open industry group lead by Intel, Compaq, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, IBM, NEC and Silicon Image. Addressing the industry's requirements for a digital connectivity specification for high-performance PCs and digital displays.
www.ddwg.org/

Free Online Dictionary of Computing - Explains what a standard is with links to additional information.
wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?standard

IDEMA Standards - The storage drive industry organization has information on its various standards committees and their tasks. A number of standards documents on the topic of microcontamination are available for download in PDF format.
www.idema.org/_smartsite/modules/local/data_file/show_file.php?cmd=standards&cat=103

IEEE - Acronyms, buzzwords, and commonly asked questions about Standards.
standards.ieee.org/faqs/buzzwords.html

International Organization for Standardization - Worldwide federation of national standards bodies from 130 countries and non-governmental, promoting the development of standardization and related activities resulting in international agreements which are published as International Standards.
www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.openerpage

National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST is the federal technology agency that works with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.
www.nist.gov/

Today's Standards Making Architecture - Article from the Internet Society by Anthony M. Rutkowski.
www.isoc.org/internet/standards/papers/amr-on-standards.shtml

Wi-Fi Alliance - Nonprofit international association certifying interoperability of wireless local area network products based on IEEE 802.11 specification.
www.wi-fi.org/