ISO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "iso"

English

Etymology 1

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
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.səʊ/, /ˈaɪ.ɛsˌəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.soʊ/, /ˈaɪ.ɛsˌoʊ/
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  • Homophone: iso

Proper noun
The ISO logo

ISO

  1. (organisation) The International Organization for Standardization.

Noun

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.
  3. (music, derogatory) Abbreviation of instrument-shaped object. Used to refer to a musical instrument that is of very low quality.
Derived terms

Noun

ISO (plural ISOs)

  1. Initialism of Imperial Service Order.
  2. (finance) Initialism of incentive stock option.

Preposition

ISO

  1. (in personal ads) Initialism of in search of.
    • 1992 November 23, Joseph E. Beason, “Re: gayfolk and cats”, in soc.motss‎ (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
  1. “About ISO”, in International Organization for Standardization‎, accessed 2018-05-16
  2. International Organization for Standardization (1997) FRIENDSHIP AMONG EQUALS‎, 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

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈizoː]

Proper noun

ISO

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (International Organization for Standardization)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Proper noun

ISO f

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (International Organization for Standardization)

Further reading
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