The term standard is mostly used for common, well-known and generally approved rules for engineering approaches and solutions in specific contexts. When used as a synonym for norms, the expression refers to a set of legally approved rules which have undergone an official evaluation procedure at an (international) standardization organisation (ISO, ITU, W3C, etc.).

Literature

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