ISO

See also: iso, īso, and iso-

English

Etymology 1

Officially from Greek ίσος (ísos, “equal”)[1]. However, this is not the actual etymology; this explanation has been imagined later, according to a participant in initial meetings[2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪsəʊ/
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Proper noun

The ISO logo

ISO

  1. (organisation) International Organization for Standardization

Noun

ISO (plural ISOs)

  1. (computing) A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system (such as a CD or DVD); also used as the file extension.
    I downloaded the ISO but got an error when trying to burn it to disc.

Etymology 2

Noun

ISO

  1. Initialism of Imperial Service Order.
  2. Initialism of In search of (in personal ads).

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. ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

Declension

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
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
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