Standards from National bodies and other organizations

American Standard Code for Information Interchange, first published in 1963 and refined in 1968, assigned 7 bit codes to 128...

The code born after boiler explosions killed thousands yearly in American industry. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers...

The consumer toy safety specification of ASTM International, covering mechanical hazards, heavy metals in paint, small parts and...

The motherboard and power supply specification Intel published in 1995, replacing the AT design. It standardized mounting holes...

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, developed by the American College of Radiology and the National Electrical...

The German standard of 1922 that first formalized the A and B paper size series, giving the world A4. Its adoption across Europe...

The European Union vehicle exhaust limits that began with Euro 1 in 1992, slashing carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and...

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, developed in the 1960s so food for American astronauts would be safe. Codex...

The International Civil Aviation Organization specification for machine readable travel documents, first issued in 1980. It...

The tapered National Pipe Thread descends from the 19th century Briggs standard of the American engineer Robert Briggs. Its taper...

The United States analog television system, first standardized by the National Television System Committee in 1941 with 525...

Phase Alternating Line, developed by Walter Bruch at Telefunken and patented in 1962, improved on NTSC color stability using 625...

The serial interface standard first issued by the Electronic Industries Association in 1960, defining signal voltages and, from...

The four digit steel grade system begun by the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1912, where 1045 means plain carbon steel and...

The hours, minutes, seconds and frames labeling adopted by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers to synchronize...

The track gauge of four feet eight and a half inches, 1435 millimeters, popularized by George Stephenson and required for new...

The United Nations trade and transport location code system, five letter identifiers like USNYC and DEHAM for ports, airports and...

The 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals harmonized the shapes, colors and pictograms of traffic signs across dozens...

The first nationally standardized screw thread, proposed by Joseph Whitworth in 1841 with rounded 55 degree flanks. Before...