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Federal Information Processing Standard
type of technical standard
Edison screw
lightbulb socket that uses a threaded metal base
Public Key Cryptography Standards
Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) are a group of public-key cryptography intervendor standards first developed by RSA Security, with involvement from Apple, Digital, Lotus Software, Microsoft, MIT, Nothern Telecom, and Sun Microsystems, first published in June 1991.
Kansas City standard
digital data format for audio cassette drives
school bus yellow
color used on North American school buses
Unified Thread Standard
standard for screw threads in North America, whose characteristic dimensions are based on inch fractions
National Model Railroad Association
organization
Military Load Classification
system of standards used by NATO to classify the safe amount of load a surface can withstand
National Pipe Thread
U.S. national technical standards for threads on pipes and pipe fittings, including both tapered and straight thread series for various purposes
Interstate Highway standards
highway system
UL 94
Standard for Safety of Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices and Appliances testing
FIPS county code
five-digit standard code for counties in the US
FIPS 140-2
U.S. government cryptographic standard
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
US federal vehicle regulations
C-QUAM
C-QUAM (Compatible QUadrature Amplitude Modulation) is the method of AM stereo broadcasting used in Canada, the United States and most other countries. It was invented in 1977 by Norman Parker, Francis Hilbert, and Yoshio Sakaie, and published in an IEEE journal.