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national institute of standards and technology

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national institute of standards and technology - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  National Institute of Standards and Technology
      n 1: an agency in the Technology Administration that makes
           measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or
           government programs [syn: National Institute of Standards and Technology
           , NIST]

national institute of standards and technology - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  National Institute of Standards and Technology
  National Bureau of Standards
  NIST
  
     <body> (NIST, formerly the National Bureau of Standards) A
     United States governmental body that helps develop
     standards including FIPS.
  
     NIST Home (http://nist.gov/).
  
     (2003-06-04)