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The ISO standards body began in 1947

Delegates from twenty five countries set up the organisation in Geneva to agree technical standards across borders The name comes from the Greek word isos, meaning equal, which is why it is not an acronym of the organisation's full title. Its technical committees publish standards for everything from film speed to shipping containers and language codes. A standard is drafted by experts, circulated for national votes and reviewed periodically, which is why the process takes years. It sits in Mondo's technology collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Delegates from twenty five countries set up the organisation in Geneva to agree technical standards across borders. The figure is taken from International Organization for Standardization, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a technology fact?: Yes. It sits on the Technology shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.