Free Online Dictionary of Computing - http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?standard Explains what a standard is with links to additional information.
National Institute of Standards and Technology - http://www.nist.gov/ NIST is the federal technology agency that works with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.
American National Standards Institute - http://web.ansi.org/ ANSI serves as administrator and coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system. Founded by five engineering societes and three government agencies, the Institute remains a private, nonprofit membership organization supported by a diverse constituency of private and public sector organizations.
ANSI Standard (X3.64) Control Sequences - http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/dataformats/ansi/ For video terminals and peripherals in alphabetic order by mnemonic.
Today's Standards Making Architecture - http://www.isoc.org/internet/standards/papers/amr-on-standards.shtml Article from the Internet Society by Anthony M. Rutkowski.
Wi-Fi Alliance - http://www.wi-fi.org/ Nonprofit international association certifying interoperability of wireless local area network products based on IEEE 802.11 specification.
Digital Display Working Group - http://www.ddwg.org/ Open industry group lead by Intel, Compaq, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, IBM, NEC and Silicon Image. Addressing the industry's requirements for a digital connectivity specification for high-performance PCs and digital displays.
IDEMA Standards - http://www.idema.org/_smartsite/modules/local/data_file/show_file.php?cmd=standards&cat=103 The storage drive industry organization has information on its various standards committees and their tasks. A number of standards documents on the topic of microcontamination are available for download in PDF format.
IEEE - http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/buzzwords.html Acronyms, buzzwords, and commonly asked questions about Standards.
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