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Tektronix provides test and measurement instruments, solutions and services for the computer, semiconductor, military/aerospace, consumer electronics and education industries worldwide.
IRT is the research and development branch of the public broadcasters in Germany (the ARD and ZDF), Austria (the ORF) and in Switzerland (the SRG). Situated in Munich, Germany, the IRT participates in both national and international research projects, and is highly involved in broadcasting system development.
Specifically, IRT has participated in the development of digital audio bit rate reduction, and is one of the three licensors of MPEG Layer II of which the IRT conducts conformance tests.
Industry:Software
IMA has been active in the definition of the DVD through its DVD Special Interest Group (IMA DVD SIG).
The IMA DVD SIG is a committee of DVD manufacturers working for interactive DVDs by establishing requirements and influencing specifications.
Industry:Software
Established in 1993 by eight industry vendors for the purpose of creating, promoting, and encouraging the standardization and evolution of an open, vendor-neutral, cross-platform color management system architecture and components.
Industry:Software
Sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Society of the IEEE and held annually in the Chicago area immediately following CES. ATV has become an increasingly important topic at ICCE.
Industry:Software
The IEC and its affiliated International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are the two major global standards-making groups. They are concerned with establishing standards that promote interchange of products, agreement upon methods of evaluation, and resolution of nonfunctional differences among national standards. They are structured as an international federation of the more than 50 national standards organizations. The USA is represented by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Industry:Software
A Geneva based organization for many of the national standardization bodies.
Together with the International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC, ISO concentrates its efforts on harmonizing national standards all over the world.
The results of these activities are published as ISO standards. Among them are, for instance, the metric system of units, international stationery sizes, all kinds of bolts and nuts, rules for technical drawings, electrical connectors, security regulations, computer protocols, file formats, bicycle components, ID cards, programming languages, International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN). Over 10,000 ISO standards have been published so far and you surely get in contact with a lot of things each day that conform to ISO standards you never heard of. By the way, ISO is not an acronym for the organization in any language. It’s a wordplay based on the English/French initials and the Greek-derived prefix iso- meaning “same.” Within ISO, ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1) deals with information technology.
Industry:Software
Replaces the CCIR.
Industry:Software
The United Nations specialized agency dealing with telecommunications. At present, there are 164 member countries. One of its bodies is the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, CCITT. A Plenary Assembly of the CCITT, which takes place every few years, draws up a list of “Questions” about possible improvements in international electronic communication. In Study Groups, experts from different countries develop “Recommendations” which are published after they have been adopted. Especially relevant to computing are the V series of recommendations on modems (e.g. V.32, V.42), the X series on data networks and OSI (e.g., X.25, X.400), the I and Q series that define ISDN, the Z series that defines specification and programming languages (SDL, CHILL), the T series on text communication (teletext, fax, videotext, ODA), and the H series on digital sound and video encoding.
Industry:Software
One of the task forces of the Internet Activities Board (IAB). The IETF is responsible for solving the shortterm engineering needs of the Internet. It has over 40 working groups.
Industry:Software
Has recently been renamed “Range Control Council.”
Industry:Software
