De jure standardization organizations

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ANSI
American National Standards Institute
www.ansi.org
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ATSC
Advanced television Systems Committee
www.atsc.org
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ATIS
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
www.atis.org
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CableLabs
Cable Televising Laboratories, Inc.
www.cablelabs.com
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CEN
European Committee for Standardization
www.cenorm.be
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CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standards
www.cenelec.org
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CSA International
Canadian Standards Association
www.csa.ca
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ECMA
European Computer Manufacturers Association
www.ecma.ch
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EIA
Electronic Industries Alliance
www.eia.org
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ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
www.etsi.org
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FCC
Federal Communications Commission
www.fcc.gov
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IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
www.iec.ch
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IEEE
Institute Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
www.ieee.org
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ISO
International Standardization Organization
www.iso.ch
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ISOC
Internet Society
www.isoc.org
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ITU
International Telecommunication Union
www.itu.ch
www.itu.int
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NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
www.nist.gov
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NTIA
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
www.ntia.doc.gov
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Telcordia Technologies
www.telcordia.com
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TIA
Telecommunications Industry Association
www.tiaonline.org
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UL
www.ul.com
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W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
www.w3.org
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Consortia, fora and Special Interest Groups(SIGs)

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10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance

www.10gea.org
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ATM Forum
www.atmforum.com
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BICSI
Building Industry Consulting Service International
www.bicsi.org
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CDG
CDMA development Group
www.cdg.org
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CEA
Consumer Electronics Association
www.ce.org
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CTIA
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association
www.ctia.org
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DSL Forum
www.adsl.com
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ECTF
Enterprise Computer Technology Forum
www.ectf.org
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EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
www.eff.org
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Frame Relay Forum
www.frforum.com
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HomeRF Working Group, Inc.
www.homerf.org
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IEC
International Engineering Consortium
www.iec.org
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IMC
Internet Mail Consortium
www.imc.org
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IMTC
International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium, Inc.
www.imtc.org
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IrDA
Infrared Data Asssociation
www.irda.org
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NAB
National Association of Broadcasters
www.nab.org
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NARTE
National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers
www.narte.org
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NARUC
National Association of Regulatory and Utility Commissioners
www.naruc.org
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NCTA
National Cable & Telecommunications Association
www.ncta.com
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NECA
National Exchange Carrier Association
www.neca.org
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NTIS
National Technical Information Service
www.ntis.gov
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OMG
Object Management Group, Inc.
www.omg.org
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The Open Group
www.opengroup.org
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PCIA
Personal communications Industry Association
www.pcia.com
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PCMIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
www.pcmia.org
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SBCA
Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association
www.sbca.com
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SCTE
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, Inc.
www.sbca.org
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SIF
SONET Interoperabilty Forum
www.atis.org
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SMPTE
Society of Modern Picture & Television Engineers
www.smpte.org
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TCIF
Telecommunications Industry Forum
C/O Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
www.atis.org
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TM Forum
TeleMangement Forum
www.nmf.org
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WECA
Wireless Ethernet Compatability Alliance
www.wi-fi.com
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WLANA
Wireless LAN Association
www.wlana.org
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WTO
World Trade Organization
www.wto.org
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ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency.
This agency of the U.S. Department of Defense,
funded the ARPANet project, which evolved into
the Internet.
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CCITT
Comite Consultif International de Telegraphique
et Telephnique, the French name of the International
Consultative Committee for Telegraphy and Telephony.
This organization is now called ITU-T (International
Telecommunications Union-Telecommunications Sector).
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IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force is the body that
coordinates and approves the technical specifications
of protocols used on the Internet.
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IRTF
Internet Research Task Force. The group that
coordinates the research activities of the Internet.
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IPN
Interplanetary Internet. Vincent Cerf proposed the
project which aims to develop Internets on different
planets and spacecraft and to interconnect them.
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NSF
National Science Foundation. The agency of U.S.
government that supports advanced research.
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NCSA
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
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Center for Global Communications
www.glocom.ac.jp
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