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ANSI (American National Standards Institute)

ANSI (American National Standards Institute) is the primary organization for fostering the development of technology standards in the United States. ANSI works with industry groups and is the U.S. member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

Long-established computer standards from ANSI include the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) and the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI).

Related glossary terms: HP OpenView, event forwarding, abend (abnormal end), smoke testing, computer-intensive, COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language), back-end, data center services, Uptime Institute, Inc., IMS (Information Management System)

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