iso

Meanings

1. Clipping of isolation.
2. Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, such as Covid-19.
3. An isolation play in basketball or American football.
4. Clipping of isomorphism.

1. Initialism of in search of.

1. The International Organization for Standardization.

1. A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system (such as a CD or DVD).
2. A measure of film sensitivity or brightness, derived from the ISO standard.

1. Initialism of Imperial Service Order.
2. Initialism of incentive stock option.
3. Initialism of instrument-shaped object.
4. Initialism of information security officer.

1. Initialism of in search of.

Etymology

Officially from Greek ίσος (ísos, “equal”). However, a participant in the initial meetings disputes this etymology, claiming that the link to ίσος was decided on after the name ISO was set. (file format): From the file extension, in reference to the ISO 9660 specification.