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iso-

(word root) equal
Examples of words with the root iso-: isometric
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ISO

 (ī′ĕs-ō′)
n.
An organization, the International Organization for Standardization, that sets standards in many businesses and technologies, including computing and communications.

[From Greek īsos, equal.]
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ISO

(ˈaɪsəʊ)
n
(Units) International Organization for Standardization
[Greek isos equal; often wrongly thought to be an abbreviation for International Standards Organization]
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ISO

International Standardization Organization.

iso-

a combining form meaning “equal”: isochromatic; in chemistry, used in the names of substances that are isomeric with the substance denoted by the base word: isocyanic acid.
Also, esp. before a vowel, is-.
[< Greek, comb. form of ísos equal]
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Dave Geon, VP of USA sales, Belden, added: "Years of research and development, spanning multiple levels of the OSI model, put us in a position to support the adoption of AV-over-IP platforms.
Recognized as the most secure method for communicating to remote private networks over the Internet, the IPSec standard provides robust authentication and encryption of IP packets at the network layer of the OSI model. As a standard it is ideal for multi-vendor interoperation within a network, providing flexibility and the ability to match the right solution for a particular application.
Moreover, self-organizing nature, low battery power supply, limited bandwidth support, distributed operations using open wireless medium, multi hop traffic forwarding, and dependency on other nodes are such characteristics of sensor networks that expose it to many security attacks at all layers of the OSI model (Padmavathi, G.
In this study, we developed a generalized OSI model that determined suitable habitat for oyster restoration based on 3 salinity variables and suitable substrate.
[ClickPress, Wed Jul 30 2014] A Fieldbus is a two-way communication digital network operating in physical, data and application layers of the OSI model. It is a control network used across process automation, enabling the field devices to be connected with the controller.
In fact, BroadR-Rcach supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 100BASE-T standards above layer one of the OSI model.
Today's firewalls operate at layers, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the OSI model.
The Open Systems Interconnect model, or OSI model, divides up jobs that have to happen for a smooth network experience.
IP is defined under the Network Layer (Layer 3) of the OSI model. This Layer provides the functional and procedural means of transferring variable length data sequences from a source to a destination via one or more networks.
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