ISO is the International Organization for Standardization, which regulates a series of standards for manufacturing, commerce and communication, in all industrial branches.
ISO is known as both the Organization and the standards established by it to standardize production and control processes in international companies and organizations.
The International Organization for Standardization or ISO (which in Greek means "equal") was created in 1947, after World War II and became a body dedicated to promoting the development of international standards and regulations for the manufacture of all products. products, except those that belong to the branch of electricity and electronics. Thus, quality and safety are guaranteed in all products, while environmental protection criteria are respected.
Currently, it is a network of institutions in 157 countries, operating centrally in Geneva, Switzerland. This international coordination headquarters has both government delegations and other related entities. Despite their high incidence worldwide, participation in these standards is voluntary, since ISO does not have the authority to enforce its regulations.
ISO standards address different aspects of production and trade, but among some of them are those that regulate the measurement of paper, the name of languages, bibliographic citations, country and currency codes, representation of time and date, quality management systems, C and BASIC programming languages, software life cycle, requirements regarding proficiency in test and calibration laboratories, .odf documents, .pdf documents, failure guarantees on CD-ROMs , information security management systems, and many others.
These standards are so widespread that we can find them in practically all aspects of daily life, protecting the consumer and user of products and services.
