Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Standardising Bodies
- PTT (Postal Telegraph
& Telephone)
- A legacy term which
refers to the
telephone authority
within a country
- Any large
telecommunication
company
- In UK BT look after
telephone and
Royal Mail look
after Post/Mail
- Ofcom (Office
of
Communications
- The government body with oversight of
telecommunications, standards in broadcasting and
licensing of commercial broadcasters
- ITU (International
Telecommunication
Union)
- Global
intergovernmental
(UN) organisation that
co-ordinates with
governments and
private organisations
- Establishes standards for
international
telecommunications and
broadcasting systems
- Assigns
communication
satellite orbits
- Regulates allocation of
radio frequency spectrum
to ensure that
broadcasters in one
country don't interfere
with broadcasts in
neighbouring countries
- Ensures that
telephone user in
one country can
directly connect to
another country
- Organises
meetings and
exhibitions
- ISO (International
Organisation for
Standardisation)
- ISO = greek
word for equal
- International
organisation composed
of national standards
bodies from over 75
countries
- ANSI (American National
Standards Institute) is a
member of ISO
- Defined important computer standards eg OSI
(Open Systems Interconnection) a standardised
architecture for designing networks
- Other examples include fire formats for music CDs and
word processors
- ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
- American representive of ISO
- Includes US government representative
m academic bodies and industry
- Many ANSI standards are adopted by ISO
- eg in photographic industry film and
shutter speed standards
- ANSI C is a programming
language approved by ANSI
(I.e all ANSI C compilers,
regardless of which company
produced them, should
behave similarly
- Protocols for
sending data
over fibreoptic
cables, is an
ANSI standard
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers)
- Standards
organisation
composed of
computer
engineers,
computer scientists
and others
- International
membership
- Jointly ratifies
some standards
with ISO
- Best known for
developing standards
for the computer and
electronics industry
- Firewire is the
unofficial name for the
standard IEEE 1394. It
is a way to connect
different pieces of
equipment so they can
easily and quickly
share information
- ACM (Association for
Computing Machinery)
- US organisation for
computer professionals
- publishes information relating to computer science
- holds seminars and
creates and promotes
computer standards
- BCS (British Computer Society)
- Organisation for UK IT
Professionals
- Awards professional qualifications and
accredits university courses
- defines standards
for professional
conduct
- Advises UK
government on IT-
related matters
regarding proposed
legislation
- Liaises with other professional
bodies eg engineering
institutions and overseas
societies