[LBo] More on ISO

[Marion Kliewer]

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> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:51:27 -0400
> From: Howard Rosen <hrosen33 at dialup4less.com>
> Subject: [LBo] More on ISO
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> Reading about ISO it is said that ISO is the French word for equal.
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> I myself do not know if this is so.
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> Howard
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I had to look that one up in my French dictionary, because it didn't 
sound familiar.

iso- is a prefix for science words that indicated equality.  eg: 
isocèle (triangle with two equal sides), isomère, isomorphe, isotherme, 
isotope.

I'm pretty sure variations of these words in English also use iso-, but 
I'm not sure right now.

Thanks for the info on ISO.  I had never made the connection between the 
disc image and the organiztion that gives out ISO certifications.

Marion