ISO

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  1. The International Organization for Standardization — an independent body that publishes technical standards. In tech, 'ISO' commonly refers to ISO disk image files (.iso), ISO 8601 date formats, or ISO 27001 information security certification.

    In plain English: An international standards body, but in everyday tech talk it usually means either a disk image file you can burn or mount, or the universally agreed-upon date format (YYYY-MM-DD).

    Example: "Store all dates in ISO 8601 format. No, 'MM/DD/YYYY' is not acceptable. I will die on this hill."

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