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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ANSI standard</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="annoyware.html" title="annoyware"/><link rel="next" href="ANSI-standard-pizza.html" title="ANSI standard pizza"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ANSI standard</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="annoyware.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ANSI-standard-pizza.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ANSI-standard"/><dt xmlns="" id="ANSI-standard"><b>ANSI standard</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/an´see stan´d@rd/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The ANSI standard usage of <span class="firstterm">ANSI
standard</span> refers to any practice which is typical or broadly
done. It's most appropriately applied to things that everyone does that
are not quite regulation. For example: ANSI standard shaking of a laser
printer cartridge to get extra life from it, or the ANSI standard word
tripling in names of usenet alt groups.</p><p>This usage derives from the American National Standards
Institute. ANSI, along with the International Organization for Standards
(ISO), standardized the C programming language (see <a href="../K/K-ampersand-R.html"><i class="glossterm">K&amp;R</i></a>, <a href="../C/Classic-C.html"><i class="glossterm">Classic
C</i></a>), and promulgates many other important software standards.
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