Professional Organizations

AIP - American Institute of Physics

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

APS - American Physical Society

ASTM - American Society for Test and Measurement

CCITT - International Telecommunication Standards Body (Now ITU)

CDRH - U.S. Center for Devices and Radiological Health

DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Association

EIA - Electronics Industry Association

FCA - Fibre Channel Association

FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration

HSPN - High Speed Plastic Network Consortium

IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force

IrDA - Infrared Datacom Association

ISO - International Standards Organization

ITU - International Telecommunications Union

NBS - National Bureau of Standards

NFPA - National Fire Proection Association

NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology

OIDA - Optoelectronics Industry Development Association

OSA - Optical Society of America

OSHA - U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration

PTT - Postal, Telephone, and Telegraph Authority

SI - System International (International System of Units)

SIA - Semiconductor Industry Association

SPIE - Society of Photooptic Instrumentation Engineers

TIA - Telecommunications Industry Association

UL - Underwriters Laboratories