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Standard organizations and consortia define the physical and operational characteristics of networking hardware and software. Standards are recommendations that vendors should follow to achieve interoperability with products from other vendors.
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Standards Organizations
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IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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ANSI - American National Standards Institute
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ITU-T - International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication. Standardization Section (previous CCITT)
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ISO - International Organization for Standardization
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Industry Consortia
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ATM Forum - ATM technology
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Frame Relay Forum - Frame Relay technology
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W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
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Network Management Forum
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