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Acronyms, Buzzwords, and Commonly Asked Questions About Standards

How can I identify a project or standard if I only have an acronym or buzzword?

How do I obtain DIN standards?

How do I obtain standards for household appliances?

How do I obtain the ISO 9000 standards?

How do I obtain MIL standards or MIL SPECs?

How do I obtain the NEC or National Electric Code?

How do I obtain X3 standards?

What standards are included in the Color Book series?

What if I have additional questions about IEEE Standards?

How can I identify a project or standard if I only have an acronym or buzzword?
Below is a list of acronyms and buzzwords that the IEEE Standards Department has put together to help you identify an IEEE standard or a standard belonging to another standards-developing organization. It is in alphabetical order according to buzzword. "IEEE XXX" refers to an approved IEEE Standards project; "IEEE Std XXX" refers to an approved standard.

Search our standards and projects by title or keyword.

Acronym/Buzzword	Meaning/Identity
ABBET™ (A Broad Based Environment for Test)	The 1226 series of standards
Ampacity Tables	IEEE Std 835
Arc Flash	IEEE Std 1584
AT Bus project	IEEE P996
ATLAS™	IEEE Std 716
ATM (asynchronized transfer mode)	EIA Stds. IEEE has one project - IEEE P1357
Backplane Bus project	IEEE P996
BACNET standard	can be ordered through ANSI
BTL (backplane transceiver logic)	IEEE Std 1194.1
Blue Book ™	IEEE Std 1015
Boot Firmware standard	IEEE 1275 series of standards
BOSS® ( Baseline Operating Systems Security)	IEEE Std P2200
Boundary-Scan standard	IEEE Std 1149.1
Boundary Scan Description Language (BSDL)	IEEE Std 1149.1b
Bronze Book™	IEEE Std 739
Brown Book™	IEEE Std 399
Buff Book™	IEEE Std 242
Category 3, 4, and 5 cabling stds	Available through EIA
C/Atlas standard	IEEE Std 716
CMC (Common Mezzanine Card)	IEEE 1386
COMTRADE standard	IEEE Std C37.111
DIS (Distributed Interactive Simulation)	IEEE 1278 series of standards
DMA standard	IEEE Std 1212.1
Electronic voting standard	IEEE Std. P1583
Emerald Book™	IEEE Std 1100
EPP or Enhanced Parallel Port	IEEE Std 1284
Ethernet standard	IEEE Std 802.3
Fast Ethernet standard	IEEE Std 802.3ag
Fire Wire standard	IEEE Std 1394
FOIRL (fiber optic inter-repeater link)	Section 9.9 of ISO/IEC 8802-3
Futurebus+® standards	IEEE 896 series of standards
Futurebus+®/VME64 bridge standard	IEEE Std 1014.1
Gold Book™	IEEE Std 493
Gray Book™	IEEE Std 241
Green Book™	IEEE Std 142
High Performance Serial Bus standard	IEEE Std 1394
HIPPI or high performance parallel interface	Available through ANSI
HL7 or Health Industry Level 7 info	Available through ANSI
IBIS or I/O Buffer Information Specification info	Available through EIA
IDEF standards	IEEE 1320 series of standards
IEC 821 Bus standard	IEEE Std 1096
IEC 603.2 connectors (mechanical core spec)	IEEE Std 1101.1
IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
Incident Management	IEEE Std 1512
IPCEA standard	IEEE Std 835
ISA Bus standard	IEEE P996
JTAG standard	IEEE Std 1149.1
Lightning protection code	can be purchased through NFPA
Livium™	IEEE Std 1625
Mass Storage System standard	P1244
MIB (Medical Information Bus standards)	IEEE 1073 series of standards
Medix standards	IEEE 1157 series of standards
Microcomputer System Bus standard	IEEE Std 796
Nanotechnology standard	IEEE Std 1650
NEC® (National Electrical Code® )	NPFA 70
NESC® (National Electrical Safety Code®)	IEEE C2
NSSN ®	National Standards Systems Network . Info available through ANSI
NuBus 90 standard	IEEE Std 1196
N-way	Auto-Negotiation portion (clause 28) of 100BASE-T, IEEE Std 802.3ag
Orange Book™	IEEE Std 446
Parallel Port standard	IEEE Std 1284
PC Bus	IEEE P996
PCI Bus	IEEE P1386.1
PILOT standard	IEEE Std 1154
POSIX®	IEEE Std 1003.1
Power over Ethernet (PoE)	IEEE Std 802.3
Red Book™	IEEE Std 141
RFC (Request For Comments)	through Internet Engineering Task Force
S100	IEEE Std 696
S135 standard	Now IEEE Std 835
Sbus standard	IEEE Std 1496
SCADA standard	IEEE C37.1
SCI standard	IEEE 1596 series of standards
SCPI standard	IEEE Std 488.1
SCSI standard	Available through ANSI
STD Bus standard	IEEE Std 961
STE Bus standard	IEEE Std 1000
System Requirements Spec	IEEE Std 1233
TELECOM Bus	IEEE P1396
Token Ring LAN standard	ISO/IEC 8802-5 (ANSI/IEEE Std 802.5)
USB or Universal Serial Bus	Contact Intel directly
VDT standard	IEEE Std 1140
Verilog®Hardware Description Language (HDL)	IEEE Std 1364
Versa Bus project	IEEE P970 (this project has been withdrawn)
VHDL standard	IEEE Std 1076
Violet Book™	IEEE Std 551
VME Bus standard	IEEE Std 1014
VXI standard	IEEE Std 1155
White Book™	IEEE Std 602
WirelessHUMAN™	IEEE Std 802.16
Wireless LAN	IEEE Std 802.11
WirelessMAN®	IEEE Std 802.16a
WiMAX	IEEE Std 802.16
WiPAN/UWB	IEEE Std 802.15
Yellow Book™	IEEE Std 902
ZigBee	IEEE Std 802.15.4
10BASE-F standard	Section 14 of ISO/IEC 8802-3
10BASE-T standard	Section 14 of ISO/IEC 8802-3
100BASE-T standard	IEEE Std 802.3ag-2002

There is more information available on placing an order for any of the standards. If an acronym or buzzword isn't mentioned here, you can browse our online catalog and database.

How do I obtain DIN standards?
To obtain DIN standards, contact the American National Standards Institute.

How do I obtain standards for household appliances?
To obtain standards for household appliances, visit the IEEE Online Catalog.

How do I obtain the ISO 9000 standards?
To obtain the ISO 9000 standards, visit the IEEE Online Catalog.

How do I obtain MIL standards or MIL SPECs?
MIL standards or MIL SPECs are sold through the IEEE Online Catalog.

How do I obtain the NEC® or National Electric Code®?
The NEC® and the NEC® Handbook can be ordered via the IEEE Online Catalog through the NESC Zone. If you have questions concerning the NEC®, please contact the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) directly.

How do I obtain X3 standards?
To obtain X3 standards, visit the IEEE Online Catalog.

What standards are included in the Color Book series?

The Red Book, IEEE Std 141	The White Book, IEEE Std 602
The Green Book, IEEE Std 142	The Bronze Book, IEEE Std 739
The Gray Book, IEEE Std 241	The Yellow Book, IEEE Std 902
The Buff Book, IEEE Std 242	The Blue Book, IEEE Std 1015
The Brown Book, IEEE Std 399	The Emerald Book, IEEE Std 1100
The Orange Book, IEEE Std 446	The Violet Book, IEEE Std 551
The Gold Book, IEEE Std 493

What if I have additional questions about IEEE Standards?
For further information, contact stds-info@ieee.org.