1. Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 , ANSI body to develop Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standards.
2. ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) information:
   • Search Yahoo
   • ADSL Forum
   • Dan Kegel's page , Mostly historical (last supported 1996).
   • Tutorial on this technology for data over twisted pair
3. ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
4. ANSI National Standards System Network
5. Application Binary Interface Standard , ABI+ Group for Intel Architecture.
6. Application Binary Interface Standard , MIPS ABI Committee.
7. Arial Software , Online marketing and Web traffic management software.
8. ASN.1 Resources , Information and documentation for Abstract Syntax Notation One.
9. ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) information:
   • Search Yahoo
   • ATM ANSI/CCITT material , via ftp from Telcordia.
   • ATM Chips, Product and Vendor List
   • ATM Forum , Organization to promote and develop ATM technology.
   • ATM Information , from the "Cell Relay Retreat" at University of Indiana.
   • ATM information , from the High Speed Interconnect project at Cern .
   • ATM Tutorial in brief , - somewhat dated (1992) but well written.
   • Comparing ATM and Frame Relay , from the Frame Relay Forum.
   • IP Over ATM Working Group (IPATM) - now the Internetworking Over NBMA Working Group
   • Student ATM project , from Trinity College Dublin .
10. C3D biomechanics file format , for joint 3D position and analog data.
11. Catalogs and Standards Information , from ANSI, ISO and IEC - searchable.
12. CCITT , Some information from the Indiana Gopher server.
13. CDMA and related topics , e.g. cellular (TIA/EIA/IS-95A) and PCS (ANSI J-STD-008).
14. CIE , International Commission on Illumination.
15. Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA) , from Intel.
16. Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) , International space agencies data exchance standardization.
17. CORBA information:
    • CORBA 2.0 Specification , from the Object Management Group (OMG) .
    • CORBA Information Resources , from Los Alamos National Laboratory (unaffiliated with the OMG).
18. Credit card payment protocol , from Netscape.
19. Digital Television Links
    • Links on DTV - unfortunately blends information both for designers and users.
    • Digital Video Broadcasting - The definitive authority on DVB. The DVB Project is a market-led consortium of public and private sector organizations in the television industry.
    • Digital Satellite Television Web Ring , Digital satellite television technologies, reception, decryption.
    • ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committe - ATSC was formed to establish voluntary technical standards for advanced television systems - mainly self-promoting, but does have white papers.
    • DVB Digital Video Broadcasting - DVB includes over 220 well known organizations in more than 30 countries, commited to designing a global family of standards for the delivery of digital television.
    • Software for HDTV sets - Discusses design issues related to MPEG decoding for digital television.
20. Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA) , secretariat for Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 .
21. Digital Audio Visual Interoperability Council (DAVIC) , International audio/video organization.
22. DNP Protocol , Distributed Network Protocol, control protocol.
23. DNS Resources Directory , Information on the Internet Domain Name System from The Internet Solution .
24. DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) , Specification.
25. Dynamic Host Configuration (dhc) , from Bucknell University.
26. ECDIS information:
    • Electronic Nautical Charts, S52, S57 , What is ECDIS and what it can do.
27. Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange (TEI P3) , Guidlines and index.
28. EPP and ECP (IEEE 1284) , Parallel Port Standard.
29. EIA RS-343A, High Definition monochrome and color standard. DOD release, circa 1969
30. Ethernet information:
    • Search Yahoo
    • Ethernet , Dan Kegel's Fast Ethernet Page.
    • Ethernet , reference page from the Ethernet , information from the University of Texas.
31. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) , Organization for technical interoperability.
32. FCS (Fibre Channel Standard) information:
    • Search Lycos , - many.
    • Search Yahoo
    • FCS Information , from ftp.network.com - general information on Fibre Channel and X3T11 minutes.
    • FCS Information from playground.sun.com , - Fibre Channel Systems Initiative.
    • FCS Overview , from the High Speed Interconnect project at Cern .
    • Fibre Channel Association, The , Industry association promoting Fibre Channel.
    • Fibre Channel Fabric Element Managed Objects Definitions , - Internet Draft.
    • Fibre Channel Information , from DPT.
    • Fibre Channel Overview , - background information from Ancor Communications.
    • Fibre Channel Profiles , ftp files from Symbois .
    • Fibre Channel Systems Initiative (FCSI)
    • Introduction
    • IP Over Fibre Channel BOF (FIBREIP) , from the July '94 IETF .
33. FDDI information:
    • Search Yahoo
    • FDDI , FAQ.
34. FORTH , Information from ATHENA Programming under the direction of ANSI X3J14.
35. Frame Relay information:
    • Search Yahoo
    • Cell Relay Retreat, the , from the University of Indiana.
    • Comparing Frame Relay and ATM , from the Frame Relay Forum.
    • Frame Relay overview , from Intel Network Systems.
    • Frame Relay Tutorial , from Alliance Datacom.
36. Graphical Symbols , Compliant to IEC Standard 417.
37. HIPPI information:
    • Search Yahoo
    • HIPPI Bibliography , from Cray Research .
    • HIPPI Information , from DPT.
    • HIPPI information , from ftp.lanl.gov, some local and some from X3T11.
    • HIPPI information , from ftp.network.com.
    • HIPPI information , from the High Speed Interconnect project at Cern .
    • HIPPI Networking Forum , and their HIPPI related links .
38. HTML information:
    • HTML 3.0: Fact or Fiction? , from O'Reilly.
    • HTML Beginner's Guide , from NCSA.
    • HTML Design Guide , from Network Communication Design, good examples (e.g. Web forms).
    • HTML information , from the W3 Consortium.
    • HTML Tutorials , Interactive lessons and tutorials on web page design.
39. HTTP information , from the W3 Consortium.
40. I2O , Device independent input/output device interface standard.
41. IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) , Electrical and electronic engineering standards body, Geneva.
42. IEEE 1394 (Firewire) information:
    • IEEE 1394 - COMPCON overview from Skipstone
    • IEEE 1394 Serial Bus (Firewire) Trade Association
    • IEEE 1394 Specification information
    • IEEE 1394 Technical Overview from Texas Instruments
    • IEEE 1394 Product Availability from Philips
43. IEEE 802.9a documentation
44. IEEE Standards information , - not the actual standards themselves which must be purchased (generally).
45. IETF Documents under review , - rapidly changing documents.
46. IETF RFCs from the InterNIC , - permanent documents.
47. IMA (Interactive Media Association) , RFTs (empty as of 3/18/94).
48. Internet Drafts index , from the IETF.
49. Internet Protocol links , from netlab.itd.nrl.navy.mil.
50. InterNIC , Internet Documentation (RFC's, FYI's, etc.).
51. IP Next Generation information:
    • IP Next Generation description , from Sun Microsystems.
    • IP Next Generation student project , from Trinity College Dublin .
    • IPv6 Information Page
52. IP over ATM working group
53. IPI , from ftp.network.com - minimal online material.
54. ISDN information:
    • Search Yahoo
    • Broadcast ISDN User Guide & Directory , by Ian Britton.
    • ISDN InfoCentre information page , from Open Communication Networks.
    • ISDN information , from Dan Kegel at Cal Tech - Recommended.
    • ISDN information , from Bellcore.
    • ISDN Project Page , from Beckman Software Engineering.
    • ISDN User's Guide , from Pacific Bell.
    • ISDN users group , Texas - some good notes.
    • ISDN Vendors list , by Todd Owens.
55. ISO , International Standards Organization.
56. ISO 10303 , - information from Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD).
57. JAVA information:
    • Introduction to Java , Online course from IBM.
    • JAVA , Programming language and environment, from Sun.
58. JavaScript information:
    • JavaScript Resources , A collection of examples of JavaScript and DHTML.
    • Yahoo on JavaScript , Yahoo's JavaScript section.
59. JPEG , FAQ - Joint Photographic Experts Group image compression standard.
60. Large File Format , standardization effort (64 bit indexes).
61. LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
62. Macintosh information:
    • AusMac , Macintosh software archive.
    • Macinsearch , Index and search engine.
63. MBONE , multicast over IP (especially Internet) - good "home" page.
64. Metadata standards comparison , from CIESIN .
65. MHEG Centre - MHEG-5 has been adopted by the UK terrestrial multiples operators as the UK Content Decoder for the digital terrestrial services.
66. MIME information:
    • MIME , Types.
    • MIME , Overview.
    • MIME , RFC 1521 (obsoletes RFC1341 ).
67. MPEG information:
    • MPEG , Pointers and Resources.
    • MPEG , FAQ.
    • MPEG , Description.
    • Official MPEG Committee Homepage - MPEG web site containing the specifications for the arious MPEG standards.
    • Tutorial on MPEG-2 and DVB - This tutorial introduces the MPEG-2 standard and DVB (Digital Video Broadcast), a European digital standard.
68. MPI information:
    • Message Passing Interface (MPI) Standard , Library specification for message-passing.
    • MPI Resources , Index from Mississippi State.
69. MPLS Resource Center, The , IETF's Multiprotocol Label Switching Standard.
70. Multicast IP and MBone , Student project from Trinity College Dublin .
71. Multimedia Standards
72. Multimedia-related RFCs
73. NCITS (formerly X3 Accredited Standards Committee) , The ANSI committee on information technology.
74. Network Computer™ Reference Profile , Apple, IBM, Oracle, Netscape, and Sun guidelines.
75. Network Time Protocol (NTP) , from University of Delaware/HP.
76. NITFS (National Imagery Transmission Format Standards) , MIL-STDs for platform independent image transmission.
77. ODBC information:
    • Open DataBase Connectivity information , from Microsoft.
    • Win32::ODBC , Home page - documentation and information.
78. Open Document Management API (ODMA) , API for document management systems (from AIIM).
79. OSI Reference Model , Student project from Trinity College Dublin .
80. PASC , IEEE's Portable Application Standards Committee, POSIX, etc..
81. PCI information:
    • PCI Bus , Efficient use notes from Intel.
    • PCI Special Interest Group (PCISIG) , Industry membership organization promoting PCI.
82. PCMCIA , What is PCMCIA? from Blackbox.
83. PCMCIA , Links to PCMCIA-related sites - Phoenix Technologies.
84. Perl , Perl programming language resource Web site.
85. PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) , Public domain public key cryptography, index.
86. PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) , Workshop with overview and tutorial material - Pretty (sic) good.
87. Phase Relationships in the Standardization Process , Comments by James Gosling.
88. PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) , Communication package for Unix systems, from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
89. Python , Programming language, interpretative, interactive, object-oriented, extensible.
90. QuickTime , Multimedia architecture for synchronized graphics, sound, video, text and music.
91. RFC , Index and search engine from the IETF.
92. RFC , HTML linked from MIT - searching available.
93. RFC , Repositories - a URL list from Cern. Somewhat dated (10/94) but still useful.
94. Rich Text Format (RTF) , Translation tools, specs (RTF format), etc..
95. RSVP , (IETF Working Group ) Internet resource reservation setup protocol.
96. S/390 Parallel Sysplex(tm) , High availability system for online transaction processing (OLTP).
97. SC4 On-Line Information Service (SOLIS) , ISO TC184/SC4 subcomittee (Industrial/manufacturing).
98. SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) information:
    • Search Yahoo
    • SCI Information , from the High Speed Interconnect project at Cern .
    • SCI Related activity , at the University of Oslo .
    • SCI related drafts , ANSI/IEEE Std 1596-1992 from Cern.
    • SCIzzL , SLDRAM (formerly SyncLink) Trade Association, SCI users.
99. SCSI information:
    • Search Yahoo
    • SCSI FAQ , from Ohio State.
    • SCSI, T10 and I/O standard related information , from Symbios Logic .
100. SDL (Specification and Description Language) , for communications systems, ITU standard.
101. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), The , Netscape secure TCP connectivity proposal to IETF.
102. SFODB (Spaceborne Fiber Optic Data Bus) , Technical/tutorial IEEE 1393 SFODB standard information.
103. SGML , Standard Generalized Markup Language.
104. SGML , Discussion.
105. SGML , ftp server.
106. SMDS information:
     • Search Yahoo
     • SMDS Information , from CERFnet .
     • SMDS Interest Group
107. SMIL information:
     • Information site , Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language.
     • Specification , Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language.
108. SNMP , and network management.
109. SONET information:
     • Search Yahoo
     • SONET Interoperability Forum , Organization to promote SONET deployment.
110. SPICE , Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination, a standard for software process assessment.
111. SQL , Database query language.
112. SS7 (Signaling System 7) , Telephone switching protocol overview.
113. SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) , Peripheral interconnect architecture from IBM.
114. STEP parts status , from the University of Karlsruhe.
115. STEP information:
     • STEP information , from Ikeda Lab, Chiba University.
     • STEP Project, The , STEP documentation from the US NIST.
     • U.S. Product Data Association (US PRO) , - Product data exchange information from the U.S. Product Data Association.
     • What is STEP? , Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data.
116. T1 , Telecommunications Committee - American National Standards Institute (ANSI) committee.
117. T10 (formerly X3T10) , I/O Standards from NCITS (e.g. SCSI and ATA [IDE], SSA).
118. T11 (ANSI/NCITS) Standards Information , Fibre Channel (FCS) and HIPPI.
119. T13 Technical Committee , AT attachment (portables/laptops, disk attachment).
120. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) information:
     • Introduction to the Internet Protocols , including TCP.
     • Port Numbers , from USC/ISI and the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority).
     • TCP RFC - RFC793 , The original TCP Request For Comments, RFC 793, 9/81.
     • TCP/IP index , from Yahoo.
     • TCP/IP Resources List , Books, Web index, etc..
121. TWAIN , Image acquisition (e.g. scanner) application programming interface (API) standard.
122. TWIRP , Two-Way InfraRed Protocol for remote control interaction.
123. UDP (User Datagram Protocol) , the RFC - RFC768.
124. Unicode , Worldwide character encoding standard from the Unicode Consortium.
125. Unified Modeling Language (UML) , Language for specifying and documenting software artifacts.
126. Unix information:
     • ACITS Unix Resources , Index and search engine from U. of Texas.
     • Unix Guru Universe , Sysadmin oriented index and search engine.
     • UNIX Reference Desk , Unix index and search engine.
     • UNIX Sysadmin Resources , Index.
127. USB (Universal Serial Bus) information:
     • USB Developers page , Serial peripheral interconnect for PCs.
     • USB information index , from Yahoo.
128. USENET information:
     • ATM, SMDS, and related technologies (comp.dcom.cell-relay FAQ)
     • BIG-LAN/bit.listserv.big-lan FAQ
     • Configuring the Telebit Trailblazer for Use with UNIX FAQ
     • FAQs , (list from Ohio State).
     • FDDI FAQ (comp.dcom.lans.fddi) , from University of Indiana.
     • Internet access FAQ
     • Internet Services FAQ
     • ISO Standards FAQ
     • LANs FAQ
     • Mpeg FAQ
     • OSI Protocols FAQ
     • PC-Mac TCP/IP & NFS FAQ FAQ
     • PGP FAQ , Pretty Good Privacy - available Public Key Encryption algorithms.
     • Ripem Public Key e-mail encryption FAQ
     • SNMP FAQ
     • TCP/IP over ISDN FAQ , largely in German.
129. VCCI , Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment.
130. VDSL Tutorial , Very high rate Digital Subscriber Line for data over fiber/copper.
131. VRML information:
     • Annotated VRML 97 Reference Manual, The , Online manual - extensive.
     • VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) , Repository from UCSD.
132. WAP information:
     • Wireless Access Protocol , Specifications.
133. Windows information:
     • WinFiles.com , Information and resources for the various Windows OSs from Microsoft.
     • WinUser , Information and resources for the various Windows OSs from Microsoft.
134. X.400-FAQ
135. X.500 - the OSI Directory Standard
136. X12 Accredited Standards Committee , ANSI electronic data interchange (EDI) body.
137. X3T11 , from ftp.network.com - Minimal to no online material.
138. xDSL (Digital Subscriber Line) information:
     • xDSL Glossary , Glossary of xDSL terminology from Aware.
     • xDSL News , Digital subscriber line (xDSL) information/news from Telechoice.
139. XML (eXtensible Markup Language) information:
     • Online XML magazine
     • The XML Files from Web Developer
     • W3C information

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