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Standard
  • Guideline documentation that reflects agreements on products, practices, or operations by nationally or internationally recognized industrial, professional, trade associations or governmental bodies. Note: This concept applies to formal, approved standards, as contrasted to de facto standards and proprietary standards, which are exceptions to this concept. See also de facto standards, proprietary standard.
  • A document that establishes engineering and technical requirements for processes, procedures, practices, and methods that have been adopted as standard.
  • An exact value, a physical entity, or an abstract concept, established and defined by authority, custom, or common consent to serve as a reference, model, or rule in measuring quantities or qualities, establishing practices or procedures, or evaluating results. A fixed quantity or quality. (JCS1-DoD) (JCS1-NATO)