USASI - USASI

Japanese: USASI - ユーエスエーエスアイ
USASI - USASI
An organization that is central to the unification and promotion of standards in the United States. It stands for United States of America Standards Institute. Its predecessor was ASA (short for American Standards Association), which was founded in 1918. Its current name has changed to ANSI (short for American National Standards Institute). Its headquarters are in New York. By convention, standards related to film and photography are named after ASA.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
アメリカで規格の統一,標準化推進の中心となっている団体。United States of America Standards Instituteの略。1918年創設のASA(アサ)(American Standards Associationの略)が前身。現在はANSI(American National Standards Instituteの略)に改称。本部ニューヨーク。なお,映画・写真関係の規格は,慣習によりASAの名を冠している。

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