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Definition: Standard |
StandardAdjective1. Conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind; "windows of standard width"; "standard sizes"; "the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard operating procedure". 2. Commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment". 3. Established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work". 4. (linguistics) conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British). 5. Regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item". Noun1. A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "they set the measure for all subsequent work". 2. The ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community". 3. A board measure = 1980 board feet. 4. The value behind the money in a monetary system. 5. An upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support); "distance was marked by standards every mile"; "lamps supported on standards provided illumination". 6. Any distinctive flag. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "standard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Standard \Stand"ard\, noun. [Old French estendart, French ['e]tendard, probably from Latin extendere to spread out, extend, but influenced by English stand. See Extend.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Standard |
Aerospace | 1. An exact value, or a concept, that has been established by authority or agreement, to serve as a model or rule in the measurement of a quantity or in the establishment of a practice or procedure.2. A document that establishes engineering and technical limitations and applications for items, materials, processes, methods, design, or engineering practices. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | One of the upright poles or members forming a principal part of a scaffold. Source: European Union. (references) |
Fine Arts | For resting a violoncello or double bass on the ground. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A volume unit of sawn softwood timber in shipping commerce. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A piece of square-sawn softwood timber, roughly of plank thickness but generally less wide, 3 x 9in(76x229 mm)and 12ft(2. 7m)long. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The part used to attach body and coulter to the beam of a plough. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Standard American standard of 1776. A snake with thirteen rattles, about to strike, with the motto "DON'T TREAD ON ME." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | A C-shaped frame used in the construction of the machines in question. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A machine frame, or main part of a frame, whose height greatly exceeds its width and its depth, but which is not composed of two legs. Its axis can be either straight or curved. If the frame has two vertical main parts, they are usually called "standards"; if there is only one main part, the term "column" is preferred. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A standard having a straight axis, e. g. of a planer or of a boring mill. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Meteorology & Standards | Measuring instrument, apparatus or system intended to define, represent physically, conserve or reproduce either the unit of measurement of a quantity, or a multiple or sub-multiple thereof, e. g. standard resistor, or a known value of a quantity, e. g. standard cell. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | 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. (references) |
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Standards are produced by many organisations, some for internal usage only, others for use by a groups of people, groups of companies, or a subsection of an industry. A problem arises when different groups come together, each with a large user base doing some well established thing that between them is mutually incompatible.There are many National Standards, but overall the International Organization for Standardization, based in Geneva, Switzerland has established tens of thousands of standards covering almost every conceivable topic. Most of these are then adopted worldwide replacing all the incompatible 'homegrown' standards. Many of these standards are naturally evolved from those designed in-house within an industry, or by a particular country, whilst others have been built from scratch by groups of experts who sit on various Technical Committees.
See also: List of ISO standards
External links
- The ISO Web Site describes more of the work that ISO does.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "International standard."
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Internet standards are defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).They are documents that start out as Internet Drafts, become "Requests for Comments" (RFCs), and then after this consulting process (generally) get approved by the IESG as a standard.
Specifications that are intended to become Internet Standards evolve through a set of maturity levels known as the standards track. These maturity levels are "Proposed Standard", "Draft Standard", and "Standard"
A Proposed Standard specification is generally stable, has resolved known design choices, is believed to be well-understood, has received significant community review, and appears to enjoy enough community interest to be considered valuable. However, further experience might result in a change or even retraction of the specification before it advances. Usually, neither implementation nor operational experience is required
A specification from which at least two independent and interoperable implementations from different code bases have been developed, and for which sufficient successful operational experience has been obtained, may be elevated to the Draft Standard level.
A Draft Standard is normally considered to be a final specification, and changes are likely to be made only to solve specific problems encountered. In most circumstances, it is reasonable for vendors to deploy implementations of Draft Standards into a disruption sensitive environment.
A specification for which significant implementation and successful operational experience has been obtained may be elevated to the Internet Standard level. An Internet Standard (which may simply be referred to as a Standard) is characterized by a high degree of technical maturity and by a generally held belief that the specified protocol or service provides significant benefit to the Internet community.
Generally Internet standards cover interoperability of systems on the internet through defining protocols, messages formats, schemas, and languages. The most fundamental of the standards are the ones defining the Internet Protocol.
All Internet standards are given a number in the STD series. The first document in this series, STD 1, describes the remaining documents in the series, and has a list of proposed standards. Often, documents in the STD series are copies of RFCs or are a few RFCs collected together. For example, STD 8 defines the core of the telnet protocol and comprises RFCs 854 and 855.
See also
- standardization
- Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
External Links
- Internet Architecture Board
- Internet Engineering Steering Group
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Internet standard."
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Jazz standard refers to a tune that is widely known among jazz musicians. As jazz is actually a range of musical styles, musicians and bands can vary in their "standards" according to what type of jazz they play. Most professional bands will have repertories with many more tunes than the "standards", but they will usually be sure to include some standards in an evening's performance, and have them ready to play in case of request.Dixieland and Traditional jazz standards include:
Swing band standards include:
- "(At the) Darktown Strutters Ball"
- "Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home)"
- (Home Again in) Indiana"
- "Milenburg Joys"
- "Panama" (Original title "Panama, a Characterist Novelty" from 1912)
- "That's A Plenty"
- "Tiger Rag"
- "When the Saints Go Marching In" (Nicknamed "The Monster" by some musicians, as it seems to be the only tune many people know to request when seeing a Dixieland band, and some musicians dread being asked to play it several time a night)
"Bebop" standards include:
- "In the Mood"
- "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing"
- "King Porter Stomp"
- "Sing, Sing Sing"
- "Stardust"
- "Take the A Train"
- "Woodchopper's Ball"
"Mainstream" late 20th century jazz standards include the songs:
- "Blue Monk"
- "Caravan"
- "Giant Steps"
- "Joy Spring"
- "Milestones"
- "Night in Tunisia"
- "Salt Peanuts"
and instrumental compositions such as:
- "All of Me"
- "Misty"
- "My Favourite Things"
- "Satin Doll"
- "Summertime"
- "I Remember Clifford"
- "Four Brothers"
The categories of jazz are not exclusive as to their standards, and any of the songs may be played by bands that specialize in another style. For example, some avant garde groups may delight in playing an old tune in their modern style, or a Dixieland band may pride themselves on playing a modern tune in a style that gives it a traditional sound.
- "Cherokee"
- "Bags' Groove"
- "Robbins' Nest"
- "Stable Mates"
There is no definitive list of standards. Many 'standards', such as those above, were originally written decades ago, and may be from old popular tunes, Broadway or musical selections, or old recordings of famous bands. However, jazz musicians might also include a wide range of more recent tunes in their concept of 'standards'.
It is common for jazz musicians invited to take part in a 'standards gig' to ask the person who's booking the gig or the other musicians involved for particular tunes they have in mind. However, time spent working through a respectable 'fake book', such as The New Real Book, will help in such situations.
External Links
- An example list of Jazz Standards
- And another one with some additional pieces
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Jazz standard."
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The classical meaning of standard was a flag or banner; especially, a national or other ensign carried into battle; thus "standard bearer" indicates the one who bears, or carries, the standard. The modern primary meaning evolved through symbolism: "a quality or measure which is established by authority, custom, or general consent". In the phrase "light standard" it retains the older meaning of a vertical support.In technical use, a standard is a concrete example of an item or a specification against which all others may be measured. For example, there are "primary standards" for length, mass, and other units of measure, kept by laboratories and standards organizations. Officially certified measuring instruments must be checked for accuracy using such standards (or secondary standards made from the primary).
In analytical chemistry a standard is a preparation containing a known concentration of a specified substance. A simple standard may be a dilute solution of the substance; this serves as a reference to calibrate equipment used to measure a sample's composition in terms of elements. For accuracy, the standard concentration may be specially designed to be as close to real samples as possible.
There are also certified reference materials available which contain independently verified concentrations of elements available in different matrices (a matrix is bulk material of the sample, for example blood).
See also
- Standardization
- Open standard or its antonym, Proprietary (e.g. Proprietary software)
- International standard
- International Standard (Ballroom dancing)
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A standard language is a particular dialect of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status.Usually, but not always, based on the tongue of a capital city, a standard language is defined by the selection of certain regional markers, and the rejection of others. This is the version of a language that is typically taught to learners of the language as a foreign language, and most texts written in that language follow its spelling and grammar norms.
Some of the features that identify a standard language include:
The creation of a standard language represents the triumph of a certain variety of linguistic prescription; its selection means that the speech of areas with features that vary from the standard so upheld are devalued or "deprecated." This means that in some countries, the selection of a standard language is a social and political issue. The act of seeking to define a language standard can be an act of nationalism or support of political devolution.
- A recognized dictionary or group of dictionaries which embody a standardized spelling and vocabulary;
- A recognized grammar which records the forms, rules and structures of the language, and which commends some forms and castigates others;
- A standard system of pronunciation, which is considered "educated" or "proper" speech by the speakers, and which is considered free from regional marking;
- An institution promoting the use of the language and given some authority in defining the norms of its use, such as the Académie Française;
- Statutes or constitutions giving that language an official legal status in a country's system of law;
- The use of the language in public life, such as in the work of courts and legislatures;
- A canon of literature;
- Translations of important sacred texts such as the Bible into that language, which are considered to be authoritative by their believers;
- The teaching of the language's standards of grammar and spelling in schools;
- The selection of this particular dialect of a language as being especially appropriate to be taught to learners of foreign languages.
In Norwegian, for example, two parallel standard languages exist, one called Bokmål, based partly on the local pronunciation of Danish back when Norway was ruled by Denmark; and a second, called Nynorsk, based on a mixture of dialects from western Norway. While Italian contains dialects that vary from each other even more than the two versions of Norwegian do, there remains a single standard Italian; curiously, standard Italian is not based on the speech of the capital, Rome, but on the speech of Florence. Standard Iberiann Spanish is likewise not based on the speech of Madrid, but on the historically more northerly province of Castile.
Other standard languages present fewer complicating factors. The preeminence of Parisian French has reigned largely unchallenged throughout the history of recent French literature. In British English, the standard Received Pronunciation is based on the language of the upper classes in the London area, and is based on the dialect that comes out of the British private boarding schools. In the United States, since Washington, DC is a planned city devoted almost entirely to government, with no claim to historical pre-eminence, the standard of American English is based on the speech of the upper Midwest. English has no official legal status in the United States as a whole; curiously, the languages that do have official recognition are Spanish and Hawaiian; Spanish is guaranteed equal treatment for legal purposes in the territories acquired by the United States from Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and Hawaiian enjoys similar status in Hawaii
See also, and compare: Official language
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The Standard Motor Company was founded in Coventry, England in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay.During World War I, the company produced a number of aircraft including "Sopwith Pups" and "Bristol F2-B's".
By 1924 the company had a share of the market comparable to Austin, but by the late 1920s profits had fallen dramatically due to heavy reinvestment, a failed export contract and poor sales of the larger cars.
In the 1930s, fortunes impoved with new models, the "Standard-nine" and "Standard-ten" which addressed the low to mid range market.
During World War II, the company produced "mosquito" aircraft.
Standard acquired Triumph Motor Company in 1945.
The company was eventually taken over by British Leyland and the last Standard produced in 1963.
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In chemistry, the term standard temperature and pressure (abbreviated STP) denotes an exact reference temperature of 0°C (273.15 K) and pressure of 1 atm (defined as 101325 Pa).
These values approximate freezing temperature and atmospheric pressure at sea level.
See also:
- standard state
In aviation, standard temperature and pressure at sea level are 15°C and 29.92 in. Hg (1013.2 millibars). These values provide a reference for calculating various aircraft performance figures, such as endurance, range, airspeed, and fuel consumption. When used to calculate performance at any pressure altitude other than sea level, the temperature is adjusted using the dry adiabatic lapse rate.
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Standard is a village located in Putnam County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 256.Geography
Standard is located at 41°15'23" North, 89°10'44" West (41.256450, -89.179014)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 256 people, 115 households, and 67 families residing in the village. The population density is 176.5/km² (453.2/mi²). There are 119 housing units at an average density of 82.0/km² (210.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.44% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. 1.95% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 115 households out of which 25.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% are married couples living together, 6.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 40.9% are non-families. 35.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 18.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.23 and the average family size is 2.91. In the village the population is spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 104.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 104.2 males. The median income for a household in the village is $35,972, and the median income for a family is $41,875. Males have a median income of $35,179 versus $22,917 for females. The per capita income for the village is $17,453. 5.8% of the population and 5.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 9.5% are under the age of 18 and 5.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Standard, Illinois."
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Standardization, in the context related to technologies and industries, is the process of establishing a technical standard among competing entities in a market, where this will bring benefits without hurting competition. As an example, all of Europe now uses 230 volt 50 Hz AC mains grids and GSM cell phones, and (at least officially) measures lengths in metres.
In the context of social criticism and social sciences, standardization often means the process of establishing standards of various kinds, and improving efficiency to handle people, their interactions, cases, and so forth. Examples include formalization of judical procedure in court, and establishing uniform criteria for diagnosing mental disease. Standardization in this sense is often discussed along with (or synonymously to) such large-scale social changes as modernization, bureaucratization, homogenization, and centralization of society.
Standards can be de facto, which means they are followed for convenience, or de jure, which means they are used because of (more or less) legally binding contracts and documents. Government agencies often have to follow standards issued by official standardization organizations. Following such standards can also be a prerequisite for doing business on certain markets, with certain companies, or within certain consortia.
A standard can be open or not (proprietary).
There are lots of worldwide standards and drafts (i.e. for the standardization of powercords), chiefly provided by ISO.
Important standardization bodies are:
- ANSI - American National Standards Institute (United States of America)
- DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung (Germany)
- ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute
- IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission
- IEEE - Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers
- IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
- ISO - International Organization for Standardization
- ITU-R, ITU-T - The International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T was formerly known as CCITT)
- IUPAC - International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- SI - Système International d'Unités (International System of Units)
- SIS - Standardiseringskommissionen i Sverige (Sweden)
- SCC - Standards Council of Canada (Canada)
- NIST - National Institute for Standards and Technology (United States of America)
- W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
External link
- NIST page on standards groups/resources
- International Center for Standards Research (ICSR), U. of Colorado, Boulder
In statistics standardization refers to conversion to standard scores.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ST | English | Standard Time | Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: StandardSynonyms: received (adj), stock (adj), criterion (n), measure (n), monetary standard (n), touchstone (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: stand-in (food & agriculture, mechanical engineering). |
| Antonym: nonstandard (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer; (commander); subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman; spear bearer; halberdier, lancer; musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer; archer, bowman. |
Conformity | Standard, model, pattern; (prototype). |
Degree | Noun: degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber; gradation, shade; tenor, compass; sphere, station, rank, standing; rate, way, sort. |
Frequency | Regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision; punctuality; (exactness); even tenor; system; routine; (custom); formula; rule; (form, regulation); keynote, standard, model; precedent; (prototype); conformity. |
Incomparability | Phrase: like apples and oranges; no basis for comparison; no standard for comparison. |
Indication | Insignia; banner, banneret, bannerol; bandrol; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, " old glory ", quarantine flag; vexillum; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting. |
Inexpedience | Superexcellent; of the first water; first-rate, first-class; high-wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal; standard; (perfect); inimitable. |
Measurement | Measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers; gage, gauge; meter, line, rod, check; dividers; velo. |
Money | Gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard. |
Normality | Noun: normality, normalcy, normalness; familiarity, naturalness; commonness (frequency); rule, standard (conformity); customary (habit); standard, pattern (prototype). |
Perfection | Model, standard, pattern, mirror, admirable Crichton; trump, very prince of. |
Best; (good); model, standard; inimitable, unparagoned, unparalleled; (supreme); superhuman, divine; beyond all praise; (approbation); sans peur et sans reproche. | |
Prototype | Noun: prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type; archetype, protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm; lay-figure. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well slatted pig, there are standard issues (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter) I will regard this great honor not so much as an award for what I have achieved, but a standard to hold against what I have yet to accomplish (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Because it's the standard! (Chasing Amy; writing credit: Kevin Smith) This is my standard procedure for doing it. And while I compose it, I'm also reviewing it (Yellow Submarine; writing credit: Al Brodax; Jack Mendelsohn) Alright everyone, it's the standard Grampa drill everyone into the cellar (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Clever | I am different from Washington; I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Tongue Twisters | Twelve standard stainless steel twin screw cruisers. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Show Standard Electric (1965) The Standard Range Approach (1957) Burning of the Standard Oil Tanks (1900) Royal Standard (1999) | |
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 | Brucella spp. Colony Characteristics: A. Fastidious, usually not visible at 24h. B. Grows slowly on most standard laboratory media (e.g. sheep blood, chocolate and trypticase soy agars). Pinpoint, smooth, entire translucent, non-hemolytic at 48h. Credit: CDC. |  | Yersinia pestis grows well on most standard laboratory media, after 48-72 hours, grey-white to slightly yellow opaque raised, irregular “fried egg” morphology; alternatively colonies may have a “hammered copper” shiny surface. Credit: CDC. |
 | NACA Standard Insignia. Credit: NASA. |  | Centaur Standard Shroud at SPF Plum Brook. Credit: NASA. |
 | Standard tide gauge. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | End launch STANDARD equipped for wiredrag work Wiredrag party of R. P. Strough. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Standard instrument shelter (called a Stevenson Screen) used by NSSL. Shelter houses temperature, pressure, and relative humidity instruments. Observer comes to shelter to take readings. The shelter is a wooden box painted white with double-louvered sides. It is mounted on a stand 4 feet above the ground. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |  | Scientist Frank Porto at the tape drives of the then new National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) mass data storage system, the SDC TBMII. This system was used to archive all of the TIROS-N and NOAA-6 digital data on standard two- inch video tape. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | An Automatic Picture Transmission recorder which received data from TIROS satellites and printed out as images of cloud cover. The system could also receive standard weather maps. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | Food service workers will trade in their white uniforms for distinctive "chefs" jackets and blue trousers. The Air Force chief of staff recently approved the new uniform which establishes a standard uniform for wear by people working in dining f. |
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| "A standard flame" by Matt 'Fox' Laskowski Commentary: "The title says it all." | "Greeny photo" by Laszlo Gaal Commentary: "A testphoto of my new C5050,a standard photo,but looks and feels piecefull. Big photo,the middle can be cut out,to zoom in. ." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | A jazz quartet playing in standard jazz style with muted trumpet melody. | | Minor piece using standard harmonic cadences with synthesizer circa mid-1980's. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard. |
Edward Gibbon | Personal interest is often the standard of our belief, as well as of our practice. |
Fuller | Beard was never the true standard of brains. |
Henry Ward Beecher | Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself. |
John Maynard Keynes | In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. |
Jorson | Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well. |
Oscar Wilde | Niagara Falls is only the second biggest disappointment of the standard honeymoon. |
Theodore Parker | As society advances the standard of poverty rises. |
Tryon Edwards | People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | First, There wants an established, settled, known law, received and allowed by common consent to be the standard of right and wrong, and the common measure to decide all controversies between them: for though the law of nature be plain and intelligible to all rational creatures; yet men being biassed by their interest, as well as ignorant for want of study of it, are not apt to allow of it as a law binding to them in the application of it to their particular cases. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | But don't wrangle with us so long as you apply, to our intended abolition of bourgeois property, the standard of your bourgeois notions of freedom, culture, law, etc. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Fourth.The adoption of an eight hours day or a forty-eight hours week as the standard to be aimed at where it has not already been attained. (reference) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There was in him a revelation of feeling entirely distinct from the declarations of the law, his only standard hitherto |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Sir William Brandon, you shall bear my standard. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | All of these cancers are treated by standard surgical techniques. (references) | |
As such, these tools are intended for use as standard references. (references) | ||
The development of new drugs or new ways to deliver standard drugs. (references) | ||
Business | Where no EU standard exists, French standards apply. (references) | |
When specifying standard paper sizes, use the A4 standard. (references) | ||
In Europe, GSM is the current standard for digital telephony. (references) | ||
Children | Kenya | The East African Standard newspaper reported in March that 8,000 girls drop out of school each year due to pregnancy. (references) |
Switzerland | Most cantons already have implemented some provisions for persons with disabilities, but there is no countrywide standard. (references) | |
Turkmenistan | Government subsidies and pensions are provided for persons with disabilities, although the pensions are inadequate to maintain a decent standard of living. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Zimbabwe | Authorities also arrested a former editor and a reporter in connection with the article from The Standard. (references) |
Zimbabwe | In 2000 Chengetai Zvauya, a reporter for The Standard, was detained and assaulted by war veterans at ZANU-PF headquarters. (references) | |
Norway | In June the Parliament directed the Ministry of Education to draft a standard form for this purpose, which was sent to all schools. (references) | |
Economic History | Netherlands | In the business market Windows NT is the standard. (references) |
Philippines | Standard agent's commission is 5 percent but can vary somewhat. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | Oil wealth has increased the standard of living of most Saudis. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | These so-called Hadd punishments require a high standard of evidence. (references) |
El Salvador | Human rights awareness is a standard component of the police officers' basic training program. (references) | |
Pakistan | Under both the Hudood and standard criminal codes, there are bailable and nonbailable offenses. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Guyana | Their standard of living is much lower than that of most citizens and their ability to participate in decisions affecting their lands, cultures, traditions, and the allocation of natural resources is limited. (references) |
Botswana | The ultimatum highlights the fact that the Government has made little real progress since 1996 when international attention was focused on the problem of resettling Basarwa living in the CKGR. Both the Basarwa and the Government are seeking out concerned NGO's to assist with the resettlement process and to address the larger issue of improving the Basarwa's standard of living without sacrificing what remains of their traditional way of life. (references) | |
Minorities | Croatia | NGO's assisting ethnic Serbs with documentation issues continued to report that local officials applied this legal double standard. (references) |
Political Economy | Greece | Residents enjoy a high standard of living. (references) |
CZECH REPUBLIC | The law mandates a standard workweek of 40 hours. (references) | |
JAMAICA | The screening mechanisms are standard and nondiscriminatory. (references) | |
Trade | Eq. Guinea | It operates on the GSM standard. (references) |
Eq. Guinea | Televisions operate on the PAL standard. (references) | |
Hong Kong | U.S. standard trade documentation is acceptable. (references) | |
Travel | Uruguay | Uruguay observes standard time. (references) |
Senegal | They operate on the GSM standard. (references) | |
Denmark | Denmark has a high standard of living. (references) | |
Women | El Salvador | The PNC maintained that it was investigating the allegations in accordance with standard operating procedures. (references) |
Cameroon | Civil law offers a more equal standard than customary law, which is far more discriminatory against women, since in many regions a woman customarily is regarded as the property of her husband. (references) | |
Indonesia | An August 1999 conference of forensic experts recommended that standard procedures be adopted for examining and taking statements from rape victims, in an effort to improve the successfulness of rape prosecutions. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Algeria | In July 2000, the standard workweek was shortened to 37.5 hours. (references) |
Bangladesh | The law sets a standard 48-hour workweek with 1 day off mandated. (references) | |
Belgium | Many collective bargaining agreements set standard workweeks of 35 to 38 hours. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. Wherefore the lexicographer adviseth a striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself. Whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death and the hope of Hell. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Harry Belafonte | I would like him to live up to a higher moral standard. You know, Jeffords doesn't have to be the only one who sits in disagreement with the policies of this country and this government and acts upon it out of conscience. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | On our southern border victory has continued also to follow the American standard. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The establishment of an uniform standard of weights and measures was one of the specific objects contemplated in the formation of our Constitution, and to fix that standard was on of the powers delegated by express terms in that instrument to Congress. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | At least they will be my standard of conduct in the pat |