Iso
name, noun, prep, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Clipping of isolation.; Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, such as Covid-19. colloquial, countable, uncountable
- 2 A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system (such as a CD or DVD); also used as the file extension for such a file.
"I downloaded the ISO but got an error when trying to burn it to disc."
- 3 Initialism of Imperial Service Order. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 Clipping of isolation.; An isolation play in basketball or American football. colloquial, countable, uncountable
"“I can remember lining up against them and saying, ‘This is the 15th iso that you’re going to get.’ ”"
- 5 A measure of film sensitivity or brightness, derived from the ISO standard.
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- 6 Initialism of incentive stock option. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 7 Clipping of isomorphism. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
- 8 Initialism of instrument-shaped object, used to refer to a musical instrument that is of very low quality. abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism
- 9 Initialism of information security officer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 Initialism of in search of. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"SO's affection for cats is important, but not nearly as important as not being allergic! It's really irritating to date a person who stops breathing whenever he's in your apartment. "GWM, 26, ISO G/BiM, must be kind to animals and have no allergies to pets...""
- 1 The International Organization for Standardization.
"Sutton SignWriting is the universal and complete solution for written sign language, ISO 15924 script code "Sgnw"."
Example
More examples"Berber still doesn't have an ISO-639-3 code."
Etymology
Officially from Greek ίσος (ísos, “equal”). However, a participant in the initial meetings disputes this etymology, claiming that the link to ίσος was decided on after the name ISO was set.