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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

STD

On drawings, abbr. for standard.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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Internet standard.

A subseries of Request For Comments (RFC) that specify Internet standards. The official list of Internet standards is STD 1.

See also For Your Information.

rfc.net.
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