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  • noun Plural form of standard.
  • adverb : Pertaining to standards, concerned with standards, specific to standards.

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Examples

  • Here is one of the most fascinating architectural designs from VMX Architects a team with very high domain standards from the Netherlands.

    IJburg House in Amsterdam 2010

  • In general, we cover all such organisations under the term standards setting organisations (SSOs).

    The IPKat - Passionate about IP 2010

  • I was a little disappointed with the label, it's nice and to the point with good fall colors, but it really isn't up to the label standards of CaJohn.

    The Hot Zone Online Passow 2008

  • Being able to customize it exactly to my standards is a big plus.

    The Browser Choices We Make - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Right wing Milliband, who by my standards is a dead eyed revolutionary communist, was never going to run, he is nothing internally and his elevation is for the country not the activists.

    Campbell Shows A Glimpse of Real Labour Ankle Newmania 2007

  • Right wing Milliband, who by my standards is a dead eyed revolutionary communist, was never going to run, he is nothing internally and his elevation is for the country not the activists.

    Archive 2007-07-08 Newmania 2007

  • Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win.

    At the end of the day — Meandering Passage 2006

  • The consortium creating the standards is the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Project, a group that includes broadcasters, mobile phone companies, set-top box manufacturers and movie studios.

    New Digital Restriction regime 2005

  • "Look here, these are what they call standards, did you write these?"

    Wild Justice Ruth M. Sprague

  • Moreover, standardization is not a simple process, because what we refer to as standards from MP3 and JPEG to h.264 are in fact technologies owned by private companies or consortiums.

    Forbes.com: News Fred Cavazza 2011

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