NIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does NIST mean? 

• NIST (noun)
  The noun NIST has 1 sense:

1. an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs

  Familiarity information: NIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

National Institute of Standards and Technology; NIST

Hypernyms ("NIST" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("NIST" is a part of...):

Technology Administration (an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth)

 Context examples 

Standards developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to address Federal requirements for the interoperability of different systems, for the portability of data and software, and for computer security.

(Federal Information Processing Standards, NCI Thesaurus)