I was looking into ISO 8601, a date standard: YYYY-MM-DD
ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization.
ISO is also the name for film sensitivity or speed and the setting on camera sensors: ISO 400
The ISO, made ISO!
I feel slightly silly for not knowing about this.
The ISO standardised: - Film speed - Disk images, or ‘.ISO’ - The camera flash hot shoe - And many others.
Then there’s the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission).
If IEC sounds familiar, it’s the name of a power cable or jug cord(C14/C14). The same standard is used for large Apple power bricks (C7/C8) and many others.
The IEC, made the IEC!
Then the ISO, together with the IEC, made a joint committee (JTC 1) called the Joint Photographic Experts Group, or JPEG. They also made the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG).
The JPEG, made the JPEG, PNG, and many others.
The MPEG, made the MPEG, H.264 (MP4), and H.265 (HEIC, HEVC) and many others.
You can go deeper. The world is crazy.