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EGR 402

Standards

What are Technical Standards?

Technical standards are agreed upon ways of manufacturing items. Standards are the reason that we have compatibility among similar products from different manufacturers (E.g. the reason that your USB stick works in your computer regardless of who made it).  Standards can be superseded or canceled and they are listed by their originating organization (such as ASTM). Standards tend to be expensive and different academic institutions may have different subscriptions to standards. Standards can be tricky to locate so don't hesitate to contact your engineering librarian for assistance.

 

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