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Symbols

* Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs * Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification


Norms, conventions or requirements

* Standard (metrology), an object that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measure used for calibration of measuring devices * Standard (timber unit), an obsolete measure of timber used in trade * Breed standard (also called bench standard), in animal fancy and animal husbandry * BioCompute Standard, a standard for next generation sequencing * ''De facto'' standard, product or system with market dominance * Gold standard, a monetary system based on gold; also used metaphorically for the best of several options, against which the others are measured * Internet Standard, a specification ratified as an open standard by the Internet Engineering Task Force * Learning standards, standards applied to education content * Standard displacement, a naval term describing the weight and status of a warship *
Standard language A standard language (also standard variety, standard dialect, and standard) is a language variety that has undergone substantial codification of grammar and usage, although occasionally the term refers to the entirety of a language that includes ...
, a particular variety of a language accepted as the institutionalized norm in a community * Standard solution, in chemistry, a solution of known concentration * Standard of care, the degree of prudence and caution required of an individual who is under a duty of care * Technical standard, an established norm or requirement about technical systems **
International standard international standard is a technical standard developed by one or more international standards organizations. International standards are available for consideration and use worldwide. The most prominent such organization is the International Or ...
, standards suitable for worldwide use **
Open standard An open standard is a standard that is openly accessible and usable by anyone. It is also a prerequisite to use open license, non-discrimination and extensibility. Typically, anybody can participate in the development. There is no single definition ...
, a standard that is publicly available **
Standard operating procedure A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a set of step-by-step instructions compiled by an organization to help workers carry out routine operations. SOPs aim to achieve efficiency, quality output, and uniformity of performance, while reducing misc ...
, a step-by-step instruction to achieve a desired result **
Standardization Standardization or standardisation is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments. Standardization ...
, the process of establishing technical standards ** Standards organization, an entity primarily concerned with maintaining standards * Standard-gauge railway (SGR)


Mathematics

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Standard algorithms In elementary arithmetic, a standard algorithm or method is a specific method of computation which is conventionally taught for solving particular mathematical problems. These methods vary somewhat by nation and time, but generally include excha ...
, long-taught methods of computation such as long division *
Standard deviation In statistics, the standard deviation is a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values. A low standard deviation indicates that the values tend to be close to the mean (also called the expected value) of the set, while ...
, a statistical measure of variation **
Standard score In statistics, the standard score is the number of standard deviations by which the value of a raw score (i.e., an observed value or data point) is above or below the mean value of what is being observed or measured. Raw scores above the mean ...
, a statistics term *
Standard part function In nonstandard analysis, the standard part function is a function from the limited (finite) hyperreal numbers to the real numbers. Briefly, the standard part function "rounds off" a finite hyperreal to the nearest real. It associates to every suc ...
, used to define the derivative of a function *
Standard Young tableau In mathematics, a Young tableau (; plural: tableaux) is a combinatorial object useful in representation theory and Schubert calculus. It provides a convenient way to describe the group representations of the symmetric and general linear groups and ...
x, a type of combinatorial object *
Standardized rate Standardized rates are a statistical measure of any rates in a population. These are adjusted rates that take into account the vital differences between populations that may affect their birthrates or death rates. Examples The most common are birth ...
, a statistical measure of any rates in a population


Military

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Standard-type battleship The Standard-type battleship was a series of twelve battleships across five classes ordered for the United States Navy between 1911 and 1916 and commissioned between 1916 and 1923. These were considered super-dreadnoughts, with the ships of the ...
s produced by the U.S. Navy * Standard Missile *
Standard operating procedure A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a set of step-by-step instructions compiled by an organization to help workers carry out routine operations. SOPs aim to achieve efficiency, quality output, and uniformity of performance, while reducing misc ...
, an established method of accomplishing a task * United States Military Standard, a specification used to help achieve standardization objectives by the U.S. Department of Defense


Places


United States

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Standard, Illinois Standard is a village in Putnam County, Illinois, United States. The population was 220 at the 2010 census, down from 256 in 2000. It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The B.F. Berry Coal Company, a division of the C ...
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Standard City, Illinois Standard City is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. The population was 138 at the 2000 census. Geography Standard City is located at . According to the 2010 census, Standard City has a total area of , of which (or 99.53%) is land and ...
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Standard, California Standard is an unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States that lies east-southeast of Sonora. Its post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting ...
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Standard, Indiana Standard is an unincorporated community in Curry Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a g ...
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Standard, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Standard is an unincorporated community in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana LaSalle Parish ( French: ''Paroisse de La Salle'') is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 14,791. The pa ...
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Standard, Vernon Parish, Louisiana Standard is an unincorporated community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area a ...
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Standard, West Virginia Standard is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The community is located near Exit 74 on the West Virginia Turnpike West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It ...


Other places

* Standard, Alberta, Canada


Arts, entertainment, and media


Music


Groups

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The Standard (band) The Standard are an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon. History The Standard formed in Portland in 1999 out of members who had all previously played in Portland indie groups.The Standardat AllMusic The group signed with Touch and ...
, an American indie rock band * The Standard, a rap trio formed by Nas,
Common Common may refer to: Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Clapham Common, originally com ...
and Q-Tip


Musical terms and concepts

* Standard (music), the most popular and enduring songs from a particular genre or style ** Adult standards, a radio format that includes pop standards **
Jazz standard Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive lis ...
s, musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners ** List of blues standards, blues songs that have attained a high level of recognition ** Pop standards, particularly the songs comprising the Great American Songbook


Albums

* ''Standard'' (Scandal album), the fifth studio album by Japanese pop rock band, Scandal * ''Standard'' (Witness album), a gospel music album by Witness * ''Standards'' (Sonny Clark album), 1998 * ''Standards'' (Lloyd Cole album), a 2013 rock album by Lloyd Cole released * ''Standards'' (Grant Green album), a 1998 album by jazz guitarist Grant Green first released in Japan in 1980 as ''Remembering'' * Standards (Into It. Over It. album) * '' Standards, Vol. 1'', a 1983 album by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett * ''
Standards, Vol. 2 ''Standards, Vol. 2'' is a jazz album by pianist Keith Jarrett, with Gary Peacock on double bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums; the three are collectively known as Jarrett's "Standards Trio". It is the successor to their 1983 album '' Standards, ...
'', a 1985 album by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett * ''Standards'' (Lee Morgan album), a 1998 album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan released on the Blue Note label * ''Standards'' (Tortoise album), the fourth album by the American post-rock band Tortoise * ''Standards'' (Ken Vandermark album), 1995 * ''Standards'' (Seal album), a 2017 album by Seal * ''Standards'' (Bernie Worrell album), solo album by former Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell * ''Standards'', music album by Blaggards * ''The Standard'' (Tommy Flanagan album), a 1980 album by The Super Jazz Trio * ''The Standard'' (Take 6 album), a 2008 album by Take 6 * '' The Standards'', a 2013 studio album by Gloria Estefan


Songs

* "Standard" (The View song), a song by The View * "Standards", a song by The Jam from the album '' This Is the Modern World''


Periodicals

* ''Standard'' (magazine), a defunct Serbian magazine * '' Der Standard'', an Austrian newspaper * '' Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard'', a Scottish newspaper * '' London Evening Standard'', a London newspaper often referred to as "The Standard" * '' Mornington Standard'', a newspaper of Frankston, Victoria * Standard (Port Melbourne) a newspaper of Port Melbourne Victoria, renamed in 1914 The Port Melbourne Standard * ''Standard'' (Thailand), a defunct weekly newspaper published in Thailand * ''
St. Catharines Standard The ''St. Catharines Standard'' is a daily newspaper of the city of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. As of May 2020, the publication was owned by Torstar but on May 26, 2020, the company agreed to be acquired by NordStar Capital, a private investm ...
'', a St. Catharines, Ontario, newspaper * ''Toronto Standard'' (disambiguation), either of two defunct Toronto newspapers * ''The Standard'' (Hong Kong), a business newspaper in Hong Kong * ''The Standard'' (Kenya), a Kenyan newspaper * ''The Standard'' (Zimbabwe), a weekly newspaper in Zimbabwe * '' The Weekly Standard'', an American neoconservative magazine, sometimes abbreviated as ''The Standard''


Television

* ''The Standard'' (TV series), a television series


Sports

* FK Standard Sumgayit, a former Azeri association football team * Standard Liège, a Belgian association football team that is often abbreviated as ''Standard''


Vehicles


Automotive

* Standard (1904 automobile) (1904–1906), an American automobile *
Standard (1911 automobile) The Standard was a German automobile manufactured between 1911 and 1912. The car was produced at Berlin-Charlottenburg using a rotary valve engine built by Henriod, which was unreliable and had not been fully developed; consequently, it was very u ...
(1911–1912), a German automobile *
Standard (1912 automobile) The Standard was an American automobile manufactured in Butler, Pennsylvania from 1914 until 1923 by the Standard Steel Car Company. History Standard Steel Car Company, whose primary business was railroad rolling stock, announced in the summer ...
(1912–1923), an American automobile manufactured in Butler, Pennsylvania *
Standard (Indian automobile) Standard was an Indian brand of automobile which was produced by Standard Motor Products of India Limited (SMPIL) in Chennai, Madras from 1951 to 1988. Indian Standards were variations of vehicles made in the United Kingdom by Standard Motor Comp ...
(1957–1987), mostly based on the British Standard cars *
Standard (Italian automobile) The Standard was an Italian automobile manufactured from 1906 until 1908 by the Fabbrica Automobili Standard of Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the ...
(1906–1908), an Italian automobile manufactured by the Fabbrica Automobili Standard of Torino * Standard Electric (automobile) (1911-1915) an American electric automobile manufactured in Jackson, Michigan * Standard Motor Company (1903–1963), an English car and aircraft manufacturer *
Standard Motor Products Standard Motor Products, Inc. (NYSE: SMP) is a manufacturer and distributor of automotive parts in the automotive aftermarket industry. The company was founded in 1919 as a partnership by Elias Fife and Ralph Van Allen and incorporated by Fife i ...
, a manufacturer and distributor of aftermarket automotive parts *
Standard Six The Standard Six was an American automobile manufactured in St. Louis, Missouri by the St. Louis Car Company from 1909 until 1910. The company initially built the French Mors cars under license as the American Mors from 1906 to 1909. In 1910, ...
(1909–1910), an American automobile manufactured in St Louis, Missouri * Standard Steam Car (1920–1921), an American steam car manufactured by the Standard Engineering Company of St Louis, Missouri * Standard Superior, and automotive manufacturer, e.g., of the Standard automobile (1933–1935, 1950–1954), produced from 1933 to 1935 by Standard Fahrzeugfabrik of Ludwigsburg, Germany * Standard transmission, a type of transmission used in motor vehicles


Aviation

* FAI Standard Class, for glider competition * Prue Standard, glider


Other businesses

* American Standard Companies, a global provider of air conditioning systems and services, bath and kitchen products, and vehicle control systems * Standard Bank, one of South Africa's largest financial operators *
Standard Fruit Company Standard Fruit Company (now Dole plc) was established in the United States in 1924 by the Vaccaro brothers. Its forerunner was started in 1899, when Sicilian Arberesh immigrants Joseph, Luca and Felix Vaccaro, together with Salvador D'Antoni, ...
, an American company *
Standard Glass and Paint Company Building The Standard Glass and Paint Company Building, also known as 10th Street Lofts, is an historic building located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Ashton and Ross Clemens, who were brothers, had the building built in 1913 to house their ...
, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Iowa *
Standard Hotel Standard Hotels is a group of seven boutique hotels in New York City (Meatpacking District and East Village), Miami Beach, London, Maldives, Ibiza, and Hua Hin, Thailand. The hotels are operated by Standard International Management. The two origi ...
, a hotel chain originating in Los Angeles *
Standard Insurance Company Standard Insurance Company, also branded as The Standard, is an American insurance and financial company which is a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, headquartered in Portland, Oregon. On July 23, 2015, Meiji Yasuda, a Japanese mutual insu ...
, an American insurance and financial company *
Standard Oil Standard Oil Company, Inc., was an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated from 1870 to 1911. At its height, Standard Oil was the largest petroleum company in the world, and its success made its co-f ...
(1863–1911), a large integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing organization *
Standard Steel Casting Company The Standard Steel Casting Company, commonly referred to as Thurlow Works, was a steel production and steel casting facility founded in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1883 by shipbuilder John Roach. The company was established primarily to supply steel i ...
, an American company * Standard Talking Machine Company, an early twentieth century record label *
The Standard, Copenhagen The Standard is a restaurant complex located on the Havnegade quay in central Copenhagen, Denmark. History The building was constructed in 1937 to a design by Kristoffer Varming and was then known as Gammelholms Toldkammer. The southern part o ...
, a restaurant complex in central Copenhagen, Denmark *
The Standard, East Village The Standard, East Village, formerly the Cooper Square Hotel, is a 21-story high-rise luxury hotel located at 25 Cooper Square in lower Manhattan, New York City. The tower was designed by Carlos Zapata Studio and structurally engineered by Les ...
, a hotel in New York City * The Standard, High Line, a hotel in New York City


Computing and technology

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Standards (software) A software standard is a standard, protocol, or other common format of a document, file, or data transfer accepted and used by one or more software developers while working on one or more than one computer programs. Software standards enable inte ...
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Standard cell In semiconductor design, standard cell methodology is a method of designing application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) with mostly digital-logic features. Standard cell methodology is an example of design abstraction, whereby a low-level v ...
, a voltage reference, or a building block for electronic integrated circuits


Plants and plant husbandry

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Standard (tree) Fruit trees are grown in a variety of shapes, sometimes to please the eye but mainly to encourage fruit production. The form or shape of fruit trees can be manipulated by pruning and training. Shaping and promoting a particular tree form is done ...
, a type of fruit tree form * Coppice with standards, the retention of some mature trees in a wood mainly of trees which are coppiced


Other uses

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Standard (typeface) Akzidenz-Grotesk is a sans-serif typeface family originally released by the Berthold Type Foundry of Berlin. ''german: label=none, italic=no, "Akzidenz"'' indicates its intended use as a typeface for commercial print runs such as publicity, tick ...
* Standard (warez), rules for unauthorized public release of copyrighted material


See also

* Canon (disambiguation) * Industry standard (disambiguation) * National standards (disambiguation) * Standardbred, an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing *
Standart (disambiguation) Standart may refer to: * an alternative translation of Штандартъ, the Russian name of the ship ''Shtandart'' * Standart (Heraldic flag), the Russian Regimental colors * ''Shtandart'' (frigate, 1703), a Russian sailing frigate construc ...
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STD (disambiguation) An STD is a sexually transmitted disease. STD may also refer to: Businesses and organisations * Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation, STD of RSFSR, a Russian actors' trade union * Darracq and Company London#S.T.D. Motors, S.T.D. Mo ...
* The Standard (disambiguation) * Usual (disambiguation) {{disambiguation