Standard may refer to:
Symbols
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Colours, standards and guidons
In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours (or colors), standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some ...
, kinds of military signs
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Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification
Norms, conventions or requirements
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Standard (metrology)
In metrology (the science of measurement), a standard (or etalon) is an object, system, or experiment that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measurement of a physical quantity. Standards are the fundamental reference for a system of weig ...
, an object that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measure used for calibration of measuring devices
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Standard (timber unit)
A standard or standard hundred was a measure of timber used in trade.
The ''standard'' varied in number, size and composition from country to country so the term is usually proceeded by the region or port of origin. The countries of the Balt ...
, an obsolete measure of timber used in trade
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Breed standard
In animal husbandry or animal fancy, a breed standard is a description of the characteristics of a hypothetical or ideal example of a breed. The description may include physical or morphological detail, genetic criteria, or criteria of athletic ...
(also called bench standard), in animal fancy and animal husbandry
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BioCompute Standard, a standard for next generation sequencing
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''De facto'' standard, product or system with market dominance
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Gold standard
A gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold. The gold standard was the basis for the international monetary system from the 1870s to the early 1920s, and from the la ...
, a monetary system based on gold; also used metaphorically for the best of several options, against which the others are measured
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Internet Standard
In computer network engineering, an Internet Standard is a normative specification of a technology or methodology applicable to the Internet. Internet Standards are created and published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). They allow ...