Accredited Standards Committee *	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE
Doc. No.:	PR/95-082
Reply to:	Barbara Bennett		(bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us)

X3 Announces the Public Comment Period for the Revision of ANSI 
X3.172:1990, American National Standard Dictionary of Information 
Technology (ANSDIT)

Washington D.C., August 1995 -- Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology is announcing the public review and 
comment period for X3.172:199x. The comment period extends from 
September 29, 1995 through November 28, 1995.

This draft standard contains concepts used in information technology.  
In  this dictionary, the singular form of the noun and infinitive form 
of the verb are the term names most often selected to be defined.

In general, concepts or term names found in an everyday 
nontechnical dictionary are not included.  Concepts and term names 
that are: a) from specialized areas of information technology, b) still 
in development, and c) of a parochial nature, are not necessarily 
incorporated in this standard.  Inevitably, the rapid growth of the 
field of information technology precludes this standard from being 
exhaustive and final.

This draft can be purchased from the Global Engineering Documents, 
Inc., 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO  80112-5704. 800-854-
7179 or 303-793-2181.  The cost is $65.00 (Domestic) and $78.00 
(International).

Submit all comments to:  X3 Secretariat, Barbara Bennett, 1250 Eye 
Street NW, Washington DC  20005, bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us.  Send a 
copy to the American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd St., 
New York, NY 10036.

An initial call for patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, 
trademarks) is now being issued.  Please submit information on these 
issues to the X3 Secretariat at the address below.

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