National Institute of Standards and Technology

Summary

National Institute of Standards and Technology is a research institute^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• National Institute of Standards and Technology's field of work was metrology^[3].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology was a member of World Wide Web Consortium^[4].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology was a member of FIDO Alliance^[5].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology was a member of International GLAM Labs Community^[6].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology was a member of OpenID Foundation^[7].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology was a member of ORCID, Inc.^[8].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology was a member of DataCite^[9].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the country of United States^[10].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's instance of is recorded as research institute^[11].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's instance of is recorded as standards organization^[12].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's headquarters location is recorded as Gaithersburg^[13].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology took place at Gaithersburg^[14].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's child organization or unit is recorded as JILA^[15].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's child organization or unit is recorded as NIST Center for Neutron Research^[16].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's child organization or unit is recorded as Genome in a Bottle^[17].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's child organization or unit is recorded as Systems Integration Division^[18].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's child organization or unit is recorded as National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program^[19].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's Commons category is recorded as National Institute of Standards and Technology^[20].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's chairperson is recorded as Laurie E. Locascio^[21].
• 1901 marks the founding of National Institute of Standards and Technology^[22].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.14147, 'lon': -77.21777}^[23].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's parent organization or unit is recorded as United States Department of Commerce^[24].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's official website is recorded as https://www.nist.gov/^[25].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:National Institute of Standards and Technology^[26].
• National Institute of Standards and Technology's product or material produced is recorded as software^[27].

Body

Founding

1901 marks the founding of National Institute of Standards and Technology^[22].

Identity

National Institute of Standards and Technology's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[28]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NIST'}^[29].

Leadership

National Institute of Standards and Technology's chairperson is recorded as Laurie E. Locascio^[21].

Operations

National Institute of Standards and Technology's headquarters location is recorded as Gaithersburg^[13]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as United States Department of Commerce^[24]. Subsidiaries include JILA^[15], a research institute^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1962^[32], headquartered in Boulder^[33]; NIST Center for Neutron Research^[16], a government organization^[34], in United States^[35]; Genome in a Bottle^[17], an organization^[36]; Systems Integration Division^[18]; and National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program^[19], a government program^[37], in United States^[38], headquartered in Gaithersburg^[39].

Industry

National Institute of Standards and Technology's field of work was metrology^[3].

Ownership

Products include software^[27], Federal Information Processing Standard^[40], and NIST Special Publications^[41].

Why It Matters

National Institute of Standards and Technology has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Works attributed to it include NIST Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark Database^[43], a website^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1999^[46] and NIST Chemistry WebBook^[47], a website^[48], in United States^[49], founded in 1996^[50].