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International Organization for Standardization (ngesiNgesi International Organisation for Standardization, isifinyezo ISO ) ngowona mbutho ubalulekileyo kwihlabathi jikelele kwinkcazo yemigangatho yobugcisa. Iqhuba imisebenzi yokubonisana ye -UNESCO kunye neZizwe eziManyeneyo (UN).  . Iilwimi ezisemthethweni ze-ISO ziNgesi, isiFrentshi kunye nesiRashiya (ubugcisa be-19.1 bommiselo.)  Uninzi lwemigangatho epapashiweyo inokufumaneka kuLuhlu lwemigangatho ye-ISO.

Igama elithi "ISO" alisisifinyezo (enyanisweni ngesiNgesi i ISO ikwabizwa ngokuba yiInternational Organisation for Standardization, kwiFrench Organisation internationale de normalization nakwi Russian Международная организация по стандартиза ции, iguqulelwe: Meždunarodnaja organizacija po standartizarives) IsiGrike ἴσος (iphimbo: ìsos), intsingiselo yayo imele "ukulingana". Ukukhethwa kwegama elivela kwimvelaphi yesiGrike kunesishunqulelo kwachazwa kukhangelo lwesifinyezo esinophawu lwendalo iphela (i-akhronimi endaweni yoko idla ngokunxulunyaniswa nolwimi esetyenziswa ngalo). 

Inekomkhulu layo eGeneva, eSwitzerland,  kwaye amalungu ayo ngamaqumrhu emigangatho yesizwe yamazwe ali-164 <ref name="about">ehlabathini lonke. I-ISO isebenzisana ngokusondeleyo ne- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), enoxanduva lokubeka emgangathweni izixhobo zombane neze-elektroniki, kunye ne- International Telecommunication Union (ITU) malunga nemigangatho yobugcisa ngaphakathi kwezonxibelelwano .  Ukususela ekuqaleni kwayo ukuya kutsho ngo-2019, i-ISO iphuhlise i-22 683 imigangatho yobuchwephesha bamazwe ngamazwe.  Kwakhona kuye kwaphuhliswa ezinye iintlobo zamaxwebhu abizwa ngokuba neenkcukacha zobugcisa (IiNkcazo zezoBugcisa - TS), iingxelo zobugcisa ( IiNgxelo zezoBugcisa - TR), iinkcukacha ezifumaneka esidlangalaleni (IiNkcazelo eziFumaneka kuLuntu - i-PAS), izivumelwano zeeworkshop zamazwe ngamazwe (Izivumelwano zeworkshop International - IWA) kunye nezikhokelo.