iso

Noun (1)

iso (countable and uncountable, plural isos)

1. (colloquial) Quarantine measures in order to mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, such as Covid-19.
2. (colloquial) An isolation play in basketball or American football.
   • “I can remember lining up against them and saying, ‘This is the 15th iso that you’re going to get.’ ”2007 January 5, Pete Thamel, quoting Greg Mattison, “Scoreboard Shows This Isn't the Same Old Ohio State”, in New York Times

Proper noun capitalized: ISO

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ISO

1. (organisation) The International Organization for Standardization.
   • Sutton SignWriting is the universal and complete solution for written sign language, ISO 15924 script code "Sgnw".2022 January 30, Steve Slevinski, “Formal SignWriting”, in IETF, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024
   • After the ISO decision was first reported by Reuters on Friday, a number of gun-control activists and politicians called for payment companies to adopt the new codes.2022 September 9, Ross Kerber, “Global standards body approves new merchant code for gun sellers”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2022

Noun (2) capitalized: ISO

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ISO (plural ISOs)

1. (file format) A disk image of an ISO 9660 file system (such as a CD or DVD).
   • I downloaded the ISO but got an error when trying to burn it to disc.
2. A measure of film sensitivity or brightness, derived from the ISO standard.

Noun (3) capitalized: ISO

ISO (plural ISOs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Imperial Service Order.
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of incentive stock option.
3. (abbreviation, derogatory, initialism) Initialism of instrument-shaped object.
4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of information security officer.

Preposition capitalized: ISO

ISO

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of in search of.
   • SO's affection for cats is important, but not nearly as important as not being allergic! It's really irritating to date a person who stops breathing whenever he's in your apartment. "GWM, 26, ISO G/BiM, must be kind to animals and have no allergies to pets..."1992 November 23, Joseph E. Beason, “Re: gayfolk and cats”, in soc.motss (Usenet)