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"ANSI" is a common misspelling or typo for: nazism. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | ANSI /an'see/ 1. n. [techspeak] The American National Standards Institute. ANSI, along with the International Organization for Standards (ISO), standardized the C programming language (see K&R, Classic C), and promulgates many other important software standards. 2. n. [techspeak] A terminal may be said to be `ANSI' if it meets the ANSI X3.64 standard for terminal control. Unfortunately, this standard was both over-complicated and too permissive. It has been retired and replaced by the ECMA-48 standard, which shares both flaws. 3. n. [BBS jargon] The set of screen-painting codes that most MS-DOS and Amiga computers accept. This comes from the ANSI.SYS device driver that must be loaded on an MS-DOS computer to view such codes. Unfortunately, neither DOS ANSI nor the BBS ANSIs derived from it exactly match the ANSI X3.64 terminal standard. For example, the ESC-[1m code turns on the bold highlight on large machines, but in IBM PC/MS-DOS ANSI, it turns on `intense' (bright) colors. Also, in BBS-land, the term `ANSI' is often used to imply that a particular computer uses or can emulate the IBM high-half character set from MS-DOS. Particular use depends on context. Occasionally, the vanilla ASCII character set is used with the color codes, but on BBSs, ANSI and `IBM characters' tend to go together. Source: Jargon File. |
Census | (American National Standards Institute) Established 1918. An organization that serves as a clearinghouse for nationally coordinated voluntary standards for fields ranging from information technology to building construction. (references) |
Energy | American NationalStandards Institute is the national organization that coordinates development andmaintenance of consensus standards and sets rules for fairness in theirdevelopment. ANSI also represents the USA in developing internationalstandards. (references) |
Geological | An ANSI standard implies a consensus of those substantially concerned with the scope and provisions of a product and is intended as a guide to aid the manufacturer, consumer, and the general public. For further information, contact: American National Standards Institute (American National Standards Institute). (references) |
Math | American National Standards Institute. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ANSI | English | American National Standards Institution | N/A |
ANSI | Portuguese | Instituto Nacional Americano de Normas | General |
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Business | ANSI is the official U.S. depository for all ISO member-countries and has English translations of foreign standards. (references) | |
Another source of information is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in New York. ANSI is the official U.S. depository for all ISO member-countries and has English translations of foreign standards. (references) | ||
Trade | Australia | Both Standards Australia and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in New York have current information on Australian standards. (references) |
Uk | Assistance in identifying applicable foreign standards is available from the Standards Information Service Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and copies of the standards can be obtained from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ANSI" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 77.36% of the time. "ANSI" is used about 53 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 77.36% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 11.32% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.66% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 3.77% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (plural) | 1.89% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 53 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ANSI": ANSI C ♦ ANSI Minimal BASIC ♦ ANSI standard ♦ ANSI standard pizza ♦ ANSI X12 ♦ ANSI Z39.50. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ANSI": ansi-approved, Ansi-c, ansi-compliant, ansi-type. | |
Ending with "ANSI": ascii-ansi. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ansi | 1,113 | 1993 ansi asqc z1.4 | 12 |
ansi standard | 214 | ansi b16.5 | 12 |
ansi c | 49 | ansi character set | 12 |
ansi code | 43 | ansi bifma | 12 |
ansi vest | 28 | american ansi national standard | 11 |
107 1999 ansi | 24 | sco ansi | 11 |
ansi x12 | 23 | ansi asme | 11 |
ansi sql | 23 | ansi character | 11 |
ansi software x12 | 18 | ansi lumens | 11 |
ansi z358.1 | 18 | ansi drafting standard | 10 |
ansi z87.1 | 17 | 607 ansi eia tia | 9 |
ansi specification | 16 | ansi rab | 9 |
ansi z535 | 15 | ansi free standard | 9 |
ansi symbol | 15 | 1991 ansi z41 | 9 |
ansi c compiler | 15 | ansi table | 9 |
ansi y14.5 | 15 | ansi asqc z1.4 | 8 |
ansi a117.1 | 14 | ansi escape sequence | 8 |
ansi art | 14 | ansi z1.4 | 8 |
ansi z41 | 13 | a13.1 ansi | 8 |
ansi flange | 13 | ansi nsf | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "ANSI"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Greek | ANSI, εθνικός οργανισμός τυποποίησης των Η Α (American National Standards Institution), Ίδρυμα Αμερικανικών Εθνικών ροτύπων (American National Standards Institution). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ansiay ANSI (American National Standards Institute, American National Standards Institution(formerly ASA), Inc.), Instituto Nacional Americano de Normas (American National Standards Institute, American National Standards Institution(formerly ASA), Inc.). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words containing "ANSI": cleansing, ditransitive, ditransitives, expansibilities, expansibility, expansible, expansion, expansional, expansionary, expansionism, expansionisms, expansionist, expansionistic, expansionists, expansions, expansive, expansively, expansiveness, expansivenesses, expansivities, expansivity, intransigeance, intransigeances, intransigeant, intransigeantly, intransigeants, intransigence, intransigences, intransigent, intransigently, intransigents, intransitive, intransitively, intransitiveness, intransitivenesses, intransitivities, intransitivity, mansion, mansions, overexpansion, overexpansions, pansies, scansion, scansions, tansies, transience, transiences, transiencies, transiency, transient, transiently. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ains, anis, sain. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-s" | |
-1 letter: ain, ais, ani, ins, sin. | |
-2 letters: ai, an, as, in, is, na, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-s" | |
+1 letter: airns, amins, anils, anise, antis, ayins, basin, cains, gains, kains, kinas, mains, minas, nabis, naifs, nails, naris, nazis, nipas, pains, pians, pinas, rains, ranis, sabin, sains, saint, sarin, sasin, satin, savin, slain, snail, stain, swain, tains, unais, vinas, wains. | |
+2 letters: ablins, acinus, actins, adonis, agings, algins, aliens, aligns, alines, aloins, amines, amnios, animas, animes, animis, animus, anions, anises, anisic, antics, anvils, arisen, arshin, arsine, arsino, ashing, asking, assign, auxins, avians, avions, axions, azines, bairns, banish, basing, basins, basion, blains, bonsai, brains, cabins, cairns, canids, casein, casing, casini, casino, chains, chinas, danios, danish, dinars, divans, diwans, drains, easing, elains, fagins, faints, finals, fusain, gainst, gamins, gaskin, giants, grains, inanes, inarms, incase, inlays, insane, inseam, inspan, instal, instar, invars, isatin, island, jasmin, kamsin, kanjis, kiangs, kinase, lanais, lapins, lasing, lianas, lianes, liangs, ligans, limans, linacs, lingas, manias, manics, mantis, matins, mavins, mesian, nadirs, naiads, nairas, naives, nanism, nasial, nasion, nastic, navies, nicads, ninjas, nizams, norias, nubias, paints, paisan, panics, patins, pavins, pianos, pinnas, pintas, plains, ptisan, raisin, ranids, rasing, ravins, rawins, sabine, sabins, saimin, sained, saints, salina, saline, sandhi, sanies, saning, sanity, sansei, santir, sarins, sasins, sating, satins, satiny, savine, saving, savins, sawing, saying, semina, shairn, shanti, siccan, sienna, signal, silane, silvan, simian, snails, spavin, spinal, sprain, stains, strain, swains, taints, takins, tanist, tenias, tineas, tisane, titans, trains, twains, unsaid, vanish, viands, vinals, vincas, wigans, xenias, zanies, zayins. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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