American National Standards Institute : ANSI
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit organisation that produces industrial standards in the United States. It is a member of ISO and IEC.
ANSI's standards fall in many areas. In computing, ANSI standardized the ASCII character set in X3.4, control codes in X3.41 and control sequences (to be used e.g. for moving the cursor around the screen of a "dumb" terminal) in X3.64.
Its photographic exposure system became the basis for the ISO's system, currently used worldwide.
ANSI was founded on October 19, 1918 as the American Engineering Standards Committee and reorganised as the American Standards Association in 1928. In 1966 was reorganised as the United States of America Standards Institute. In 1969 it changed its name to American National Standards Institute.
Reference
- About ANSI Overview, from ANSI web site, as of March 2, 2003; [1] (http://www.ansi.org/about_ansi/overview/overview.aspx?menuid=1)
- ANSI - an Historical Overview, from ANSI web site, as of March 2, 2003; [2] (http://www.ansi.org/about_ansi/introduction/history.aspx?menuid=1)
External link
- ANSI's official site (http://www.ansi.org/)
Mr. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack.
202. Williamson's Sapsucker.
_Sphyrapicus thyroideus_ (Cass.).
Taken at Similkameen, B. C., by R. V. Griffin, June, 1882, (Check List
Mainland through the interior to Okanagan. Mr. Brooks found it scarce
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206. Red-shafted Flicker.
_Colaptes cafer collaris_ (Vigors).
Common east of Cascade Mountains through the interior, at Duck's,
Island.
Okanagan. Summer resident.
CHORDEILES Swainson.
209. Nighthawk.
_Chordeiles virginianus_ (Gmel.).
An abundant summer resident east of Cascade Mountains. Mr. Brooks has
Island.
over at Metlakatla. Said to breed in mountains back of Chilliwhack and
and Okanagan. (_Brooks_.)
CHÆTURA Stephens.
212. Vaux's Swift.
_Chætura vauxii_ (Towns.).
A summer resident on Vancouver Island and Mainland. I found it very
Family TROCHILIDÆ. Hummingbirds.
TROCHILUS Linnæus.
213. Black-chinned Hummingbird.
_Trochilus alexandri_ (Bourc. & Muls.).
Confined to the Mainland. I have never seen it on Vancouver Island.
Vancouver Island. Mr. Brooks has taken it at Okanagan. Common at
Order PASSERES. Perching Birds.
Family TYRANNIDÆ. Tyrant Flycatchers.
TYRANNUS Cuvier.
217. Kingbird.
_Tyrannus tyrannus_ (Linn.).
A common summer resident on the Mainland at Chilliwhack, Sardis, Ducks
Vancouver Island.
218. Gray Kingbird.
_Tyrannus dominicensis_.
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