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AlbertaBeef gave you the answer already.
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I know that ISO usually stands for International Standards Organization, with over 100 nations blah, blah, blah. &nbsp;What does it mean within the context of Linux install CDs? &nbsp;In other words, for every site that I visit about Linux installation there are these instructions for getting the ISO images, then burning them to CDs, etc. &nbsp;Who decided to use this acronym and why?
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I know that ISO usually stands for International Standards Organization, with over 100 nations blah, blah, blah.  What does it mean within the context of Linux install CDs?  In other words, for every site that I visit about Linux installation there are these instructions for getting the ISO images, then burning them to CDs, etc.  Who decided to use this acronym and why?

ISO stands for ..?

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.

Linux

A Linux distribution is an operating system made as a software collection based on the Linux kernel and, often, on a package management system and are available for a variety of systems. A typical Linux distribution comprises a Linux kernel, GNU tools and libraries, additional software, documentation, a window system (the most common being the X Window System), a window manager, and a desktop environment. Most Linux systems are open-source software made available both as compiled binaries and in source code form, allowing modifications to the original software. Over three hundred distributions are in active development, including commercially backed distributions (such as Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu) and community-driven distributions (such as Debian, Slackware, Gentoo and Arch Linux).