The Standards Engineeer - Glossary

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Term Description
Backwards Compatibility Absence of conversion costs when the old standard's implementations have to meet criteria of the new standard.
Bandwagoning Tendency to choose the same solutions that others have already choosen.
Basic Standard Standard that provides structured descriptions of (aspects of) interrelated entitites.
BDS National Standardisation Body from Bulgaria: Bulgarian Institute for Standardisation
Behavior Analysis "Behavior analysis is the scientific study of behavior."
Behavior Standard "Standards are intended to provide and promote a framework for the ethical and best practice for practitioners of behaviour analysis."
Benchmarking A management tool for comparing performance against an organisation that is widely regarded as outstanding in one or more areas, in order to improve performance.
Beuth Verlag DIN's publisher. For standards and technical publications in Germany and worldwide
Billing The Process of sending an invoice of products or services to the customer.
BRIC Fast growing developing economies: Brazil, Russia, India and China
BSI National Standardisation Body from United Kingdom: British Standards Institution
BT See Technical Board.

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