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Flags

Any flag
Flag
A flag is a piece of fabric with a distinctive design that is usually rectangular and used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or decoration. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium.The first flags were used to assist...

, a piece of woven cloth used for signalling or identification
  • any War flag
    War flag
    A war flag is a variant of a national flag for use by the nation's military forces on land. The nautical equivalent is a naval ensign — the battle ensign...

     or military standard
  • Ensign
    Ensign
    An ensign is a national flag when used at sea, in vexillology, or a distinguishing token, emblem, or badge, such as a symbol of office in heraldry...

    , a distinguishing flag of a ship or a military unit
  • Heraldic standard, a type of flag containing heraldic devices and used for personal identification
  • historically any field sign
    Field sign
    A field sign is an unofficial differencing mark worn on a combatant's clothing to show the difference between friend and foe or a combatant and a civilian.-Examples:...

    • Vexilloid
      Vexilloid
      "Vexilloid" is a term used tenuously to describe vexillary objects used by countries, organizations, or individuals as a form of representation other than flags. Coined by Whitney Smith in 1958, he defined a vexilliod as:...

       or "flag-like" field signs

American cars

  • Standard (1904 automobile)
    Standard (1904 automobile)
    The Standard was an American automobile manufactured between 1904 and around 1908. Successor to the US Long Distance, it was a 25hp four with wooden side-entrance bodywork. It sold for $3500....

     (1904-1906)
  • Standard (1912 automobile)
    Standard (1912 automobile)
    The Standard was an American automobile manufactured in Butler, Pennsylvania from 1912 until 1923. Produced by the Standard Steel Car Company, in a new factory claimed to have cost $2 million, the first cars used a six cylinder engine but from 1916 the company was among the first to offer a V-8...

     (1912-1923)
  • Standard Six
    Standard Six
    The Standard Six was an American automobile manufactured in St. Louis, Missouri by the St. Louis Car Company from 1909 until 1910. The company initially built Mors cars under license as the "American Mors", beginning in 1906; it turned out an overhead valve 50hp six of 6965 cc under its own...

     (1909-1910)
  • Standard Steam Car
    Standard Steam Car
    The Standard Steam Car was an American steam car manufactured by the Standard Engineering Company of St Louis, Missouri from 1920 until 1921. Also known as the Scott-Newcomb, it featured a front condenser that resembled a Rolls-Royce-shaped radiator and was similar in appearance to the Roamer. The...

     (1920-1921)

British cars

  • Standard Motor Company
    Standard Motor Company
    The Standard Motor Company was founded in Coventry, England in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay . The Standard name was last used in Britain in 1963, and in India in 1987.-1903–1914:...

     (1903-1963), an English car and aircraft manufacturer

German cars

  • Standard (1911 automobile)
    Standard (1911 automobile)
    The Standard was a German automobile manufactured between 1911 and 1912. The car was produced at Berlin-Charlottenburg using a rotary valve engine built by Heinrod, which was unreliable and had not been fully developed; consequently, it was very unpopular....

     (1911-1912)
  • Standard (1933 automobile)
    Standard Superior
    Standard Superior was an automobile marque, used from 1933-1935 by Standard Fahrzeugfabrik of Ludwigsburg, Germany, founded by motorcycle maker Wilhelm Gutbrod and unrelated to the Standard Motor Company of England...

     (1933-1935, 1950-1954)

Other

  • Standard (Italian automobile)
    Standard (Italian automobile)
    The Standard was an Italian automobile manufactured from 1906 until 1908 by the Fabbrica Automobili Standard of Torino. The company produced a 10/14 hp four-cylinder which was sometimes marketed under the name FAS....

     (1906-1908)
  • Standard (Indian automobile)
    Standard (Indian automobile)
    The Standard is an Indian brand of automobile which was produced by Standard Motor Products in Madras from 1949 to 1988. Indian Standards were variations of vehicles made in the U.K. by Standard-Triumph. After being formed in 1947, their first product was the Vanguard, which began to be assembled...

     (1957-1987), mostly based on the British Standard cars (see above)

Other businesses

  • American Standard Companies, Inc., a global provider of air conditioning systems and services, bath and kitchen products, and vehicle control systems
  • Standard Hotel
    Standard Hotel
    The Standard Hotel brand is a part of Andre Balazs Properties. It is a group of four boutique hotels in Los Angeles , Miami and New York.- History :...

    , a hotel chain originating in Los Angeles
  • Standard Oil
    Standard Oil
    Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational...

     (1863-1911), a large integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing organization
  • Standard Talking Machine Company
    Standard Talking Machine Company
    The Standard Talking Machine Company was an American record label that was created in October 1901 and operated until March 1918. The Chicago, Illinois based company produced several models of phonographs from Columbia Records parts and issued single-sided and double-sided disc records from...

    , an early twentieth century record label

Geographic locations

  • Standard, Illinois
    Standard, Illinois
    Standard is a village in Putnam County, Illinois, United States. The population was 256 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Standard is located at ....

    , United States
  • Standard City, Illinois
    Standard City, Illinois
    Standard City is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. The population was 138 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Standard City is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

    , United States
  • Standard, Alberta
    Standard, Alberta
    Standard is a village located in the southern part of the province of Alberta, Canada. It is situated within the County of Wheatland, approximately east of the city of Calgary. The Canadian Pacific Railway tracks pass south of the village. The village was originally settled by Danish immigrants...

    , Canada

Linguistics

  • Standard language
    Standard language
    A standard language is a language variety used by a group of people in their public discourse. Alternatively, varieties become standard by undergoing a process of standardization, during which it is organized for description in grammars and dictionaries and encoded in such reference works...

    , a particular variety of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status

Mathematics

  • Standard algorithms
    Standard algorithms
    In elementary arithmetic, a standard algorithm or method is a specific method of computation which is conventionally taught for solving particular mathematical problems. These methods vary somewhat by nation and time, but generally include carrying, borrowing, long division, and long multiplication...

    , long-taught methods of computation such as long division
  • Standard deviation
    Standard deviation
    Standard deviation is a widely used measure of variability or diversity used in statistics and probability theory. It shows how much variation or "dispersion" there is from the average...

    , a statistical measure of variation
    • Standard score
      Standard score
      In statistics, a standard score indicates how many standard deviations an observation or datum is above or below the mean. It is a dimensionless quantity derived by subtracting the population mean from an individual raw score and then dividing the difference by the population standard deviation...

      , a statistics term
  • Standardized rate
    Standardized rate
    Standardized rates are a statistical measure of any rates in a population. The most common are birth, death and unemployment rates.The formula for standardized rates is as follows:...

    , a statistical measure of any rates in a population
  • Standard Young tableaux, a type of combinatorial object

Military

  • A type of battleship, first seen in the 1912 Nevada class battleship
    Nevada class battleship
    The Nevada class battleships were the United States Navy's first battleship design equipped with triple gun turrets , as well as introducing the so-called "all or nothing" armor scheme, in which protection of vital areas was optimized against heavy caliber guns, leaving other parts...

    .
  • Standard missile
    Standard missile
    Standard Missile can refer to a family of several different American missiles:* RIM-66 Standard , a medium range surface-to-air missile, the successor of the RIM-24 Tartar missile...

  • Standard operating procedure, an established method of accomplishing a task
  • Defense standard
    Defense Standard
    A United States defense standard, often called a military standard, "MIL-STD", "MIL-SPEC", or "MilSpecs", is used to help achieve standardization objectives by the U.S...


Music

  • Standard (music)
    Standard (music)
    In music, a standard is a tune or song of established popularity.-See also:* Blues standard* Jazz standard* Pop standard* Great American Songbook-Further reading:* Greatest Rock Standards, published by Hal Leonard ISBN 0793588391...

    , the most popular and enduring songs from a particular genre or style
    • Jazz standard
      Jazz standard
      Jazz standards are musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive list of jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be...

      s
    • Pop standards
    • Blues standard
      Blues standard
      A blues standard is a blues song that is widely known, performed, and recorded by blues artists. The following list identifies blues standards and some of the blues artists that have recorded them...

      s
    • Adult standards
      Adult standards
      Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...

      , a radio format that includes jazz and pop standards
  • Standards (Tortoise album)
  • Standards (Lee Morgan album)
    Standards (Lee Morgan album)
    Standards is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded on January 13, 1967 but not released until 1998 and features performances by Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins, James Spaulding, Pepper Adams and Mickey Roker with...

  • Standards (Jarrett album)
    Standards (Jarrett album)
    Standards is a two-volume set of jazz albums released by the Keith Jarrett trio in 1983. Originally released by ECM, they have been multiply re-issued, including by Universal/Polygram. The two volumes present performances of pianist Keith Jarrett with Gary Peacock on bass and Jack DeJohnette on...

  • The Standard, an album by Take 6
    Take 6
    Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R&B and jazz influences into their devotional songs and has 10 Grammy wins, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two...

  • "Standards", a song by The Jam from the album This Is the Modern World
    This Is The Modern World
    This Is the Modern World is the second studio album by British band The Jam, released in November 1977, less than seven months after their debut....

  • The Standard (band)
    The Standard (band)
    The Standard are an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon.-History:The Standard formed in Portland in 1999 out of members who had all previously played in Portland indie groups. The group signed with Touch and Go Records in 2002 for one release, and had two releases on Yep Roc in...

    , an American indie rock band

Newspapers

  • The Standard
    The Standard
    The Standard is an English free newspaper of Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 231,018. It was called the Hong Kong Standard and changed to HKiMail during the Internet boom, but it changed back to The Standard in 2001....

    , a business newspaper in Hong Kong
  • De Standaard
    De Standaard
    De Standaard is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Corelio . Circulation was about 102.280 in 2007. It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and in opposition to the Socialist Flemish daily De Morgen...

    , a Belgian newspaper
  • Der Standard
    Der Standard
    Der Standard is an Austrian national daily newspaper which is published in Vienna . It was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and the first edition was published on 1988-10-19...

    , an Austrian newspaper
  • Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard
    Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard
    The Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard is a weekly tabloid newspaper serving the Cowal area of Argyll, in western Scotland. It is edited and printed in Dunoon, and is known locally as the Standard...

    , a Scottish newspaper
  • The Standard (Kenya)
    The Standard (Kenya)
    The Standard is one of the leading newspapers in Kenya with a 20% market share. It is the oldest newspaper in the country owned by The Standard Group, which also runs the Kenya Television Network . The Standard Group is headquartered at the I&M Bank Tower in Nairobi.- History :The newspaper was...

    , a Kenyan newspaper
  • The Standard (Argentina), an Argentinian newspaper published in Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

     published from 1861 until 1959
  • The Weekly Standard
    The Weekly Standard
    The Weekly Standard is an American neoconservative opinion magazine published 48 times per year. Its founding publisher, News Corporation, debuted the title September 18, 1995. Currently edited by founder William Kristol and Fred Barnes, the Standard has been described as a "redoubt of...

    , an American neoconservative magazine, sometimes abbreviated as The Standard
  • Evening Standard
    Evening Standard
    The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...

    , a London newspaper
  • Standard (magazine)
    Standard (magazine)
    Standard is a Serbian weekly newsmagazine whose very first issue appeared on May 26, 2006.The magazine is sold under the mantra "Sve novine u jednoj" and its editor-in-chief duties are performed by Željko Cvijanović...

    , a defunct Serbian magazine
  • St. Catharines Standard
    St. Catharines Standard
    The St. Catharines Standard is the prominent daily newspaper of the city of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.-History:The St. Catharines Standard was started in 1891, by W. B. Burgoyne. The Standard, located in St. Catharines, Ontario, is the largest daily newspaper in Niagara Region...

    , a St. Catharines, Ontario, newspaper

Norm or requirement

  • Breed standard
    Breed standard
    A breed standard in animal fancy and animal husbandry is a set of guidelines which is used to ensure that the animals produced by a breeder or breeding facility conform to the specifics of the breed....

     (also called bench standard) in animal fancy and animal husbandry
  • Technical standard, an established norm or requirement about technical systems
    • International standard
      International standard
      International standards are standards developed by international standards organizations. International standards are available for consideration and use, worldwide...

      , standards suitable for worldwide use
    • Open standard
      Open standard
      An open standard is a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it, and may also have various properties of how it was designed . There is no single definition and interpretations vary with usage....

      , a standard that is publicly available
    • Standards organization
      Standards organization
      A standards organization, standards body, standards developing organization , or standards setting organization is any organization whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise producing technical standards that are...

      , an entity primarily concerned with maintaining standards
    • Standardization
      Standardization
      Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....

      , the process of establishing technical standards
  • Standard (metrology)
    Standard (metrology)
    In the science of measurement, a standard is an object, system, or experiment that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measurement of a physical quantity. Standards are the fundamental reference for a system of weights and measures, against which all other measuring devices are compared...

    , an object that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measure (length, mass, volume, electric potential, and others) used for calibration
    Calibration
    Calibration is a comparison between measurements – one of known magnitude or correctness made or set with one device and another measurement made in as similar a way as possible with a second device....

     of measuring devices
  • De facto standard
    De facto standard
    A de facto standard is a custom, convention, product, or system that has achieved a dominant position by public acceptance or market forces...

    , product or system with market dominance
  • Internet standard
    Internet standard
    In computer network engineering, an Internet Standard is a normative specification of a technology or methodology applicable to the Internet. Internet Standards are created and published by the Internet Engineering Task Force .-Overview:...

    , a specification ratified as an open standard by the Internet Engineering Task Force
  • Learning Standards
    Learning standards
    Learning standards is a term used to describe standards applied to education content, particularly in the US K-12 education system. Part of the standards-based education reform movement, learning standards are used to create rubrics for assessment in many schools; standardized tests are often used...

    , standards applied to education content
  • Standard of care
    Standard of care
    In tort law, the standard of care is the degree of prudence and caution required of an individual who is under a duty of care.The requirements of the standard are closely dependent on circumstances. Whether the standard of care has been breached is determined by the trier of fact, and is usually...

    , the degree of prudence and caution required of an individual who is under a duty of care

Other

  • Gold standard
    Gold standard
    The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed mass of gold. There are distinct kinds of gold standard...

    , a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of gold
  • Standard Baku
    Standard Baku
    FK Standard Sumgayit was an Azerbaijani football club based in Sumgayit. They play in the AFFA Supreme League, the top division in Azerbaijani football...

    , an Azeri association football team
  • Standard cell
    Standard cell
    In semiconductor design, standard cell methodology is a method of designing application-specific integrated circuits with mostly digital-logic features. Standard cell methodology is an example of design abstraction, whereby a low-level very-large-scale integration layout is encapsulated into an...

    , a building block for electronic integrated circuits
  • Standard displacement, a naval
    Navy
    A navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...

     term describing the weight and status of a warship
    Warship
    A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. Warships are usually built in a completely different way from merchant ships. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster and more maneuvrable than merchant ships...

  • Standard Liège
    Standard Liège
    Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....

    , a Belgian association football team that is often abbreviated as Standard
  • Standard solution
    Standard solution
    In analytical chemistry, a standard solution is a solution containing a precisely known concentration of an element or a substance i.e, a known weight of solute is dissolved to make a specific volume. It is prepared using a standard substance, such as a primary standard. Standard solutions are used...

     (Chemistry) , a solution of known concentration.
  • Standard (warez)
    Standard (warez)
    Standards in the warez scene are defined by groups of people who have been involved in its activities for several years and have established connections to large groups. These people form a committee, which creates drafts for approval of the large groups. The first ruleset for the DivX/Xvid scene...

    , rules for public release of pirated material

  • Weston standard cell, a laboratory voltage reference
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