Sunday, 22 November 2015

Standardization and Calibration

Standards are very important part of our life. For example if you buy a watch in Switzerland it will be usable anywhere on earth as time is standardized measurement. Sixty seconds in USA will be equivalent to Sixty seconds in UK. 

If we want to import any equipment  from a foreign country standards will help us in making decisions. One feet of pipe will be one feet anywhere on earth. So standards help us in ensuring the technical communication and confidence. Size of A4 will be used in all the A4 printers regardless of brands. Similarly your ATM Card will fit in every ATM machine in the world.

Calibration is comparison of something with actual standard. In daily life we also do little calibrations. Like measuring some lengths with your extended palm calibrated against standard feet.  

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