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Deutsches Institut fr Normung

Deutsches Institut fr Normung e.V. (DIN; in English, the German
Institute for Standardization) is the German national organization for
standardization and is the German ISO member body. DIN is a German
Registered Association (e.V.) headquartered in Berlin. There are currently
around thirty thousand DIN Standards, covering nearly every field of
technology.

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Contents Standardiza on.

1 History
2 DIN standard designa on
3 Examples of DIN standards
4 See also
5 External links

History
Founded in 1917 as the Normenausschu der deutschen Industrie (NADI, Head oce of the German Ins tute for
"Standardisation Committee of German Industry"), the NADI was renamed Standardiza on in Berlin-Tiergarten.
Deutscher Normenausschu (DNA, "German Standardisation Committee") in
1926 to reflect that the organization now dealt with standardization issues in
many fields; viz., not just for industrial products. In 1975 it was renamed again to Deutsches Institut fr Normung, or
'DIN' and is recognized by the German government as the official national-standards body, representing German interests
at the international and European levels.

The acronym, 'DIN' is often incorrectly expanded as Deutsche Industrienorm ("German Industry Standard"). This is
largely due to the historic origin of the DIN as "NADI". The NADI indeed published their standards as DI-Norm (Deutsche
Industrienorm). For example, the first published standard was 'DI-Norm 1' (about tapered pins) in 1918. Many people still
mistakenly associate DIN with the old DI-Norm naming convention.

One of the earliest, and probably the best known, is DIN 476 the standard that introduced the A-series paper sizes in
1922 adopted in 1975 as International Standard ISO 216. Common examples in modern technology include DIN and
mini-DIN connectors for electronics, and the DIN rail.

DIN standard designation

The designation of a DIN standard shows its origin (# denotes a number):

DIN # is used for German standards with primarily domes c signicance or designed as a rst step toward interna onal status. E
DIN # is a dra standard and DIN V # is a preliminary standard.

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DIN EN # is used for the German edi on of European standards.

DIN ISO # is used for the German edi on of ISO standards.
DIN EN ISO # is used if the standard has also been adopted as a European standard.

Examples of DIN standards

DIN 476: interna onal paper sizes (now ISO 216 or DIN EN ISO 216)
DIN 1451: typeface used by German railways and on trac signs
DIN 31635: translitera on of the Arabic language
DIN 72552: electric terminal numbers in automobiles

See also
Austrian Standards Ins tute
Swiss Associa on for Standardiza on
DIN lm speed
DIN connector
DQS - Deutsche Gesellscha zur Zer zierung von Managementsystemen, a subsidiary of DIN
DGQ - Deutsche Gesellscha fr Qualitt, founded DQS in 1985 together with DIN

External links
DIN home page (h p://www.din.de) (German version)
DIN home page (h p://www.din.de/en) (English version)
DIN online dic onary of classes, proper es and units of measure (h p://www.dinsml.net)

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