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  • initialism business Acronym of European Castor and wheel Manufacturer’s Association.
  • initialism computing, dated Acronym of European Computer Manufacturers Association. (It is an international, private (membership-based) non-profit standards organization for information and communication. It acquired its current name in 1994, when it changed its name to reflect the organization's global reach and activities to Ecma International. As a consequence, the name is no longer considered an acronym, as it no longer uses full capitalization.)
  • initialism film Acronym of European Carton Makers Association.
  • initialism media Acronym of Engineering College Magazines Associated.
  • initialism music Acronym of East Coast Music Association.
  • initialism music Acronym of East Coast Music Awards.

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  • This is an extraordinary testimony to the havoc wrought by Microsoft on parts of ISO through its attempts to get OOXML aka ECMA 376 fast-tracked:

    Dysfunctional ISO - Courtesy of Microsoft glyn moody 2007

  • The new standard, officially entitled ECMA-262, includes an object for both creating and parsing JSON texts.

    Computerworld News 2009

  • With respect to Microsoft's OOXML proposal submitted to International Organization for Standards (ISO) through ECMA, the open source community has consistently pointed out that ISO's "fast-track" processes were never meant for a complex,

    Archive 2008-03-24 Venky 2008

  • With respect to Microsoft's OOXML proposal submitted to International Organization for Standards (ISO) through ECMA, the open source community has consistently pointed out that ISO's "fast-track" processes were never meant for a complex,

    OSFI comment on India's No vote on OOXML Venky 2008

  • The Internet is based on RFCs, the Web is based on standards from w3c.org, the script language is standardized by ECMA, and more generally there is the International Standards Organization ISO and its associated groups creating standards for everything from Ethernet to programming languages.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Lessig’s “Code” at 10: 2009

  • For wasting the collective intellect of India's best IT brains, Microsoft and ECMA must be blacklisted.

    Archive 2007-08-30 Venky 2007

  • BG has additional plans to expand its natural gas operations in Trinidad and Tobago, including the development of the Dolphin Deep and Starfish fields in the ECMA and Block 3 (a), which is adjacent to the Angostura development.

    Energy profile of Caribbean 2008

  • In the ECMA, the company jointly owns with Chevron the Dolphin field.

    Energy profile of Caribbean 2008

  • It was actually baked into the ECMA 262 standard back in 1999.

    Scripting News for 12/20/2006 « Scripting News Annex 2006

  • BG currently produces from two offshore zones, the East Coast Marine Area (ECMA) and the North Coast Marine Area (NCMA).

    Energy profile of Caribbean 2008

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