This standard contains concepts used in the information processing field. It also includes the specifications for the body of this vocabulary. and the rules for preparing entries. In general. concepts or terms found in an everyday nontechnical vocabulary are not included. Also. concepts and terms that are: 1) from specialized areas of information processing. 2) still in development. and 3) of a parochial nature. are not necessarily incorporated in this standard. Inevitably. the rapid growth of the field of information processing precludes this standard from being exhaustive and final.

Purpose. The purpose of this standard is to present an organized body of concepts and their corresponding terms relevant to the field of information processing. and to identify relationships among the concepts and among terms.