Standard

Standard may refer to:

Symbols

Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs
Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification

Norms, conventions or requirements

Standard (metrology), an object that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measure used for calibration of measuring devices
Standard (timber unit), an obsolete measure of timber used in trade
Breed standard (also called bench standard), in animal fancy and animal husbandry
BioCompute Standard, a standard for next generation sequencing
De facto standard, product or system with market dominance
Gold standard, a monetary system based on gold; also used metaphorically for the best of several options, against which the others are measured
Internet Standard, a specification ratified as an open standard by the Internet Engineering Task Force
Learning standards, standards applied to education content
Standard displacement, a naval term describing the weight and status of a warship
Standard language, a particular variety of a language accepted as the institutionalized norm in a community
Standard solution, in chemistry, a solution of known concentration
Standard of care, the degree of prudence and caution required of an individual who is under a duty of care
Technical standard, an established norm or requirement about technical systems
- International standard, standards suitable for worldwide use
- Open standard, a standard that is publicly available
- Standard operating procedure, a step-by-step instruction to achieve a desired result
- Standardization, the process of establishing technical standards
- Standards organization, an entity primarily concerned with maintaining standards
Standard-gauge railway (SGR)

Mathematics

Standard algorithms, long-taught methods of computation such as long division
Standard deviation, a statistical measure of variation
- Standard score, a statistics term
Standard part function, used to define the derivative of a function
Standard Young tableaux, a type of combinatorial object
Standardized rate, a statistical measure of any rates in a population

Military

Standard-type battleships produced by the U.S. Navy
Standard Missile
Standard operating procedure, an established method of accomplishing a task
United States Military Standard, a specification used to help achieve standardization objectives by the U.S. Department of Defense

Places

United States

Standard, Illinois, a village

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups

The Standard (band), an American indie rock band
The Standard, a rap trio formed by Nas, Common and Q-Tip

Musical terms and concepts

Standard (music), the most popular and enduring songs from a particular genre or style
- Adult standards, a radio format that includes pop standards
- Jazz standards, 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
- List of blues standards, blues songs that have attained a high level of recognition
- Pop standards, particularly the songs comprising the Great American Songbook

Albums

Standard (Scandal album), the fifth studio album by Japanese pop rock band, Scandal
Standard (Witness album), a gospel music album by Witness
Standards (Sonny Clark album), 1998
Standards (Lloyd Cole album), a 2013 rock album by Lloyd Cole released
Standards (Grant Green album), a 1998 album by jazz guitarist Grant Green first released in Japan in 1980 as Remembering
Standards (Into It. Over It. album)
Standards, Vol. 1, a 1983 album by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett
Standards, Vol. 2, a 1985 album by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett
Standards (Lee Morgan album), a 1998 album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan released on the Blue Note label
Standards (Tortoise album), the fourth album by the American post-rock band Tortoise
Standards (Ken Vandermark album), 1995
Standards (Seal album), a 2017 album by Seal
Standards (Bernie Worrell album), solo album by former Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell
Standards, music album by Blaggards
The Standard (Tommy Flanagan album), a 1980 album by The Super Jazz Trio
The Standard (Take 6 album), a 2008 album by Take 6
The Standards, a 2013 studio album by Gloria Estefan

Songs

"Standard" (The View song), a song by the View
"Standards", a song by the Jam from the album This Is the Modern World

Periodicals

Standard (magazine), a defunct Serbian magazine
Der Standard, an Austrian newspaper
Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard, a Scottish newspaper
London Evening Standard, a London newspaper often referred to as "The Standard"
Mornington Standard, newspaper of Frankston, Victoria

Standard (Frankston), a later name

The Port Melbourne Standard newspaper of Port Melbourne, Victoria

The Standard (Port Melbourne) an earlier name

Standard (Thailand), a defunct weekly newspaper published in Thailand
St. Catharines Standard, a St. Catharines, Ontario, newspaper
Toronto Standard online newspaper, also an historical (1848–1849) paper
The Standard (Hong Kong), a business newspaper in Hong Kong
The Standard (Kenya), a Kenyan newspaper
The Standard (Zimbabwe), a weekly newspaper in Zimbabwe
The Weekly Standard, an American neoconservative magazine, sometimes abbreviated as The Standard

Television

The Standard (TV series), a television series

Sports

FK Standard Sumgayit, a former Azeri association football team
Standard Liège, a Belgian association football team that is often abbreviated as Standard

Vehicles

Automotive

Standard (1904 automobile) (1904–1906), an American automobile
Standard (1911 automobile) (1911–1912), a German automobile
Standard (1912 automobile) (1912–1923), an American automobile manufactured in Butler, Pennsylvania
Standard (Indian automobile) (1957–1987), mostly based on the British Standard cars
Standard (Italian automobile) (1906–1908), an Italian automobile manufactured by the Fabbrica Automobili Standard of Torino
Standard Electric (automobile) (1911-1915) an American electric automobile manufactured in Jackson, Michigan
Standard Motor Company (1903–1963), an English car and aircraft manufacturer
Standard Motor Products, a manufacturer and distributor of aftermarket automotive parts
Standard Six (1909–1910), an American automobile manufactured in St Louis, Missouri
Standard Steam Car (1920–1921), an American steam car manufactured by the Standard Engineering Company of St Louis, Missouri
Standard Superior, and automotive manufacturer, e.g., of the Standard automobile (1933–1935, 1950–1954), produced from 1933 to 1935 by Standard Fahrzeugfabrik of Ludwigsburg, Germany
Standard transmission, a type of transmission used in motor vehicles

Aviation

FAI Standard Class, for glider competition
Prue Standard, glider

Other businesses

American Standard Companies, a global provider of air conditioning systems and services, bath and kitchen products, and vehicle control systems
Standard Bank, one of South Africa's largest financial operators
Standard Fruit Company, an American company
Standard Glass and Paint Company Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Iowa
Standard Hotel, a hotel chain originating in Los Angeles
Standard Insurance Company, an American insurance and financial company
Standard Oil (1863–1911), a large integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing organization
Standard Steel Casting Company, an American company
Standard Talking Machine Company, an early twentieth century record label
The Standard, Copenhagen, a restaurant complex in central Copenhagen, Denmark
The Standard, East Village, a hotel in New York City
The Standard, High Line, a hotel in New York City

Computing and technology

Standards (software)
Standard cell, a voltage reference, or a building block for electronic integrated circuits

Plants and plant husbandry

Standard (tree), a type of fruit tree form
Coppice with standards, the retention of some mature trees in a wood mainly of trees which are coppiced

Other uses

Standard (typeface)
Standard (warez), rules for unauthorized public release of copyrighted material
Standard (mail collar), also called a pizaine, a chain mail collar often worn with plate armor