Description
What is NIST?
- NIST stands for The National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- It is part of U.S. department of commerce and was founded in 1901.
- NIST is one of the nation’s oldest physical science laboratories.
- Congress established the agency to remove a major challenge to U.S. industrial competitiveness at the time—a second-rate measurement infrastructure that lagged behind the capabilities of the United Kingdom, Germany, and other economic rivals.