ISO/IEC JTC 1

ISO/IEC JTC 1 — Information Technology
Formation1987
TypeStandards organization
Location
Region served
Worldwide
Chairman
Phil Wennblom
Parent organization
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Websitejtc1info.org
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ISO/IEC JTC 1, entitled "Information technology", is a joint technical committee (JTC) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its purpose is to develop, maintain and promote standards in the fields of information and communications technology (ICT).

JTC 1 has been responsible for many critical IT standards, ranging from the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) image formats and Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) audio and video formats to the C and C++ programming languages.