Part one of term paper
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), agency of the United States Department of Commerce. The NIST was formerly known as the National Bureau of Standards (NBS); the name change occurred in January 1989. The NBS was established by Congress in 1901 as the central measurement laboratory of the federal government. The institute ...

Part two of term paper
... for Computer Sciences and Technology. The NIST promotes the use of precision technology by conducting research and providing centralized services in four broad program areas: basic measurements and standards, materials measurements and standards, technological measurements and standards, and transfer of technical information. The NIST provides facilities necessary for a complete and consistent system of basic physical and chemical measurements and standards in the United States, and it furnishes ess ...