de facto standard
Definition
Industry-wide accepted and adopted standard (such as TCP/IP) which has not been defined or endorsed by industry groups (such as W3 Consortium) or standards organizations (such as ISO).
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de facto standard is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
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