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Document ID (ISN)50695
CIS number 88-2055
Year 1988
Convention or series no. ISO 7779
Title Acoustics - Measurement of airborne noise emitted by computer and business equipment
Original title Acoustique - Mesurage du bruit aérien émis par les équipements informatiques et de bureau [in French]
Bibliographic information International Organization for Standardization, Case Postale 56, 1211 Genève 20, Switzerland, 15 June 1988. 37p. Illus. 15 ref.
Abstract Contents of this international standard: scope and field of application; conformance; definitions; methods for determining sound power levels of equipment in reverberation rooms or under essentially free-field conditions over a reflecting plane; a method for measuring sound pressure levels at the operator and bystander positions. Annexes include a standard test table, alternative measurement surfaces for sound power measurements in accordance with the standard, installation and operating conditions for specific equipment categories and a measurement method of impulsive sound pressure levels and discrete tones at the operator position.
Descriptors (primary) ISO; sound power; acoustics; noise level measurement; office equipment; noise measurement; computer terminals
Descriptors (secondary) impulse noise; field tests; standard; description of technique; glossary; replaced
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Noise, hearing and vibration
Broad subject area(s) Physical hazards
Browse category(ies) Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Noise