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index ccaf9e4494..73a29f48e5 100644
--- a/manual/string.texi
+++ b/manual/string.texi
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ although both are represented by the integer @code{0}.
@cindex string literal
@dfn{String literals} appear in C program source as strings of
-characters between double-quote characters (@samp{"}). In ANSI C,
+characters between double-quote characters (@samp{"}). In @w{ISO C},
string literals can also be formed by @dfn{string concatenation}:
@code{"a" "b"} is the same as @code{"ab"}. Modification of string
literals is not allowed by the GNU C compiler, because literals
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ This function is declared in the header file @file{string.h}.
@pindex string.h
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun size_t strlen (const char *@var{s})
The @code{strlen} function returns the length of the null-terminated
string @var{s}. (In other words, it returns the offset of the terminating
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Output Functions}) and @code{scanf} (@pxref{Formatted Input
Functions}).
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {void *} memcpy (void *@var{to}, const void *@var{from}, size_t @var{size})
The @code{memcpy} function copies @var{size} bytes from the object
beginning at @var{from} into the object beginning at @var{to}. The
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ memcpy (new, old, arraysize * sizeof (struct foo));
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {void *} memmove (void *@var{to}, const void *@var{from}, size_t @var{size})
@code{memmove} copies the @var{size} bytes at @var{from} into the
@var{size} bytes at @var{to}, even if those two blocks of space
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ or a null pointer if no byte matching @var{c} appeared in the first
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {void *} memset (void *@var{block}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{size})
This function copies the value of @var{c} (converted to an
@code{unsigned char}) into each of the first @var{size} bytes of the
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ object beginning at @var{block}. It returns the value of @var{block}.
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {char *} strcpy (char *@var{to}, const char *@var{from})
This copies characters from the string @var{from} (up to and including
the terminating null character) into the string @var{to}. Like
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ overlap. The return value is the value of @var{to}.
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {char *} strncpy (char *@var{to}, const char *@var{from}, size_t @var{size})
This function is similar to @code{strcpy} but always copies exactly
@var{size} characters into @var{to}.
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ there is no null terminator written into @var{to}.
If the length of @var{from} is less than @var{size}, then @code{strncpy}
copies all of @var{from}, followed by enough null characters to add up
to @var{size} characters in all. This behavior is rarely useful, but it
-is specified by the ANSI C standard.
+is specified by the @w{ISO C} standard.
The behavior of @code{strncpy} is undefined if the strings overlap.
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ and @samp{bar} to produce @samp{foobar}, which it then prints.
@include stpcpy.c.texi
@end smallexample
-This function is not part of the ANSI or POSIX standards, and is not
+This function is not part of the ISO or POSIX standards, and is not
customary on Unix systems, but we did not invent it either. Perhaps it
comes from MS-DOG.
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ is implemented to be useful in contexts where this behaviour of the
@code{strncpy} is used. @code{stpncpy} returns a pointer to the
@emph{first} written null character.
-This function is not part of ANSI or POSIX but was found useful while
+This function is not part of ISO or POSIX but was found useful while
developing GNU C Library itself.
Its behaviour is undefined if the strings overlap.
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ get the address of it.
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {char *} strcat (char *@var{to}, const char *@var{from})
The @code{strcat} function is similar to @code{strcpy}, except that the
characters from @var{from} are concatenated or appended to the end of
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ This function has undefined results if the strings overlap.
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {char *} strncat (char *@var{to}, const char *@var{from}, size_t @var{size})
This function is like @code{strcat} except that not more than @var{size}
characters from @var{from} are appended to the end of @var{to}. A
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ All of these functions are declared in the header file @file{string.h}.
@pindex string.h
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun int memcmp (const void *@var{a1}, const void *@var{a2}, size_t @var{size})
The function @code{memcmp} compares the @var{size} bytes of memory
beginning at @var{a1} against the @var{size} bytes of memory beginning
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ you are better off writing a specialized comparison function to compare
@code{struct foo} objects instead of comparing them with @code{memcmp}.
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun int strcmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2})
The @code{strcmp} function compares the string @var{s1} against
@var{s2}, returning a value that has the same sign as the difference
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ are ignored.
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun int strncmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{size})
This function is the similar to @code{strcmp}, except that no more than
@var{size} characters are compared. In other words, if the two strings are
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ same string or set of strings, it is likely to be more efficient to use
compare the transformed strings with @code{strcmp}.
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun int strcoll (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2})
The @code{strcoll} function is similar to @code{strcmp} but uses the
collating sequence of the current locale for collation (the
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ sort_strings (char **array, int nstrings)
@cindex converting string to collation order
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun size_t strxfrm (char *@var{to}, const char *@var{from}, size_t @var{size})
The function @code{strxfrm} transforms @var{string} using the collation
transformation determined by the locale currently selected for
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ sort_strings_fast (char **array, int nstrings)
@end smallexample
@strong{Compatibility Note:} The string collation functions are a new
-feature of ANSI C. Older C dialects have no equivalent feature.
+feature of @w{ISO C}. Older C dialects have no equivalent feature.
@node Search Functions, Finding Tokens in a String, Collation Functions, String and Array Utilities
@section Search Functions
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ declared in the header file @file{string.h}.
@cindex string search functions
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {void *} memchr (const void *@var{block}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{size})
This function finds the first occurrence of the byte @var{c} (converted
to an @code{unsigned char}) in the initial @var{size} bytes of the
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ located byte, or a null pointer if no match was found.
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {char *} strchr (const char *@var{string}, int @var{c})
The @code{strchr} function finds the first occurrence of the character
@var{c} (converted to a @code{char}) in the null-terminated string
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ specifying a null character as the value of the @var{c} argument.
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {char *} strrchr (const char *@var{string}, int @var{c})
The function @code{strrchr} is like @code{strchr}, except that it searches
backwards from the end of the string @var{string} (instead of forwards
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ strrchr ("hello, world", 'l')
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {char *} strstr (const char *@var{haystack}, const char *@var{needle})
This is like @code{strchr}, except that it searches @var{haystack} for a
substring @var{needle} rather than just a single character. It
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ This function is a GNU extension.
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun size_t strspn (const char *@var{string}, const char *@var{skipset})
The @code{strspn} (``string span'') function returns the length of the
initial substring of @var{string} that consists entirely of characters that
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ strspn ("hello, world", "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun size_t strcspn (const char *@var{string}, const char *@var{stopset})
The @code{strcspn} (``string complement span'') function returns the length
of the initial substring of @var{string} that consists entirely of characters
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ strcspn ("hello, world", " \t\n,.;!?")
@end deftypefun
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {char *} strpbrk (const char *@var{string}, const char *@var{stopset})
The @code{strpbrk} (``string pointer break'') function is related to
@code{strcspn}, except that it returns a pointer to the first character
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ in the header file @file{string.h}.
@pindex string.h
@comment string.h
-@comment ANSI
+@comment ISO
@deftypefun {char *} strtok (char *@var{newstring}, const char *@var{delimiters})
A string can be split into tokens by making a series of calls to the
function @code{strtok}.