Sites like National Institute of Standards and Technology

01 · Entity

About National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Institute of Standards and Technology nist.gov

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

Wikidata: measurement standards laboratory in the United States

Top 1K · #239 English 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

Visit National Institute of Standards and Technology

Summary by Claude

Website of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, a Department of Commerce agency that conducts measurement science research and publishes standards and guidelines in areas such as cybersecurity, cryptography, timekeeping, materials and manufacturing.

Who it’s for

Industry, researchers, government agencies, public

Business model

Government funded

• national standards laboratory
• cybersecurity framework
• post-quantum cryptography standards
• NIST Special Publications
• FIPS standards
• atomic clocks and official time
• CHIPS for America
• manufacturing extension partnership
• standard reference materials

02 · Embedding space

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   National Academies nationalacademies.org Top 10K English

   National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

   Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.

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   Smithsonian Institution si.edu Top 10K English

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   group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government

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   Home Page | CISA

   Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: America's Cyber Defense Agency

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   United States Department of Energy energy.gov Top 10K English

   Department of Energy

   U.S. Department of Energy - Home

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   US government medical research agency

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   Comprehensive Cancer Information - NCI

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7. 07
   NSF nsf.gov Top 10K English

   NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation

   NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories.

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   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noaa.gov Top 1K

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    Japan Science and Technology Agency jst.go.jp Top 10K Japanese

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    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構（略称ＪＳＴ）は、知の創出から研究成果の社会還元とその基盤整備を担うわが国の中核的機関です。世界トップレベルの研究開発を行うネットワーク型研究所として、未来共創イノベーションを先導します。

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    Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.

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    NASA nasa.gov Top 1K English

    NASA

    NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.

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    IETF ietf.org Top 1K English

    IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force

    The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes.

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14. 14
    International Atomic Energy Agency iaea.org Top 10K English

    international organisation

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    United States Department of Education ed.gov Top 10K

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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC

    United States government public health agency

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    International Organization for Standardization iso.org Top 1K English

    international standards development organization

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    dol.gov Top 10K English

    Home | U.S. Department of Labor

    U.S. federal department that regulates workers' rights and labor markets

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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to nist.gov’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones National Institute of Standards and Technology uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

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