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A4 is DIN A4 (really: ISO A4)
Authored by: cabo on Sep 13, '02 09:25:26AM
While it is true that the international paper size standard started out in Germany (the principles in 1786, the details in 1922), it is now an international standard, ISO 216, used as the principal paper format everywhere except North America.

More than you ever wanted to know about this in: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html

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