# NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology — a U.S. federal agency that promotes innovation through measurement science, standards, and technology. NIST collaborates with [[wiki/Nokia Bell Labs|Nokia Bell Labs]] on post-quantum cryptography standards, representing the ongoing relationship between Bell Labs' institutional descendants and federal standards bodies. Referenced in [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]].