Options for saving PDF files in Acrobat X Pro

In Adobe Acrobat X Pro, there are options to Save a file as PDF/A, PDF/X, and PDF/E.  I could not find a description on what those switches/parameters do.  Would appreciate anyone telling me how they differ from a regular Save, or where I can find online documentation for them.

In short you can find several references on line for these:
PDF/A - Archive format
PDF/X - For publishers
PDF/E - Optimized for engineering drawings
For more info, check the web as suggested. The ISO is even there.

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