ExpertGlossary terms starting with I

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  1. Investment horizon Your investment horizon is the point in time when you hope to achieve a particular investment goal.
  2. Investment Income The equity dividends, bond interest, and/or cash interest paid on an investment.
  3. investment manager Investment counsel to a mutual fund.
  4. Investment objective An investment objective is a financial goal that helps determine the type of investments you make.
  5. Investment Property a property not considered to be a primary residence that is purchased in order to generate income, profit from appreciation, or to take advantage of…
  6. Investment Tax Credit A tax credit granted for specific types of investments.
  7. Investment trust Same or similar to "Real Estate Investment Trust." See also "Real Estate Investment Trust."
  8. Investor Any person or institution that invests in mortgages or mortgage-backed securities.
  9. Investor Owned Utility (IOU) A power provider owned by stockholders or other investors; sometimes referred to as a private power provider, in contrast to a public power provider that…
  10. inviable Not able to survive.
  11. Invisible Web Portions of the web which are not easily accessible to crawlers due to search technology limitations, copyright issues, or information architecture issues.
  12. invocant The agent on whose behalf a "method" is invoked. In a "class" method, the invocant is a package name.
  13. invocation The act of calling up a deity, daemon, program, method, subroutine, or function to get it do what you think it's supposed to do.
  14. INVOF In the vicinity of
  15. involuntary (in-VAH-lun-TAYR-ee) An action that is not made by choice. In the body, involuntary actions (such as blushing) occur automatically, and cannot be…
  16. Involuntary bankruptcy A proceeding initiated by creditors requesting the bankruptcy court to place a debtor in liquidation.
  17. involuntary filing A bankruptcy case that a creditor or group of creditors initiates.
  18. involuntary nervous system (in-VAH-lun-TAYR-ee NER-vus SIS-tem) The part of the nervous system that controls muscles of internal organs (such as the heart, blood vessels, lungs…
  19. INVRN Inversion- Generally, a departure from the usual increase or decrease in an atmospheric property with altitude.
  20. Inward investment Foreign residents' investment in U.S. assets.
  21. Inward Wide-Area Telephone Service (INWATS) See eight-hundred (800) service.
  22. INWATS Acronym for Inward Wide-Area Telephone Service. See eight-hundred (800) service.
  23. IO (1) Information Operations. (2) Integrated Optic.
  24. IOC (1) Initial Operational Capability. (2) Intelligence Operations Center. (3) Integrated Optics Chip.
  25. IODF (Input/Output Definition File) where IBM stores hardware and software configurations.
  26. iodine (I-oh-dine) An element that is necessary for the body to make thyroid hormone. It is found in shellfish and iodized salt.
  27. iodine I 131 metaiodobenzylguanidine (I-oh-dine ... meh-tuh-I-oh-doh-BEN-zeel-GWAH-nih-deen) A radioactive substance that is used in imaging tests, and is being studied in the treatment of…
  28. iodine I 131 monoclonal antibody BC8 (I-oh-dine … MAH-noh-KLOH-nul AN-tee-BAH-dee…) A monoclonal antibody that contains the radioactive substance iodine I131.
  29. iodine I 131 tositumomab (I-oh-dine I 131 TAH-sih-TOO-moh-mab) A monoclonal antibody (tositumomab) that has been chemically changed by adding radioactive iodine, and that is used…
  30. iododoxorubicin (I-oh-doh-DOK-soh-ROO-bih-sin) A substance that is being studied as a treatment for cancer and for primary systemic amyloidosis (a disease in which…
  31. IOM Inert Operational Missile.
  32. Ion An atom or molecule that has lost or gained one or more electrons and has become electrically charged as a result.
  33. ion channel A protein integral to a cell membrane, through which selective ion transport occurs.
  34. Ion, Ionize An ion is an atom which has lost or gained one or more electrons so that it has a net electrical charge.
  35. IONDS Integrated Operational Nuclear Detonation Detection System (US).
  36. Ionic One of the five classical orders, characterized by capitals with spiral elements called “volutes,” a fasciated entablature, continuous frieze, dentils…
  37. Ionization A process that produces ions, typically collisions between atoms or electrons, or by interaction with electromagnetic radiation.
  38. Ionized The state in which an atom is missing on or more of its electrons, and is therefore positively charged.
  39. Ionizer A device that removes airborne particles from breathable air. Negative ions are produced and give up their negative charge to the particles.
  40. ionizing radiation (I-uh-NYZ-ing RAY-dee-AY-shun) A type of radiation made (or given off ) by x-ray procedures, radioactive substances, rays that enter the Earth's…
  41. IONL Abbreviation for Internal Organization of the Network Layer. The OSI standard for the detailed architecture of the Network Layer.
  42. ionomycin An antibiotic drug used to treat infection.
  43. Ionosphere The region of Earth's atmosphere that extends from about 50 to 300 miles above the surface of the planet and is made up of multiple layers dominated by…
  44. ionosphere sounder A device that transmits signals for the purpose of determining ionospheric conditions. [NTIA] [RR]
  45. ionospheric absorption Absorption occurring as a result of interaction between an electromagnetic wave and free electrons in the ionosphere.
  46. ionospheric disturbance An increase in the ionization of the ionosphere, caused by solar activity, which results in greatly increased radio wave absorption.
  47. ionospheric forward scatter (IFS) Synonym ionospheric scatter.
  48. ionospheric reflection Of electromagnetic waves propagating in the ionosphere, a redirection, i.e., bending--by a complex processing involving reflection and refraction--of the…
  49. ionospheric scatter The propagation of radio waves by scattering as a result of irregularities or discontinuities in the ionization of the ionosphere.
  50. ionospheric sounding A technique that provides real-time data on high-frequency ionospheric-dependent radio propagation, using a basic system consisting of a synchronized…
  51. Ionospheric Storm A disturbance in the F region of the ionosphere, which occurs in connection with geomagnetic activity
  52. ionospheric turbulence Ongoing disturbances of the ionosphere that scatter incident electromagnetic waves.
  53. IOPS (Inputs/Outputs per second) a measure of performance for a host-attached storage device or RAID controller.
  54. IORT Radiation treatment aimed directly at a tumor during surgery. Also called intraoperative radiation therapy.
  55. IOSS Interagency OPSEC Support Staff.
  56. IOT&E Initial Operational Test and Evaluation.
  57. IOU Input/Output Unit.
  58. Iowa vane A flow deflector that will divert water in a way calculated to attract fish.
  59. IP Within the peritoneal cavity (the area that contains the abdominal organs). Also called intraperitoneal.
  60. IP Address A string of four numbers separated by periods used to represent a computer on the Internet.
  61. IP address/TCP port combination A combination of attributes that uniquely identifies Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), Internet Message Access…
  62. IP Allow list A filtering list that is used by the Connection Filter agent in Exchange Server 2007.
  63. IP Block list A filtering list that is used by the Connection Filter agent in Exchange Server 2007. IP addresses on the IP Block list are considered spam.
  64. IP Bypass Pardon IP addresses from SMTP authentication enabled on any domain. This is often used to allow clients who have applications that do not support SMTP…
  65. IP datagram The fundamental unit of information passed across any network utilizing Internet protocol.
  66. IP Delivery Similar to agent name delivery, this technique presents different content depending on the IP address of the client.
  67. IP dialup access Nonpermanent access, by means of a switched network (e.g., the public switched telephone network), to any network utilizing The Internet Protocol…
  68. IP gateway A third-party hardware device or product that connects a legacy PBX to a LAN. An IP gateway translates or converts TDM or telephony circuit-switched…
  69. IP multicast A technique that allows packets to be simultaneously transmitted over the Mbone (multicast backbone on The Internet) to a selected set of destinations.
  70. IP number Synonym IP address.
  71. IP SAN A Storage Area Network (SAN) created using the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) protocol to connect over a Gigabit Ethernet network.
  72. IP Security (IPsec) An Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) standard, Request For Comments (RFC) 2411, protocol that provides security capabilities at the…
  73. IP spoofing A technique used by hackers to access computer systems by modifying packet headers to make them appear to have originated from a trusted port. 2.
  74. IP switching A method of routing developed to use asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) hardware to route packets through networks more rapidly.
  75. IP4R A DNS lookup that attempts to determine if a mail server is likely to be sending spam.
  76. IP6 A substance found in many foods that come from plants, including corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans, and in large amounts in cereals and legumes.
  77. IPA Internet Purchasing Application
  78. IPB Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield or Battlespace .
  79. IPC Information Policy Committee.
  80. IPD See Implicit price deflator (IPD)
  81. IPE Industrial Plant Equipment.
  82. IPEA International Preliminary Examining Authority - either a national Office or an intergovernmental organization whose tasks include the establishment of…
  83. IPER International Preliminary Examination Report (Form PCT/IPEA/409), produced by an International Preliminary Examining Authority, is a preliminary and…
  84. IPF Initial Production Facility.
  85. ipilimumab (ih-pih-LIM-yoo-mab) A monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of certain types of cancer.
  86. IPL Integrated Priority List.
  87. IPM Integration Program Manager.
  88. IPMI Integration Program Management Initiative.
  89. IPng Abbreviation for IP next generation, IP version 6.
  90. IPO Intellectual Property Owners Association
  91. IPP (1) Impact Point Prediction. (2) Industrial Preparedness Program.
  92. IPPD Integrated Process and Product Development.
  93. IPR Intellectual Property Rights
  94. ipr hygiene Intellectual Property Rights Hygiene is the process of ensuring that all sponsors of research that results in intellectual property protection and…
  95. IPRR Initial Production Readiness Review.
  96. IPRWG Intellectual Property Rights Working Group.
  97. IPS Integrated Program Summary.
  98. Ipse He; himself.
  99. ipsilateral Having to do with the same side of the body.
  100. Ipso facto By the act itself; or by the fact itself.