ExpertGlossary terms starting with I

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  1. Ice Storm An ice storm is used to describe occasions when damaging accumulations of ice are expected during freezing rain situations.
  2. Ice Storm Warning This product is issued by the National Weather Service when freezing rain produces a significant and possibly damaging accumulation of ice.
  3. ice streams region within an ice sheet where ice moves towards the ice sheet margin significantly faster than the surrounding ice does.
  4. Ice Twitch Downstream movement of a small section of an ice cover. Ice twitches occur suddenly and often appear successively.
  5. Iceberg A piece of a glacier which has broken off and is floating in the sea.
  6. ICEDEFFOR Iceland Defense Force (NATO).
  7. Icelandic Low A semi-permanent, subpolar area of low pressure in the North Atlantic Ocean. Because of its broad area and range of central pressure, it is an area where…
  8. Ichthyology The science or study of fish.
  9. ICI Abbreviation for incoming call identification.
  10. ICI 182780 A drug used to treat certain types of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.
  11. ICI D1694 An anticancer drug that stops tumor cells from growing by blocking the ability of cells to make DNA.
  12. Icing A coating of ice on a solid object.
  13. ICM Improved Conventional Munitions.
  14. ICM cells Cells from the inner cell mass, a population of cells inside the blastula that give rise to the body of the new organism rather than to the chorion or…
  15. ICMP Abbreviation for Internet Control Message Protocol. An Internet protocol that reports datagram delivery errors.
  16. ICN Installation Completion Notification.
  17. ICO Interface Control Officer (JFACC term).
  18. ICOE Initiations, Commitments, Obligations, Expenditures. 133
  19. icon In a GUI, a picture or drawing which is activated by clicking a mouse to command the computer program to perform a predefined series of events.
  20. iConect or iConectnxt A LAN-based litigation document management software program, with features including search, case organization, and document review.
  21. ICP (1) Interface Change Proposal. (2) Inventory Control Point (ILS term). (3) Interface Change Proposal. (4) Interface Control Process.
  22. ICR Integrated Contracting Report.
  23. ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition) The conversion of scanned images (bar codes or patterns of bits) to computer recognizable codes (ASCII characters and files) by means of software/programs…
  24. ICRC (Improved Cartridge Recording Capability) StorageTek's compression algorithm, that provides about 3:1 data compression on tape.
  25. ICS (1) Integrated Control System, a computerized monitoring, command, and control system for US naval ships. (2) Interface Control Specification.
  26. ICSI See: intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
  27. ICT A window that, by default, opens immediately after operating system installation is complete and each time a member of the Administrators group logs on to…
  28. Icterus See jaundice.
  29. ICU Interface Control Unit.
  30. ICW Abbreviation for interrupted continuous wave.
  31. ICWG Interface Control Working Group.
  32. ID short for "ibid", meaning same as previously cited
  33. Id est (Abbr. i.e.) That is; that is to say.
  34. IDA Institute for Defense Analysis.
  35. idarubicin (I-duh-ROO-bih-sin) An anticancer drug that is a type of antitumor antibiotic. Also called 4-demethoxydaunorubicin.
  36. IDASC Improved Direct Air Support Center (USMC term).
  37. IDB Integrated Data Base.
  38. IDC Initial Data Capture Initial Data Capture (IDC) is the first phase of the publication process for a patent where the patent file is electronically…
  39. IDD Interface Design Document.
  40. IDE Integrated Development Environment
  41. IDE (Integrated Development Environment) An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) provides a programming environment as a single application.
  42. IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) An engineering standard for interfacing PCs and hard discs.
  43. IDEA Integrated Dose Environmental Analysis.
  44. IDEA (International Data Encryption Algorithm) Developed in Switzerland and licensed for non-commercial use in PGP. IDEA uses a 128 bit user supplied key to perform a series of nonlinear mathematical…
  45. Ideal Gas Laws The thermodynamic laws applying to perfect gases.
  46. IDEC-Y2B8 A radiolabeled monoclonal antibody that is used to treat certain types of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and is being studied in the treatment of other types…
  47. IDECM Integrated Defensive Electronics Countermeasures (USN/USAF term).
  48. Idem (Abbr. Id.) The very same, exactly this.
  49. iDEN (Integrated Dispatch Enhanced Network) The Integrated Dispatch Enhanced Network (iDEN) is a wireless network system developed by Motorola.
  50. Identical twin See: monozygotic twin.
  51. Identical twinning Process in which genetically identical organisms arise from symmetrical division and separation of totipotent cells.
  52. Identification The process of verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, usually as a prerequisite for granting access to resources in an IT system.
  53. Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) A system using electromagnetic transmissions to which equipment carried by friendly forces automatically responds, fro example by emitting pulses, thereby…
  54. identification friend or foe personal identifier The discrete identification, friend or foe code assigned to a particular aircraft, ship, or other vehicle for identification by electronic means. [JP1]
  55. identification information A form of notification information that consists of the documentation of the actual sequence of intermediate networks traversed by a signaling message.
  56. identification of goods and/or services a written statement of the goods and/or services included in an application. Every application must include an identification of goods and/or services.
  57. Identification Rate The rate at which an individual in a database is correctly identified.
  58. identifier A programmer-defined name for a variable, method, class or interface.
  59. identifier (ID) In telecommunications and data processing systems, one or more characters used to identify, name, or characterize the nature, properties, or contents of a…
  60. Identity The topological overlay of a coverage (input) with a polygon coverage (identity).
  61. Identity and Access Management (IAM) A service that is used to authenticate access to the various services of AWS. IAM allows users to securely control access to their infrastructure and…
  62. identity authentication The performance of tests to enable a data processing system to recognize entities.
  63. Identity Binding Binding of the vetted claimed identity to the individual (through biometrics) according to the issuing authority.
  64. Identity Governance The combination of policies and actions taken to ensure enterprise-wide consistency, privacy protection and appropriate interoperability between…
  65. identity link A coverage link whose from-location is the same as its to-location. Used to control rubber sheeting and adjustment operations.
  66. Identity Management The ability to encrypt user credentials in a secure store.
  67. Identity Proofing The process by which a Credentials Service Provider (CSP) and a Registration Authority (RA) validate sufficient information to uniquely identify a person.
  68. Identity Registration The process of making a persons identity known to the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) system, associating a unique identifier with that identity, and…
  69. Identity Theft Identity theft is the unauthorized use of your personal information, such as your name, address, Social Security number, or credit account information.
  70. identity token A device, such as a metal key or smart card, used for identity authentication. [After 2382-pt.8] 2.
  71. identity validation Tests enabling an information system to authenticate users or resources. [INFOSEC-99]
  72. Identity Verification The process of affirming that a claimed identity is correct by comparing the offered claims of identity with previously proven information stored in the…
  73. Identity-Based Security Policy A security policy based on the identities and/or attributes of the object (system resource) being accessed and of the subject (user, group of users…
  74. IDF Inverse Document Frequency is a term used to help determine the position of a term in a vector space model.
  75. IDG Institute for the Dynamics of Geo-spheres.
  76. IDHS Intelligence Data Handling System.
  77. idiogram See: karyogram.
  78. idiopathic Describes a disease of unknown cause.
  79. idiopathic myelofibrosis (IH-dee-oh-PA-thik MY-eh-loh-fy-BROH-sis) A progressive, chronic disease in which the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue and blood is made in…
  80. idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IH-dee-oh-PA-thik noo-MOH-nyuh SIN-drome) A set of pneumonia-like symptoms (such as fever, chills, coughing, and breathing problems) that occur with no…
  81. idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (IH-dee-oh-PA-thik THROM-boh-sy-toh-PEE-nik PUR-pyuh-ruh) A condition in which platelets (blood cells that cause blood clots to form) are destroyed by the…
  82. idiotype An identifying property or characteristic of an item or system. 1.A plant form expected on physiological grounds to represent an optimal type for the…
  83. IDIP Integrated Development and Initial Production.
  84. IDL Interface Definition Language. A language used to define interfaces to remote CORBA objects.
  85. idle character A control character that is transmitted when no useful information is being transmitted. [From Weik '89]
  86. idle code A special sequence that indicates that no data are being sent on the channelized side. [T1.509-1995]
  87. idle state The telecommunications service condition that exists whenever user messages are not being transmitted but the service is immediately available for use.
  88. idle time A period during which a system, circuit, or component is not in use, but is available.
  89. idle-channel noise Noise that is present in a communications channel when no signals are applied. Note: The channel conditions and terminations must be stated for…
  90. idle-line termination A switch-controlled electrical network that maintains a desired impedance at a trunk or line terminal that is in the idle state.
  91. IDN Abbreviation for integrated digital network.
  92. idoxifene A drug that blocks the effects of estrogen.
  93. idoxuridine A drug that reduces the risk of cancer cell growth by interfering with the cells' DNA.
  94. IDR Initial Design Review.
  95. IDRC (Improved Data Recording Capability) IBM's compression algorithm, that provides about 3:1 data compression on tape. Sometimes called Compact.
  96. IDS -- see Information Disclosure Statement
  97. IDS Host-Based IDSs which operate on information collected from within an individual computer system.
  98. IDS Network-Based IDSs which detect attacks by capturing and analyzing network packets. Listening on a network segment or switch, one network-based IDS can monitor the…
  99. IDTV Abbreviation for improved-definition television.
  100. IE (1) Independent Evaluation. (2) Integration Exercise.