Technology terms starting with I

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  1. international carrier (INC) A carrier authorized to provide telecommunications services outside World Zone 1 using the international dialing plan; however, the carrier has the option…
  2. International Cooperative Logistics Cooperation and mutual support in the field of logistics through the coordination of policies, plans, procedures, development activities, and the common…
  3. International Direct Distance Dialing (IDDD) The direct dialing of an international call from a customer in the NANP area to a customer outside the NANP area.
  4. international fixed public control service A fixed service carried on for the purpose of communicating between transmitting stations, receiving stations, message centers or control points in the…
  5. international fixed public radiocommunication service A fixed service, the stations of which are open to public correspondence and which, in general, is intended to provide radiocommunication between any one…
  6. International Frequency Registration Board (IFRB) See Radio Regulations Board.
  7. international index of cooperation Synonym index of cooperation.
  8. International Logistic Support The provision of military logistic support by one participating nation to one or more participating nations, either with or without reimbursement.
  9. International Logistics The negotiating, planning, and implementation of supporting logistics arrangements between nations, their forces, and agencies.
  10. International Number Format The string that is used to define how to dial someone from outside of their country/region. [Exchange 2007]
  11. International Organization for Standardization See ISO.
  12. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) A worldwide federation of national standards bodies (e.g., ANSI from the U.S.) that develops international standards.
  13. international prefix The combination of digits to be dialed by a calling subscriber making a call to a subscriber in another country to obtain access to the automatic outgoing…
  14. International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR) See ITU-R.
  15. International Reference Alphabet (IRA) No. 5 See ASCII.
  16. international routing code A 3-digit code within the North American numbering plan, beginning with 1, that classifies international calls as requiring either regular or special…
  17. International System of Units (SI) The modern form of the metric system, which has been adopted by the United States and most other nations.
  18. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) An international organization under the UN headquartered in Geneva concerned with telecommunications that develops international data communications…
  19. International Telegraph Alphabet Number 5 (ITA-5) An alphabet in which (a) 128 unique 7-bit strings are used to encode upper- and lower-case letters, 10 decimal numerals, special signs and symbols…
  20. International Telegraph and xxTelephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) See ITU-T.
  21. International Time Bureau (BIH) See International Atomic Time.
  22. Internationalization The process of designing and developing a product with a set of features, functions, and options intended to facilitate the adaption of the product to…
  23. Internaut Slang term for a user of the Internet. Synonym cybernaut.
  24. Internet A worldwide network of networks that all use the TCP/IP communications protocol and share a common address space.
  25. Internet [the] A worldwide interconnection of individual networks a) with an agreement on how to talk to each other, and b) operated by government, industry, academia…
  26. Internet address In The Internet protocol, the decimal-numeric, fixed-length address that identifies the hosts of data sources, and, specifically, a communication port.
  27. Internet appliance Synonym thin client.
  28. Internet Architecture Board (IAB) The technical body that oversees the development of the Internet suite of protocols (commonly referred to as "TCP/IP"), and that has two task forces (the…
  29. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) An organization, directed by the Internet Architecture Board, that assigns IP numbers and protocol parameters such as port, protocol, and enterprise…
  30. Internet assistant Commercial software, written in HTML, that combines the functions of a file-conversion tool and a Web browser.
  31. Internet box Synonym thin client.
  32. Internet Cache Protocol (ICP) The method by which a hierarchy of NetCache appliances communicate with each other.
  33. Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (iCAP) A high-level protocol that provides a common format for requesting services from a server.
  34. Internet control message protocol See ICMP.
  35. Internet e-mail address Consists of a user name and a domain name, with the two separated by an at (@) sign, such as username@company.com. [Exchange 5.5]
  36. Internet Explorer Microsoft's web browser. After they beat out Netscape's browser on the marketshare front they failed to innovate on any level for about 5 years, until…
  37. Internet gateway Connects a network to the Internet. You can route traffic for IP addresses outside your VPC to the Internet gateway.
  38. Internet information center See InterNIC.
  39. Internet Information Server (IIS) Web server software developed by Microsoft.
  40. Internet Information Services (IIS) Software services from Microsoft that support Web site creation, configuration, and management, along with other Internet functions.
  41. Internet Key Exchange A protocol that establishes the security association and shared keys necessary for two parties to communicate with Internet Protocol security (IPSec).
  42. Internet mail agent Synonym message transfer agent.
  43. Internet Mail Service An Exchange component that enables users to exchange messages with Internet users.
  44. Internet mall Synonym cybermall.
  45. Internet Network Information Center See InterNIC.
  46. Internet News Service Enables Microsoft Outlook users and users of third-party Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) applications to participate in USENET newsgroup discussions.
  47. Internet phone A combination of software and hardware that allows a user to approximate a telephone conversation over an Internet connection instead of using a…
  48. Internet presence provider See IPP.
  49. Internet protocol (IP) A DOD standard protocol designed for use in interconnected systems of packet-switched computer communication networks.
  50. Internet protocol (IP) spoofing The creation of IP packets with counterfeit (spoofed) IP source addresses. 2. A method of attack used by network intruders to defeat network security…
  51. Internet protocol address Synonym Internet address. See IP address.
  52. Internet relay chat See IRC.
  53. Internet Research Task Force See IRTF.
  54. Internet resource Within the Internet, an accessible facility or entity that contains information or provides data-processing capabilities.
  55. Internet search engine Synonym droid.
  56. Internet Service Provider An Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides connections to the Internet for users who do not have their own network.
  57. Internet Service Provider (ISP) A company that provides subscribers with access to the Internet. Many ISPs are also mailbox providers.
  58. Internet Society See ISOC.
  59. Internet telephone See Internet phone.
  60. Internet telephony See Internet phone.
  61. Internet2 See I2.
  62. internetwork Synonym internet.
  63. internetwork connection See gateway.
  64. internetwork interface (INI) The point of demarcation between networks when service is provided across multiple networks. [T1.503-1989] [T1.507-1996]
  65. Internetwork Packet Exchange See IPX.
  66. internetworking The process of interconnecting two or more individual networks to facilitate communications among their respective nodes.
  67. InterNIC Contraction of Internet Network Information Center. The association of providers of domain-name registration, information, and database services to the…
  68. interoffice trunk A single direct transmission channel, e.g., voice-frequency circuit, between central offices.
  69. Interoperability The ability of systems, units, or forces to provide services to or accept services from other systems, units, or forces and to use the services so…
  70. interoperability standard A document that establishes engineering and technical requirements that are necessary to be employed in the design of systems, units, or forces and to use…
  71. interoperate See "interoperability." [Exchange 2007]
  72. interoperation The use of interoperable systems, units, or forces. [JP 1-02]
  73. INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization.
  74. interpolation The estimation of z values of a surface at an unsampled point based on the known z values of surrounding points.
  75. interpolation gain The input trunk channel multiplication ratio that is achieved through DSI. The interpolation gain is the ratio of the number of input transmission trunks…
  76. interposition trunk A single direct transmission channel, e.g., voice-frequency circuit, between two positions of a large switchboard to facilitate the interconnection of…
  77. interpret To translate and to execute each source language statement of a computer program before translating and executing the next statement.
  78. interpretational inner class An inner class whose role is to provide a view or interpretation of data belong to its enclosing class, but independent of the data's actual…
  79. interpreter A program which executes a translated version of a source program by implementing a virtual machine.
  80. interprocess communication The ability of two or more separate processes to communicate with one another.
  81. interrogation The transmission of a signal or combination of signals intended to trigger a response. 2.
  82. interrupt An asynchronous message sent to a process or thread that interrupts what it is currently doing.
  83. interrupt switch A switch on the front panels of some NetApp appliances that is used for debugging purposes.
  84. interrupted continuous wave (ICW) Modulation in which there is on-off keying of a continuous wave.
  85. interrupted isochronous transmission Synonym isochronous burst transmission.
  86. interruption Synonym interrupt.
  87. interruption control A system that monitors a pilot for interruptions on frequency division multiplexing (FDM) systems and that transmits an indication to the switching…
  88. intersect The topological integration of two spatial data sets that preserves features that fall within the area common to both input data sets.
  89. Interstitial Ad An ad page that appears for a short period of time before the user-requested page is displayed. Also known as a transition ad, splash page, or Flash page.
  90. interswitch trunk A single direct transmission channel, e.g., voice-frequency circuit, between switching nodes.
  91. intersymbol interference In a digital transmission system, distortion of the received signal, which distortion is manifested in the temporal spreading and consequent overlap of…
  92. intertoll circuits Circuits between toll centers and circuits between a toll center and a tandem system in a different toll center area. [47 CFR Pt.36-A]
  93. intertoll trunk A single direct transmission channel, e.g., voice-frequency circuit, between two toll offices.
  94. interworking functions Mechanisms that mask differences in physical, link, and network technologies by converting (or mapping) states and protocols into consistent network and…
  95. INTLCT Integrated Electronics.
  96. intra-LATA Within the boundaries of a local access and transport area (LATA).
  97. intramodal distortion In an optical fiber, distortion caused by dispersion, such as material or profile dispersion, of a given propagating mode. [After 2196]
  98. intranet A private network that uses Internet-related technologies to provide services within an organization.
  99. intraoffice trunk A single direct transmission channel, e.g., voice-frequency circuit, within a given switching center.
  100. intrinsic function A special action in a template that assigns values to properties not available until runtime.