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  1. IDHS Intelligence Data Handling System.
  2. IDIP Integrated Development and Initial Production.
  3. IDL Interface Definition Language. A language used to define interfaces to remote CORBA objects.
  4. idle character A control character that is transmitted when no useful information is being transmitted. [From Weik '89]
  5. idle code A special sequence that indicates that no data are being sent on the channelized side. [T1.509-1995]
  6. idle state The telecommunications service condition that exists whenever user messages are not being transmitted but the service is immediately available for use.
  7. idle time A period during which a system, circuit, or component is not in use, but is available.
  8. 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…
  9. 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.
  10. IDN Abbreviation for integrated digital network.
  11. IDR Initial Design Review.
  12. IDRC (Improved Data Recording Capability) IBM's compression algorithm, that provides about 3:1 data compression on tape. Sometimes called Compact.
  13. IDS -- see Information Disclosure Statement
  14. IDS Host-Based IDSs which operate on information collected from within an individual computer system.
  15. 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…
  16. IDTV Abbreviation for improved-definition television.
  17. IE (1) Independent Evaluation. (2) Integration Exercise.
  18. IED Intrinsic Event Discrimination.
  19. IEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  20. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  21. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a professional society accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to issue…
  22. IEEE 754 Standard 754-1985 issued by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers for binary floating point arithmetic.
  23. IEI Integrated Engineering Infrastructure.
  24. IEMP Induced Electromagnetic Pulse.
  25. IEP Integrated Evaluation Plan.
  26. IER Independent Evaluation Report.
  27. IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group. 134
  28. IESG (Internet Engineering Steering Group) The Internet Engineering Steering Group is the executive committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
  29. IETF Internet Engineering Task Force.
  30. IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) An open community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of Internet architecture and the smooth operation…
  31. IEV Integrated Experimental Version.
  32. IEW Intelligence and Electronic Warfare.
  33. IF Ironforge
  34. IF repeater See heterodyne repeater.
  35. if statement A control structure used to choose between performing or not performing further actions.
  36. if-else statement A control structure used to choose between performing one of two alternative actions.
  37. If-Modified-Since (IMS) A query that NetCache sends to a Web server in order to verify the freshness of an object, that is, to determine whether the object has been modified.
  38. IF1 (interface 1) An interface suitable for star concentration. [T1.201-1987] [T1.204-1988]
  39. IF2 (interface 2) An interface suitable for communication between a network element (NE) location and operations systems (OSs) over packet switched networks, dedicated…
  40. IF4 (interface 4) An interface suitable for multipoint concentration by polling. [T1.201-1987] [T1.204-1988]
  41. IF6 (interface 6) An interface between a network element (NE) to one or more network elements (NEs) in other locations using star configuration embedded operations channel…
  42. IFA Integrated Financial Analysis.
  43. iFCP Internet Fibre Channel Protocol. A proposed IETF protocol for connecting Fibre Channel devices over an IP network.
  44. IFF Identification, Friend or Foe.
  45. IFHV In-Flight Homing View.
  46. IFICS In-Flight Interceptor Communications System. IFICS provides the communications link between the ground and the space based NMD assets.
  47. IFOG Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscope.
  48. IFOV Instantaneous Field of View.
  49. IFRB Abbreviation for International Frequency Registration Board.
  50. IFS Abbreviation for ionospheric forward scatter. See ionospheric scatter.
  51. IFSR In-Flight Status Report
  52. IFT Integrated Flight Test.
  53. IFTU In-Flight Target Update.
  54. IG Inspector General - 57 statutory OIGs were created by an act of Congress in 1978 to independently detect fraud or instances of waste, abuse or misuse of…
  55. IGEMP Internally Generated Electromagnetic Pulse.
  56. IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Standard.
  57. IGS Abbreviation for 1. internal guide sequence. 2. intergenic spacer.
  58. IGSM Interim Ground Station Module (JSTARS).
  59. IGT Integrated Ground Test.
  60. IGU Inertial Guidance Unit.
  61. II Impulse Intensity.
  62. IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol. A protocol used for communication between CORBA object request brokers.
  63. IIP Interoperability Improvement Program.
  64. IIPT Integration Integrated Product (Process) Team.
  65. IIR (1) Intelligence Information Report. (2) Imaging Infrared.
  66. IIS International Institute for Strategic Studies (UK).
  67. IIS (Internet Information Services) The Microsoft Web service for publishing information on an intranet or the Internet, and for building server-based Web applications.
  68. IIT Interceptor Integration Test.
  69. IITF Information Infrastructure Task Force.
  70. IJSOW Improved Joint Stand Off Weapon. 135
  71. IKE A protocol that establishes the security association and shared keys necessary for computers to communicate by using Internet Protocol security (IPsec).
  72. IL One of a group of related proteins made by leukocytes (white blood cells) and other cells in the body. ILs regulate immune responses.
  73. ILA Inter-Laboratory Authorization (Contracting term).
  74. ILC Initial Launch Capability.
  75. ILD Abbreviation for injection laser diode.
  76. ILEC Abbreviation for incumbent local exchange carrier. The incumbent or existing franchised local exchange carrier in any given area. [After FCC]
  77. Ilities The operational and support requirements a program must address (e.g., availability, vulnerability, producibility , reliability, maintainability…
  78. illegal character A character, or a combination of bits, that is not valid in a given system according to specified criteria, such as with respect to a specified alphabet…
  79. Illumination The distribution of light on a horizontal surface. The purpose of all lighting is to produce illumination.
  80. ILM (Information Lifecycle Management) The process of managing information growth, storage, and retrieval over time, based on its value to the organization.
  81. ILS Integrated Logistics Support.
  82. ILSM ILS Manager.
  83. ILSMT ILS Management Team
  84. ILSO ILS Office.
  85. ILSP Integrated Logistics Support Plan.
  86. ILSWG ILS Working Group.
  87. IM Within or into muscle. Also called intramuscular.
  88. IM (Instant Messaging) The Exchange 2000 service that allows for real-time messaging and collaboration between users.
  89. Image To image a hard drive is to make an identical copy of the hard drive, including empty sectors.
  90. image antenna A hypothetical mirror-image, i.e., virtual-image, of an antenna, i.e., antenna element, considered to extend as far below ground, i.e.
  91. image capture The transducing of the information in a real image into the photographic or electronic medium.
  92. image catalog An organized set of spatially referenced, possibly overlapping, images that can be accessed as one logical image.
  93. image compression Application of an appropriate transfer function to an image signal so as to limit dynamic range. 2.
  94. image enhancement In video technology, a technique used to improve contrast and picture clarity by flattening the camera response to 400 lines (by aperture correction) and…
  95. image file architecture The formalization of a multidisciplinary agreement-regarding digital image characteristics, such as the structure of digital image files, the organization…
  96. image file descriptor A block of data that (a) may contain, in standardized format, data concerning production, ownership, access, previous processing, etc.
  97. image file header A compact label for image files, created using a universally accepted algorithm, that (a) identifies the encoding standard, (b) specifies the length of…
  98. image file motion-picture format The defining file format for exchange of digital motion-picture information on a variety of media between computer-based systems.
  99. image file video index A recommended practice intended to provide a method of coding video index information in which various picture- and program-related source data can be…
  100. image frequency In radio reception using heterodyning in the tuning process, an undesired input frequency that is capable of producing the same intermediate frequency…

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