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- I/O - Input/Output
- IAB - Internet Architecture Board
- IAC - Internet Access Coalition
- IAD - Integrated Access Device
- IAHC - Internet International Ad Hoc Committee
- IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
- IAS - Internet Authentication Service
- IBM - International Business Machines
- IBM 1401 - Second-generation IBM mainframe
- IBM 650 - First successful IBM mainframe
- ICA - Independent Computing Architecture
- ICANN - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
- Icon - A form of on-screen graphic
- ICQ - [No specific expansion]
- IDE - Intelligent (Integrated) Drive Electronics
- IDEA - International Data Encryption Algorithm
- IDSL - ISDN Digital Subscriber Line
- IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
- IGES - Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
- IGMP - Internet Group Management Protocol
- IIM - Internet Interaction Management
- IIOP - Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
- IIS - Internet Information Server
- IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
- IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
- Impact Printer - Uses a character image to press against a ribbon
- Incremental Backup - A backup of only files that have changed
- Indent - A movement inward from the left or right margin
- Index - A pointer to data
- Input - Method of getting data into a computer
- Insert Mode - Entered text pushes existing to the right
- Integer - Number with no decimal places
- Intel 80x Processors - Description of early Intel CPUs
- Interleave Factor - Number of sectors skipped between write operations
- InterNIC - Internet Network Information Center
- Interpreter - A form of program used to run other programs
- Interrupt - Signal that stops some operation
- IOS - Input Output System
- IP - Internet Protocol
- IPSec - Internet Protocol Security
- IPTV - Internet Protocol Television
- IPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange
- IRC - Internet Relay Chat
- IrDA - Infrared Data Association
- IRQ - Interrupt Request
- ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
- ISAM - Indexed Sequential Access Method
- ISAPI - Internet Server API
- ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
- ISO - International Organization for Standardization
- ISP - Internet Service Provider
- ITU - International Telecommunications Union
- IX - Internet Exchange
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Computer Knowledge information pages for terms starting with the letter I.
I/O - Input/Output
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(eye-oh)
A general acronym used when data is being read (input) or written (output). Usually used in conjunction with a modifier (e.g., disk I/O or file I/O).
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BIOS Info Page
PC Guide BIOS Page
BIOS FAQ
BIOS Diagnostic Codes
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IAB - Internet Architecture Board
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(I-A-B)
A technical advisory group of the Internet Society. It controls the development of Internet protocols through two task forces: the Internet Engineering Task Force and the Internet Research Task Force. In the past IAB was defined as Internet A...
IAC - Internet Access Coalition
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(I-A-C)
A group of companies dedicated to keeping Internet access affordable and speed up the conversion to digital phone connections.
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IAC Info Page
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IAD - Integrated Access Device
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(I-A-D)
Equipment at the customer end of a VoB network that strips out the voice data. An IAD is used when the broadband service is a DSL feed.
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Open VoB Organization
PDF Open VoB Whitepaper
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IAHC - Internet International Ad Hoc Committee
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(I-A-H-C)
An international body that managed the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS). The IAHC was dissolved on May 1, 1997 in favor of the Generic Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understanding (see links).
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IAHC Page
Generic Top Level...
IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
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(I-A-N-A)
An organization responsible for assigning new Internet-wide IP addresses as well as other "assigned numbers."
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IANA Home Page
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IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
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(almost never pronounced)
An acronym typically used as part of a message or newsgroup posting. It indicates the person doing the posting is about to give a legal opinion without any legal background. You can usually ignore everything past the IANAL s...
IAS - Internet Authentication Service
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(I-A-S)
The Microsoft implementation of a RADIUS server. IAS performs connection authentication and accounting for dial-up and VPN remote access.
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Internet Authentication Service for Windows 2000
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IBM - International Business Machines
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(I-B-M)
Arguably, the most powerful company in the computer industry. It started in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corporation (CTR). One of the four companies that made up CTR was Herman Hollerith's Tabulating Machine Company; usually ca...
IBM 1401 - Second-generation IBM mainframe
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A second-generation IBM mainframe computer system. It was placed on the market in 1959 and was used for just under ten years. It had up to 16K of magnetic core memory and up to six tape drives for mass storage. Input was largely by punched card. It w...
