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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