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or IP or ISD
IBAC - In-band/adjacent channel
IBOC - In-band/on-channel - Broadcasting
technology that uses current AM/FM spectrum and station assignments
to transmit digital signals.
iCAIR - International Center for Advanced
Internet Research - organization whose mission is to accelerate
innovation and global communications through advanced Internet technologies.
www.icair.org
ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers - non-profit, international association founded
in 1998 to be the successor to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority),
which manages Internet addresses, domain names and paramters associated
with Internet protocols (port numbers, router protocols, multicast
addresses, etc.). ICANN provides a list of accredited registrars
in addition to Network Solutions that accept domain registrations
ICC - Internet Cable Corporation
ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
- a maintenance protocol used between two systems to share status
and error information
Ics - Interactive Circuits
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics -
standard electronic interface used between a computer motherboard's
data paths or bus and the computer's disk storage devices
iDEN - Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
- a Motorola enhanced mobile radio network technology that integrates
two-way radio, telephone, text messaging and data transmission into
a single network
IEC - International Engineering Consortium
- consortium that conducts a range of university and industry cooperative
programs consisting of educational forums, workshops, research studies,
publications and Web education. www.iec.org
IEEE - International Electrical and Electronics
Engineers - institute which promotes the engineering process of
developing, integrating, and applying knowledge about electrical
and information technologies and sciences. www.ieee.org
IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
- volunteer organization of working groups dedicated to identifying
problems and proposing technical solutions for the Internet - www.ietf.org
IGES - Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
- ANSI graphics file format for three-dimensional wire frame models
IIOP - Internet InterORB Protocol - a
protocol developed by the Object Management Group (OMG)
ILECs - Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers
IMT-2000 - International Mobile Telecommunications
2000 defines third generation mobile systems which are scheduled
to start service in the year 2000. These systems will provide access,
by means of one or more radio links, to a wide range of telecommunication
services
InterNIC - Internet Network Information
Center - registers domain names and assigns valid IP addresses to
users and companies on the Internet
I/O - I/O devices are input and/or output
mechanisms for transferring real world data in/out of a VPLus design
IP - Internet Protocol - one of the two
main parts of the TCP/IP protocol - delivers TCP and UDP packets
across a network
IRTF - Internet Research Task Force -
An organization of working groups involved in researching future
Internet tecnologies. The IRTF is managed by the IRTF Chair in conjunction
with the Internet Research Steering Group (IRSG). The IRTF Chair
is appointed by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). When the
technologies are deemed ready for development, they are transferred
to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - www.irtf.org
IRQ - Interrupt Request
IS - Interim Standard - a designation
of the American National Standards Institute - usually followed
by a number - that refers to an accepted industry protocol (IS-95,
IS-136 etc.)
IS-41 - the network standard that allows
all switches to exchange information about subscribers
IS-54 - the first generation of the digital
standard time division multiple access technology
IS-95 - the standard for code division
multiple access, also known as cdmaOne
IS-136 - the latest generation of the
digital standard time division multiple access technology
IS-661 - North American standard for
1.9Ghz wireless spread spectrum radio-frequency access technology
developed by Omnipoint - based on a composite of code divsion multiple
access and time division multiple access technologies
ISA - ISA bus - Industry Standard Architecture
- standard bus (computer interconnection) architecture that is associated
with the IBM AT motherboard
ISAPI - Internet Server API - A programming
interface on Internet Information Server (IIS), Microsoft's Web
server. Using ISAPI function calls, Web pages can invoke programs
that are written as DLLs on the server, typically to access data
in a database. IIS comes with a DLL that allows embedded queries
to access ODBC-compliant databases. ISAPI is an alternative to using
CGI scripts on Microsoft Web servers
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
- an advanced, high-capacity wireline technology used for high-speed
data transfer
ISM Band - Industrial, Scientific and
Medical Band - A part of the radio spectrum that can be used without
a license in most countries (contains bands in the 902-928MHz, 2.4-2.4835GHz,
5.725-5.850GHz ranges)
ISO - International Standards Organization
- An organization that sets international standards - the U.S. member
body is ANSI. ISO deals with all fields except electrical and electronics,
which is governed by the older International Electrotechnical Commission
(IEC). It carries out its work through more than 160 technical committees
and 2,300 subcommittees and working groups and is made up of standards
organizations from more than 75 countries
ISP - Internet Service Provider - an
organization that provides Internet access to businesses and consumers
ISS - Instruction Set Simulator ISV
- Independent Software Vendor
ITA - Industrial Telecommunications Association
- a Washington, DC trade group serving private wireless licensees
such as airlines and oil companies
ITU - International Telecommunication
Union - an intergovernmental organization through which public and
private organizations develop telecommunications. It is responsible
for adopting international treaties, regulations, and standards
governing telecommunications. www.itu.int
ITU-R TG 8/1 - The United States Internaional
Telecommunications Union-Radiocommunications Task Group 8/1 - They
will help to define the radio aspects of the IMT-2000
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