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Glossary of IT Terms beginning with "I"

Brian Cryer's Glossary of IT Terms with Links. Definitions and links to further information on IT related terms ...

I18N
Internationalization, details ...
IAC
In Any Case, details ...
IAG
Information, Advice and Guidance / Immersion Silver Plating, details ...
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, details ...
IANAE
I am not an Expert / I am not an Engineer, details ...
IANAL
I Am Not A Layer, details ...
IAWTP
I Agree With This Post, details ...
IBG
Institute of British Geographers, details ...
IBL
In Bound Link, details ...
IBM
International Business Machines / I'm Being Moved / Its Better Manually, details ...
Icann
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, details ...
IC
Integrated Circuit / Internet Connection / Incoming Connections / Intensive Care, details ...
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization, details ...
ICD
Interface Control Document, details ...
ICF
Internet Connection Firewall, details ...
ICM
Image Colour Management, details ...
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol, details ...
ICQ
I Seek You, details ...
ICS
Internet Connection Sharing, details ...
ICT
Information and Communication Technology, details ...
ID
Identifier / Identification / Intelligent Design, details ...
IDE
Integrated Development Environment / Integrated drive electronics, details ...
IDL
Interface Definition Language, details ...
IDNA
Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications, details ...
IDP
Internet Datagram Protocol, details ...
IDS
Intrusion Detection System, details ...
IE
Internet Explorer / That is, details ...
IE4
Internet Explorer 4, details ...
IE5
Internet Explorer 5, details ...
IE6
Internet Explorer 6, details ...
IE7
Internet Explorer 7, details ...
IE8
Internet Explorer 8, details ...
IEAK
Internet Explorer Administration Kit, details ...
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force, details ...
IFD
Internet-Facing Deployment, details ...
Iff
If and only if, details ...
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol, details ...
IIF
Immediate If, details ...
IIRC
If I Recall Correctly, details ...
IIS
Microsoft Internet Information Server, details ...
IKWUM
I Know What You Mean, details ...
ILDASM
Intermediary Language disassembler, details ...
ILM
Information Lifecycle Management, details ...
IM
Instant Messaging / Instant Message, details ...
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol, details ...
IMC
Internet Mail Connector, details ...
IMD
Index of Multiple Deprivation, details ...
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion, details ...
IME
In My Experience, details ...
IMF
International Monetary Fund / Intelligent Message Filtering, details ...
IMO
Internet mail only / In my opinion, details ...
IMS
Internet Mail Service / Information Management System, details ...
IMVHO
In My Very Humble Opinion, details ...
In-process server
COM object executed on the same machine, details ...
Indirection
To find something out by an indirect route, details ...
Inline Coding
Code and controls sharing the same page, details ...
InProcHandler32
Registry key identifying an RPC library for COM, details ...
InProcServer32
Registry key identifying a COM library, details ....
Instant Messaging
Text based real time conversation across the internet, details ...
Intranet
Private internet like network, details ...
Internet
Worldwide system of linked networks, details ...
Inverted File Index
An index mapping words to documents that contain them, details ...
Inverted Index
An index mapping words to their locations in a document., details ...
Inverter
A device that converts from DC to AC, details ...
IOL
Internet Operating Environment, details ...
IOT
Index Organized Table, details ...
IOW
In other words, details ...
IP
Internet Protocol / Intellectual Property, details ...
IPB
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace, details ...
IPCP
Internet Protocol Control Protocol / IP Payload Compression Protocol, details ...
IPN
Instant Payment Notification, details ...
IPoA
IP over ATM, details ...
IPoE
IP over Ethernet / Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment, details ...
IPP
Internet Printing Protocol, details ...
IPS Key
Alternative name for an IPS Tag, details ...
IPS Tag
Internet Provider Security Tag, details ...
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security, details ...
IPSTAG
Abbreviation for IPS TAG (Internet Provider Security Tag), details ...
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4, details ...
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6, details ...
IPX
Internetwork Packet Exchange, details ...
IR
Infrared / Information Repository, details ...
IRC
Internet Relay Chat, details ...
IRL
In Real Life, details ...
IRM
Information Rights Management, details ...
IRQ
Interrupt request / Interrupt request number / Interrupt request level / Interrupt request channel, details ...
IS
Information systems / Information services, details ...
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture / Internet Security and Acceleration Firewall Client / Instruction Set Architecture / Is-A, details ...
ISAPI
Internet Server API, details ...
ISAM
Indexed Sequential Access Method, details ...
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer System Interface, details ...
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network, details ...
ISO
International Organization for Standardization / ISO Standard, details ...
Isochrone
A boundary formed by equal travel times from a point, details ...
ISP
Internet Service Provider, details ...
IST
I'm Self Taught / In Service Training, details ...
ISTR
I Seem To Recall, details ...
ISV
Independent Software Vendor, details ...
IT
Information Technology, details ...
ITC
Information and Communications Technologies / Integrated Circuit Technology / Institute of Computer Technology, details ...
ITE
Integrated Translation Environment, details ...
ITEA
Integration, Test, Evaluation and Acceptance, details ...
ITIL
Information Technology Infrastructure Library, details ...
ITT
Invitation to Tender, details ...
ITYM
I Think You Mean, details ...
IVR
Interactive Voice Responder, details ...
IYO
In Your Opinion, details ...
IYSWIM
If You See What I Mean, details ...