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Internet
Service Provider (ISP)
A company that provides access to the Internet, such as AOL, Prodigy,
etc. Allows users to dial up through a modem, DSL, or cable connection
to view the information on the internet.
InterNIC
InterNIC was the name given to a project that provided domain name
registration services in com, net, org, and edu. Now that the project
has ended, other companies can now offer domain registration. Companies
such as Network Solutions and Register.com now do what InterNic
used to do.
IP
Number
Sometimes called a dotted quad. A unique number consisting of 4
parts separated by dots, e.g. 216.121.19.83 Every machine that is
on the Internet has a unique IP number - if a machine does not have
an IP number, it is not really on the Internet. Most machines also
have one or more Domain Names that are easier for people to remember.
IRC
(Internet Relay Chat) Basically a huge multi-user live chat facility.
There are a number of major IRC servers around the world which are
linked to each other. Anyone can create a channel and anything that
anyone types in a given channel is seen by all others in the channel.
Private channels can (and are) created for multi-person conference
calls.
ISDN
(Integrated Services Digital Network) Basically a way to move more
data over existing regular phone lines. ISDN is rapidly becoming
available to much of the USA and in most markets it is priced very
comparably to standard analog phone circuits. It can provide speeds
of roughly 128,000 bits-per-second over regular phone lines. In
practice, most people will be limited to 56,000 or 64,000 bits-per-second.
Internet
The general term used to describe the worldwide network of computers
and services encompassing some 20-40 million computer users and
dozens of information systems including e-mail, Gopher, FTP, and
the World Wide Web.
Intranet
An intranet is a private network that is contained within a company
or enterprise. The main purpose of an intranet is to share company
information and computing resources among employees.
IEEE
(Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Organization that ensures
that electronic devices produced by different companies can interoperate.
IEEE developed the 802 family of standards that govern computer
networks.
IIS
Microsoft
Internet Information Server. Microsoft's Web server that comes built-in
with Windows NT Server 4 and Windows 2000 server. Here is Microsoft's
IIS web site.
Image
Map
An image displayed on the webpage that has different areas that
are hyperlinks. By clicking on different parts of the image browser
can be redirected to another webpage, or can display modified version
of the current one.
IMAP
Internet
Message Access Protocol. A method allowing a client email program
to access remote messages stored on a mail server. The protocol
includes operations for creating, deleting, and renaming mailboxes,
checking for new messages, message parsing, searching, and setting
and clearing flags. IMAP was originally developed in 1986 at Stanford.
Internet
backbone
An
extremely fast network that connects major cities. Most often it
utilizes T3 circuits and provides the bandwidth of 45Mbps.
Internet
Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
A
network control protocol running on top of the IP protocol. It is
used by Internet hosts to maintain information related to multicast.
All machines that want to use the multicast have to have the IGMP
implemented.
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