Web Glossary

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IAB
The abbreviation for Internet Architecture Board, the IAB is the council that makes decisions about Internet standards.

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IETF
The abbreviation for Internet Engineering Task Force, IETF refers to a subgroup of the Internet Architecture Board that focuses on solving technical problems on the Internet.

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ICQ - "I Seek You"
Communications network on the Internet.
If you like to know if your friends are surfing the Web right now, ICQ does the searching for you, alerting you in real time when your friends sign on. More information: http://www.icq.net.

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Impression
Each request for a Web page on a particular server. These days, most server log files only count impressions, not "hits" (which may include requests for graphic files). Counting the impressions is a good way to measure the popularity of a Web site.

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Information superhighway
The "information superhighway" is another paraphrase of the Internet.

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Infoseek
Search engine at http://www.infoseek.com

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Internet
When two or more networks are connected, you have an internet (lower case i).
"The" Internet (upper case i) is the largest of the internets (the mother-of-all-internets...)
The Internet evolved from the ArpaNET (a U.S. military network) to an academic research network, to the current (global) commercial network. The Internet is growing tremendously in the number of connected servers, and users. Other names: "the Net", "cyberspace", "the information superhighway"...

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Internet Explorer
Web browser from Microsoft.

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InterNIC - Internet Network Information center
The InterNIC is the entity that keeps track of the domain names. Most domain names are registered with the InterNIC.

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Intranet
Private (company) network of computers using the same protocols as the Internet, but only for internal use. Some sort of small, private Internet.

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IP - Internet Protocol
The rules that provide basic Internet functions. IP allows computers to find each other. IP refers to the set of communication standards that control communications activity on the Internet. An IP address is the number assigned to any Internet-connected computer.

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IP address
A unique 32-bit Internet address consisting of four numbers, separated by dots and sometimes called a "dotted quad". Every server - connected to the Internet - has an IP number. The IP number of touchstone-it.com is "195.102.241.30".

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IRC - Internet Relay Chat
A chat network but the words are not spoken but written. All words typed by any user are seen by everyone who is in that "chat room" (or channel) at that moment.

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ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
A digital transmission technology that can provide high-speed (up to 128 Kbps) transmission of voice, video and data over regular telephone lines.

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ISOC - Internet Society
The Internet Society is a non-governmental international organization to coordinate the Internet technologies and applications (http://www.isoc.org). ISOC is the sponsoring body of the Internet Architecture Board.

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ISP - Internet Service Provider
An "ISP" provides Internet access to its members. Every time you log on, your ISP connects you to the Internet.
It could also be a company that provides Internet services such as Web site development and bundles Internet connection with its services.

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