I/E port (n) -  A port in a library that transports tapes to and from library slots.

 

I/O (n) -  The complementary tasks of gathering and distributing data. Input is data that is acquired from a device or entered by the user through a device. Output is data that is sent to a device.

 

I/O port (n) -  A channel through which data is transferred between a device and the microprocessor. The port appears to the microprocessor as one or more memory addresses that it can use to send or receive data.

 

I/O request packet (n) -  Data structures that drivers use to communicate with each other. I/O stack location (n) -  The part of an I/O request packet (IRP) that is allocated for each driver in a chain of layered drivers. Each driver owns one of the stack locations in the packet and obtains driver-specific information about what input/output (I/O) operation to perform on the specified device. The driver must use the supplied parameters.

 

I/O Unit Hours (n) -  The unit of measure to compute the total CPU time of a Data Lake workload.

 

IaaS (n) -  The capability provided to the consumer of provisioning processing, storage, networks, and other fundamental computing resources where the consumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage, and deployed application, and possibly has limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls).

 

IANAL  -  (I Am Not A Lawyer)- Internet slang. Amazing how often this one comes up. IAP (n) -  A business that supplies Internet connectivity services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations. An ISP provides a telephone number, a user name, a password, and other connection information so that users can access the Internet through the ISP's computers.

 

IAP (n) -  A supplementary item that can be purchased by a user from within an app, and for use with that app.

 

IA-PC (n) -  Any computer built with a processor that conforms to the architecture defined by the Intel processor family based on the 486 instruction set and has an industry-standard computer architecture.

 

IAS (n) -  A part of an IrDA infrared communication protocol used so that devices can learn about the services offered by another device.

 

IAS Server (n) -  A server component that coordinates the output from all the system health validators (SHVs) and determines whether Quarantine Enforcement Server (QES) components should isolate a client from the network or not based on health policy compliance.

 

IB (oth) -  An income tax on profits used in the Netherlands.

 

IBAN (n) -  An account number scheme that is recognized by banks internationally to facilitate credit transfers across national/regional borders.

 

I-beam (n) -  A mouse cursor used by many applications, such as word processors, when in text-editing mode. The I-beam cursor indicates sections of the document where text can be inserted, deleted, changed, or moved. The cursor is named for its I shape.

 

I-beam pointer (n) -  A mouse cursor used by many applications, such as word processors, when in text-editing mode. The I-beam cursor indicates sections of the document where text can be inserted, deleted, changed, or moved. The cursor is named for its I shape.

 

IBM  -  (International Business Machines)- The company that designed and built the first PCs, and still a giant of the industry. Standard PCs were originally referred to as ‘IBM compatible', although IBM no longer controls the PC standard, nor even builds PCs.

 

IBS (n) -  A process that uses installation technologies that install Windows images (.wim files).

 

iCalendar (n) -  The file name extension of a file containing calendar information that can be shared among different calendar programs.

 

ICF (n) -  A Network Connections feature that is used to set restrictions on what traffic is allowed to enter your network from the Internet.

 

ICM (PN) -  Microsoft's implementation of device-independent color management support, as defined by the International Color Consortium (ICC).

 

ICMP (n) -  A required maintenance protocol in the TCP/IP suite that reports errors and allows simple connectivity. ICMP is used by the Ping tool to perform TCP/IP troubleshooting.

 

ICO file (n) -  The file for the icon on the client's desktop used to launch a sequenced application.

 

icon (n) -  A small picture that represents a file, folder, program, or other object or function.

 

Icon  -  Small pictogram either representing a- file, or providing shortcuts for carrying out common tasks such as- saving- and printing inside an- application. icon  -  Symbols or illustrations on the desktop or computer screen that indicate program files, documents, or other functions.

 

icon  -

 

icon character (n) -  The animated icon from the Help and Support Center that guides users through their first-run experience or Windows Welcome.

 

icon overlay (n) -  An image superimposed on an icon in MMC to indicate a condition or status.

 

icon overlay (n) -  An icon that appears on top of the taskbar button icon, used to communicate alerts, notifications, and status. Icon overlays are a feature of pinned sites in Internet Explorer 9.

 

Icon Source Root (n) -  A registry key that allows specification of a source location for icon retrieval for a sequenced application package during publication. Icon Source Roots support UNC formats only (not URLs).

 

Icon view (n) -  A UI element that enables a user to display Works tasks as icons with text available on mouseover.

 

ICRA (n) -  An international nonprofit group that has developed a content advisory service for the Internet. ICRA's aim is to protect children from potentially harmful material on the Internet.

 

ICS (n) -  A Microsoft Windows technology that provides home and small-office computer users who have networked computers with the ability to share a single connection to the

 

Internet.

 

ICT (PN) -  A window that, by default, opens immediately after operating system installation is complete and each time a member of the Administrators group logs on to the computer. By using commands in the Initial Configuration Tasks window, you can complete the configuration required to identify the computer to other computing resources on your network, secure the computer, enable administrators to perform tasks on the computer, and customize the computer by adding roles or features.

 

ICU (n) -  A section of a hospital that provides comprehensive care for critically ill patients requiring immediate and continuous attention.

 

ID (n) -  A unique identifier of an object or person.

 

ID number (n) -  An ID that consists of one or more numbers.

 

ID selector (n) -  In a cascading style sheet style definition (or style rule), a selector that is used to define a style for an individual page element, usually as an inline style.

 

IDC/HTX files (n) -  Microsoft Internet Information Server uses an IDC file and an HTX file to retrieve data from an ODBC data source and format it as an HTML document.

 

IDE (n) -  A type of disk-drive interface in which the controller electronics reside on the drive itself, eliminating the need for a separate adapter card. IDE offers advantages such as look-ahead caching to increase overall performance.

 

IDE (n) -  A set of integrated tools for developing software. The tools are generally run from one user interface and consist of a compiler, an editor, and a debugger, among others. IDE  -  (Integrated Drive Electronics )- A type of PC hard disk, now obsolete, the foreunner of- EIDE.

 

Idea management  -  a structured process of generating, capturing, discussing and improving, organizing, evaluating and prioritizing valuable insight or alternative thinking that would otherwise not have emerged through normal processes.

 

IDEF1X (n) -  A specification language for describing data structures. Visio includes an IDEF1X template. You can use the IDEF1X entity and relationship shapes to diagram the structure of databases.

 

idempotency check (n) -  A check to ensure that each unique document is received once and only once.

 

idempotent (n) -  An initialization subroutine that completes an action only once, even if the routine is called more than once.

 

idempotent (adj) -  Characteristic of an action that has the same effect, whether performed once or multiple times.

 

identification (n) -  The process of mapping an object onto the supported identification schemas or getting the unique user identifier (UID). The operating system, IIS, or Commerce Server usually provides this identification.

 

identification (n) -  A unique identifier of an object or person.

 

identification (n) -  Proof or evidence that supports an identity claim.

 

identifier (n) -  Any text string used as a label, such as the name of a procedure or a variable in a program or the name attached to a hard disk or floppy disk. identifier (n) -  An element of an expression that refers to the value of a field, control, or property.

 

identifier (n) -  A distinguishing label assigned to data entities.

 

identifier type character (n) -  A character that that forces a literal to assume a data type other than the one its form indicates. You do this by appending the character to the end of the literal. For example, %' forces the Integer data type of the literal ‘L' in the following declaration: Dim L%.'

 

identifying field (n) -  A field or group of fields that identify an entity as a unique object. identifying relationship (n) -  A relationship where the primary key of the principal entity is part of the primary key of the dependent entity. In this kind of relationship, the dependent entity cannot exist without the principal entity.

 

identity (n) -  A person or entity that must be verified by means of authentication, based on criteria such as password or a certificate.

 

identity (n) -  The digital persona' by which other users recognize and interact with you.' identity (n) -  A set of attributes that define a user's access to a given service or application.

 

identity (n) -  The category of services in Microsoft Azure that includes Microsoft Azure Active Directory.

 

identity column (n) -  A column in a table that has been assigned the identity property. identity escape (n) -  In regular expressions, a backslash followed by a single character. It matches that character and is required when the character has a special meaning; by using the identity escape, the special meaning is removed.

 

identity federation (n) -  A process in Microsoft Online Services that uses Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 and Microsoft Federation Gateway to securely represent identities in the cloud and tie those identities to corporate credentials (user name and password). Users can then use their corporate credentials to sign in once to access the services in Microsoft Online Services.

 

identity increment (n) -  The incremental value that is added to the identity value of the previous row that was loaded.

 

identity life cycle (n) -  The stages an identity goes through from the time it is conceived until the time it is destroyed.

 

identity management (n) -  The the management of the identity life cycle of entities (e.g. people, computers) during which the identity is created, documented and destroyed. Identity Management for UNIX (n) -  A feature of Windows that integrates computers running Windows into an existing UNIX enterprise.

 

identity property (n) -  A property that generates values that uniquely identify each row in a table.

 

identity provider (n) -  A service that authenticates user or client identities and issues consumable security tokens.

 

identity service (n) -  The category of services in Microsoft Azure that includes Microsoft Azure Active Directory.

 

identity store (n) -  An area on a computer where identities are stored.

 

Identity synchronization (PN) -  The service underlying the process of reconciling a user's credentials that define his/her access to a given service or application from an Active Directory directory service and keep them up to date automatically. identity tag (n) -  A tag on a physical object that defines two 64-bit values that can be read by the Surface Vision System and used to interact with Surface applications. The two 64- bit values represent a series and a value. The intent is to have several values associated with a single series.

 

identity verification (n) -  The process of confirming the identity of an individual or business who is applying to the store as a developer/vendor.

 

ideograph (n) -  A character in an Asian writing system that represents a concept or an idea, but not a particular word or pronunciation.

 

ideographic character (n) -  A character in an Asian writing system that represents a concept or an idea, but not a particular word or pronunciation.

 

IDL (n) -  In object-oriented programming, a language that lets a program or object written in one language communicate with another program written in an unknown language. An IDL is used to define interfaces between client and server programs. For example, an IDL can provide interfaces to remote CORBA objects.

 

idle (adj) -  Operational but not in use.

 

idle loop (n) -  A loop in which no statement is being executed.

 

idle sleep (n) -  A sleep state that occurs when a system or device remains idle for a predefined length of time, as specified by the user in Power Options. idle time (n) -  The period during which the application has an empty message queue. Idle time permits the processing of background tasks.

 

IDMIF file (n) -  A type of Management Information Format (MIF) file that can be used to add new architectures or updates to existing architectures in the SMS/Configuration Manager site database to accommodate custom hardware inventory properties.

 

IDN (n) -  An Internet domain name that can accommodate non-ASCII characters such as the diacritical marks of European language or non-Latinate characters such as those found in Chinese, Korean or Arabic.

 

IDP (n) -  An extension that indicates if the CRL is limited to revocations for end-entity certificates or for CA certificates.

 

IDR (n) -  The official currency of Indonesia.

 

IE  -  (Internet Explorer)- Microsoft's web browser, included free in Windows. If followed by a number (IE9, IE8 etc), it refers to a particular version of that browser.

 

IEAK (n) -  A set of tools that enables corporate administrators, ISPs, and ICPs to create, distribute, and manage customized Internet Explorer packages across an organization. The IEAK contains the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard, the IEAK Profile Manager and the IEAK Toolkit.

 

IEC (n) -  One of two international standards bodies responsible for developing international data communications standards. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) works closely with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to define standards of computing. They jointly published the ISO/IEC SQL-92 standard for SQL.

 

IECE (PN) -  A compatibility evaluator that works with Internet Explorer 7 to verify whether a Web application or Web site will have compatibility issues when used on a new operating system, such as Microsoft Windows- Vista. IECE also works with Internet Explorer to create and process log files regarding visited Web sites and applications. The log files show compatibility issues for both the user and the ACT Log Processing Service. IEEE (n) -  A society of engineering and electronics professionals based in the United

 

States but boasting membership from numerous other countries/regions. The IEEE (pronounced eye triple ee') focuses on electrical

 

IEEE 1394 (n) -  A standard for high-speed serial devices such as digital video and digital audio editing equipment.

 

IEEE 1394 connector (n) -  A type of connector that enables you to connect and disconnect high-speed serial devices. An IEEE 1394 connector is usually on the back of your computer near the serial port or the parallel port.

 

IEEE 1394 port (n) -  A port that supports either a 6-pin plug whose size is 11 mm by 5.4 mm or a 4-pin plug whose size is 5.35 mm by 3.45 mm.

 

IEEE 1667 (PN) -  The IEEE industry standard that defines methods for authenticating transient removable storage devices (e.g. USB flash drives, memory cards, and portable hard disks) when they are mounted to host computers in corporate, government, academic, and other environments.

 

IEEE 1667 compatible silo (n) -  A silo that is defined outside of the IEEE 1667 Working Group but uses the IEEE 1667 protocol to provide extensibility to allow people outside the IEEE 1667 Working Group (e.g. other standards, individuals, companies) to define a silo that uses the IEEE 1667 protocol for host to device communication.

 

IEEE 802.1X security standard (n) -  An Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard that defines port-based network access control which either allows or denies connection requests to IEEE 802.3 wired Ethernet networks or IEEE 802.11 wireless networks.

 

IEEE Standard Protocol for Authentication in Host Attachments of Transient Storage Devices (PN) -  The IEEE industry standard that defines methods for authenticating transient removable storage devices (e.g. USB flash drives, memory cards, and portable hard disks) when they are mounted to host computers in corporate, government, academic, and other environments.

 

IETF (n) -  A worldwide organization of individuals interested in networking and the Internet. Managed by the IESG (Internet Engineering Steering Group), the IETF is charged with studying technical problems facing the Internet and proposing solutions to the IAB. The work of the IETF is carried out by various Working Groups that concentrate on specific topics, such as routing and security.

 

IF/THEN/ELSE statement (PN) -  A text statement that can be used for calculations, and that specifies certain conditions for the data and the resulting behavior for when those conditions are met. The statement uses the terms If, Then, and Else to identify the conditions and results.

 

IFD (n) -  A method of deploying on-premises CRM so that remote users can connect to the application from the Internet.

 

IFRS (n) -  Accounting standards that must be used as of January 1, 2005 for European Union-based companies with publicly traded shares or debt, subsidiaries for which consolidated accounts must be prepared, or companies with subsidiary or associate companies of a European Union-listed company.

 

IFS (n) -  A file system that is accessed through a file system driver (FSD) that is loaded onto a device by the user, rather than accessed by the built-in file system. An installable file system may be implemented differently from the built-in file system. For example, an

 

installable file system may prevent a user from deleting files, provide automatic compression of files, or use a structure for internal information different from that used by the built-in file system.

 

IFSC code (n) -  A series of 11 alphanumeric characters used by the Indian Financial System to identify banks participating in the NEFT system and to route transactions between banks.

 

IGMP (n) -  A protocol used by Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) hosts to report their multicast group memberships to any immediately neighboring multicast routers.

 

IGN  -  IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media.- http://www.ign.com/

 

ignore (v) -  To take action to not answer a call. The call goes to voice mail if that service is available.

 

ignore (v) -  To mark an e-mail conversation so that all current and future messages in the conversation are automatically moved to the Deleted Items folder.

 

IGP (n) -  A protocol used for distributing routing information among routers (gateways) in an autonomous network-that is, a network under the control of one administrative body. The two most often used interior gateway protocols are RIP (Routing Information Protocol) and OSPF (Open Shortest Path First).

 

IHV (n) -  A company that manufactures hardware devices and the associated device drivers.

 

IIRC  -  (If I Recall Correctly)- Internet slang.

 

IIS (n) -  Microsoft Web server software, utilizing the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to deliver World Wide Web documents. Supports the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Gopher.

 

IIS 7 Deployment Handler (PN) -  A deployment handler that integrates with the Web Management service (WMSVC) and enables non-administrators or administrators to perform remote operations.

 

IIS 7 Manager (PN) -  The tool that manages services that are hosted in the Windows Process Activation service (WAS).

 

IIS 7 Manager for Remote Administration (PN) -  A software product that provides the ability to securely manage remote IIS 7 servers from Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.

 

IIS Admin Objects (n) -  A set of methods, provided by Internet Information Services (IIS), that allow applications to access and modify configuration settings in the metabase. IIS Advanced Logging (PN) -  An extension for IIS 7 that provides flexibility in logging user requests and client data. The extension can be managed by using IIS Manager and other tools that can work with the IIS- 7 configuration system.

 

IIS CPU Throttling (PN) -  An IIS feature that limits CPU, memory, and bandwidth consumption by a single application pool in a multitenant deployment.

 

IIS Database Manager (PN) -  An extension to IIS for managing local and remote databases from within IIS Manager.

 

IIS instance (n) -  A system for organizing sites on a server. Each server can have more than one IIS instance, and each IIS instance can have more than one top-level site.

 

IIS Manager module (n) -  A set of extension to IIS Manager. Windows Server AppFabric extensions to IIS Manager allow you to configure, control, query, and monitor WCF and WF services (in .NET Framework 4).

 

IIS Media Pack 1.0 (PN) -  Media-specific extensions that make delivering media from IIS simple and cost-effective. Built on IIS 7, the IIS Media Pack supports all media file types, protects media assets, and increases scalability by supporting more concurrent users per server.

 

IIS Media Services (PN) -  A set of media-related extensions for IIS 7 that provides an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform.

 

IIS Media Services 2.0 (PN) -  A set of media-related extensions for IIS 7 that provides an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform. IIS Media Services 2.0 contains three extensions: smooth streaming, bit rate throttling, and Web playlists.

 

IIS Site Analyzer (PN) -  A Search Engine Optimization Toolkit that performs detailed analysis and provides recommendations to improve a Web site's relevance in search results.

 

IIS Transform Manager (PN) -  An extension for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 that batch-converts on-demand media files to alternate file and container formats.

 

IIS Web Management Service (PN) -  A service that enables remote and delegated management of a Web server and its Web sites and applications.

 

IKE (n) -  A protocol that establishes the security association and shared keys necessary for computers to communicate by using Internet Protocol security (IPsec).

 

IL (n) -  A number that represents how trustworthy a particular process, application, or object is.

 

iLink  -  iLink is the registered trademark of Sony's IEEE 1394 digital connection. illustrated audio (n) -  A stream that combines audio with synchronized still images to make up an online slide show that runs at low bandwidths.

 

Illustration & graphic design (PN) -  The Multimedia design subcategory containing apps to help with creating designs.

 

ILM (n) -  A product for managing the entire lifecycle of user identities and their associated credentials. It provides identity synchronization, certificate and password management, and user provisioning in a single solution that works across Microsoft Windows and other organizational systems.

 

ILS server (n) -  A computer that lists the names and e-mail addresses of people who are running NetMeeting and who are logged on to the server. This information is used to connect to their computers.

 

IM (n) -  Pertaining to a message sent in real time through a network to a private chat area. IM (n) -  A message sent in real time through a network to a private chat area.

 

IM (n) -  A method of real-time communication over the Internet in which a sender types a message to one or more recipients and the recipient immediately receives the message in a chat area.

 

IM  -  (Instant Messenging)- A program that allows you to ‘chat' live via keyboard over the internet. Both parties must be running the same IM software - there are several different brands, mostly incompatible with each other.

 

IM Conferencing Server (n) -  A service that runs on a Lync Server or Office

 

Communications Server front-end server to mix and manage inputs from multiple clients in a multiparty instant messaging (IM) session.

 

IM Conferencing service (n) -  A service that runs on a Lync Server or Office

 

Communications Server front-end server to mix and manage inputs from multiple clients in a multiparty instant messaging (IM) session.

 

IM Requests (n) -  An area on the app bar that displays requests from other users to see your presence and requests to start a conversation in Lync.

 

IM service provider (n) -  A public or private organization that provides instant messaging services for multiple domains.

 

IM service providers table (n) -  A table configured on an Access Edge Server or Access Proxy containing the names and FQDNs (fully qualified domain names) of IM service providers, including public IM service providers, allowed to connect to that Access Edge Server or Access Proxy. These providers typically are responsible for routing to multiple domains.

 

image (n) -  A pictorial graphic such as a digital photograph or illustration.

 

image (n) -  A collection of files and folders (sometimes compressed into one file) that duplicates the original file and folder structure of an operating system. It often contains other files added by the OEM or corporation.

 

Image Annotator (PN) -  The app that enables users to quickly annotate images, create simple drawings, and share them.

 

image brush (n) -  A tile brush that paints an area with an image source, such as a bitmap image.

 

image codec (n) -  Software or an algorithm that converts images to a specified file format (encoder) or from file format to displayed image (decoder).

 

image editing (n) -  The process of changing or modifying a bitmapped image, usually with an image editor.

 

image editor (n) -  A computer program that enables users to adjust a photo to improve its appearance.

 

image encoder/decoder (n) -  Software or an algorithm that converts images to a specified

 

file format (encoder) or from file format to displayed image (decoder).

 

image file (n) -  A file containing graphics (illustrations, photographs, etc.) or other visual

 

information.

 

Image Flashing Tool (PN) -  A tool that can be used to apply Windows images to multiple devices at once. This can be used on the manufacturing floor.

 

Image Gallery (n) -  A repository for storing and managing visual resources, such as images and themes.

 

image group (n) -  A collection of Windows image files in the Windows Deployment Services image store that share security options and file resources.

 

image map (n) -  An image that contains more than one hyperlink on a Web page. Clicking different parts of the image links the user to other resources on another part of the Web page or a different Web page or in a file.

 

image object (n) -  An object defined by pixels.

 

Image Picker (n) -  The dialog box in Microsoft Office Live that contains the images users have uploaded to Image Gallery and from which users can select images to place on their Web pages.

 

image pyramid (n) -  A construct of an image loading process in which a pyramid-like shape is created out of an image.

 

image resolution (n) -  The fineness or coarseness of an image as it is digitized, measured

 

in dots per inch (DPI), typically ranging from 200 to 400 DPI.

 

image sensor (n) -  A device used in digital cameras to capture visual information.

 

image sequence (n) -  A consecutive series of images created from consecutive video

 

frames.

 

image stabilization (n) -  A technique that increases sharpness and fidelity by

 

compensating for some effects that camera movement has on images in videos. image store (n) -  The repository where Windows image files used for deployment are stored.

 

image well (n) -  A collection of images of the same size and color depth that are stored as a row of images in a single bitmap.

 

image-based setup (n) -  A process that uses installation technologies that install Windows images (.wim files).

 

imagesetter (n) -  A high resolution output device that prints to paper or film, or directly to a press plate.

 

imaging (n) -  The process of capturing an installation of Windows for deployment to one or more destination computers.

 

imaging device (n) -  A hardware type for digital cameras and scanners.

 

IMAP (n) -  A method computers use to send and receive e-mail messages. It allows you to access e-mail without downloading it to your computer or device.

 

IMAP  -  (Internet Message Access Protocol)- A system for checking email that leaves the email on the server instead of deleting it after it has been downloaded, widely used in tablets and phones and becoming more popular on desktop and laptop computers.

 

IMAP4 (n) -  A standard client/server protocol for receiving e-mail. The user (or the user's e-mail client) can view just the heading and the sender of the letter and then decide whether to download the mail.

 

IMDB (n) -  A COM service that maintains durable state information and transient state information in a consistent manner. It is an in-memory, fully transactional database system designed to provide extremely fast access to data on the machine on which it resides. IMDB catalog (n) -  A COM service that maintains durable state information and transient state information in a consistent manner. It is an in-memory, fully transactional database system designed to provide extremely fast access to data on the machine on which it resides.

 

IME (PN) -  A tool that lets you enter complex characters and symbols, such as those used in East Asian written languages, using a standard keyboard.

 

immediate query (n) -  A LINQ query that is evaluated immediately. Any query that returns a single value, as opposed to a sequence of values, or that is terminated by a call to ToList, ToArray, ToDictionary, or ToLookup.

 

immediate updating subscription (n) -  A subscription to a transactional publication for which the user is able to make data modifications at the Subscriber. The data modifications are then immediately propagated to the Publisher using the two-phase commit protocol (2PC).

 

immersive (adj) -  Pertaining to the chrome-free UI presentation mode that fills all or a portion of the display.

 

immutable ID (n) -  A unique user identifier that must not change for the user over the lifetime of the user being in the system.

 

IMO, IMHO  -  (In My (Honest) Opinion)- Internet slang.

 

imperative security check (n) -  A security check that occurs when a security method is called within the code that is being protected. This type of check can be data-driven and can be isolated to a single location within an object or method. For example, if the name of a file to be protected is known only at run time, an imperative security check can be invoked by passing the file name as a parameter to a security method.

 

impersonation (n) -  The ability of a thread to run in the security context of a security principal different from the security principal that started the process. This is usually so that a process can gain access to resources on behalf of a user.

 

impersonation token (n) -  An access token that captures the security information of a client process, allowing a service to impersonate' the client process in security operations.' implementation class (n) -  In a static structure diagram, a class that defines the physical data structures and procedures of an object as implemented in a traditional programming language, such as C++. An object may have only one implementation class.

 

implicit cursor conversion (n) -  The return of a different type of cursor than the user had declared.

 

implicit intersection (n) -  A reference to a range of cells instead of a single cell that is calculated like a single cell. If cell C10 contains the formula =B5: B15*5, Excel multiplies the value in cell B10 by 5 because cells B10 and C10 are in the same row.

 

implicit keyframe (n) -  A type of keyframe that is present when one animation is interrupted by another, and the second animation has no keyframe set at the 0 second mark. The resulting transition is called handoff animation.

 

implicit profiling (n) -  An information collection process in which the actions and behaviors of a user visiting a Web site are recorded as the user moves around in and interacts with the Web site.

 

implicit selection (n) -  A selection that is the result of inference or the context of some other operation.

 

implicit targeting (n) -  The process of delivering targeted content by using existing user data to extrapolate unknown information about users who browse your site. implicit transaction (n) -  A connection option in which each SQL statement executed by the connection is considered a separate transaction.

 

implicitly typed local variable (n) -  A local variable whose type is inferred from the expression that initializes the variable.

 

implied permission (n) -  Permission to perform an activity specific to a role.

 

import (v) -  To bring information from one system or program into another. The system or program receiving the data must somehow support the internal format or structure of the data.

 

Import Data Wizard (PN) -  A wizard used to import multiple records from a comma- delimited text file into Microsoft Dynamics CRM as records.

 

Import Document (PN) -  The Sway option button under -CrAdd Content-C? that allows

 

users to select an office document and import it into Sway.

 

Import File Parse (PN) -  A system job that parses a file used in data migration or import. import format (n) -  The file format for the import of payments.

 

Import from a device (v) -  An option that allows user to import images from a device as opposed to some form of media. Device denotes an electronic device capable of showing or transmitting digital images.

 

import media pool (n) -  A logical collection of data-storage media that has not been cataloged by Removable Storage. Media in an import media pool is cataloged as soon as possible so that they can be used by an application.

 

import process (n) -  The process of provisioning new users using a CSV file.

 

Import users (v) -  The name of the administrator user interface in Outlook Live used to import new users with a CSV file.

 

Import Video (n) -  A Windows wizard that helps the user import digital video to the computer from digital video cameras and other sources.

 

Import XML Wizard (n) -  A feature in Microsoft CRM Customization that imports customized forms and views.

 

Import/Export (PN) -  The Microsoft Azure service which allows users to import or export large amounts of data to or from Blob storage via a physical disk. imported tape (n) -  A tape that contains content that was created by another DPM server. impression (n) -  An opportunity to deliver an advertising element to a Web site visitor. Requests are generated by events on the site, such as a request for a particular page or the purchase of a specific item. The ad used to fulfill the request is determined by the Need of Delivery.

 

impression (n) -  An ad that is served to a user's screen either as a pushed (sent by e-mail) or pulled ad (requested by a user's browser). This includes measurement of responses from an ad delivery system to a user's browser.

 

Improve This Product (v) -  Menu item related to the Customer Experience Improvement Program

 

in a call ( Adverb )  -  Pertaining to a user engaged in a phone conversation.

 

In a conference (PN) -  The status label that indicates that a user is speaking with more than one person via phone.

 

In a meeting (PN) -  The status label that indicates that a user has an accepted current meeting, marked Busy, on his or her calendar.

 

in a meeting (oth) -  Pertaining to a user who has an accepted meeting on his or her calendar that is marked Busy.

 

in call volume (n) -  The volume that can be changed during a call.

 

in collection (oth) -  The title of a screen showing a list of all digital media (including music and videos) from Xbox Music that can be played on the phone. in progress (oth) -  Pertaining to a scheduled service activity status that denotes that the service activity is being performed.

 

inactive (adj) -  Pertaining to the state of an object when it is not the focus of a user's input.

 

Inactive (adj) -  Pertaining to a user who hasn't used his or her mouse, keyboard, computer, mobile phone, or communications device for a specified time.

 

inactive data source (n) -  A data source that has been backed up on the DPM server but is no longer being actively protected.

 

inactive window (n) -  In an environment capable of displaying multiple on-screen windows, any window other than the one currently being used for work. An inactive window can be partially or entirely hidden behind another window, and it remains inactive until the user selects it.

 

Inactivity (n) -  A time-out setting in Web playlists after which a user session is terminated if the connected client is not actively downloading content references in the playlist. in-air packet (n) -  A pen input event which is created when a user moves a pen near the tablet and the cursor is within the ink collector object's window or the user moves a mouse within the ink collector object's associated window.

 

in-app offer (n) -  A feature that a developer provides in an app for consumers to buy from within the app through an in-app purchase transaction.

 

in-app product (n) -  A supplementary item that can be purchased by a user from within an app, and for use with that app.

 

in-app purchase (n) -  A transaction performed by a consumer from within the context of

 

an app to buy additional features for that app.

 

in-app search (n) -  An end-to-end search functionality in an app.

 

in-app search control (n) -  A control that developers use to implement the primary entry point for in-app search.

 

in-app subscription (n) -  An agreement in which a customer prepays for periodic or regular services.

 

in-app up (n) -  Within a particular app, an affordance that enables the user to navigate back in that app's UI hierarchy.

 

in-band access (n) -  Access to host via a connection that does use the IP Network. inbound dock (n) -  An area in a warehouse where items are stored when they are received in inventory.

 

Inbound Mail Server (PN) -  The IP address that inbound e-mail is delivered to after it has been processed by the Hosted Filtering service. Inbound Mail Server addresses are defined for each domain in your organization.

 

inbound port (n) -  A port for servicing inbound requests.

 

inbound router (n) -  An application on a front-end server that manages the routing of inbound messages to unified communications users.

 

Inbox (n) -  The folder that by default receives new messages.

 

in-box driver (n) -  A driver contained in the default Windows installation.

 

Inbox folder (n) -  The folder that by default receives new messages.

 

Inbox rule (n) -  A rule that is defined by an end-user using Outlook or Outlook Web App. When a message that meets the conditions of the rule is sent or received, the rule triggers an action that is performed automatically.

 

In-Call (PN) -  The phone's volume mode when in a call.

 

In-call alert volume (PN) -  An option that allows the user to predetermine the volume of alert sounds generated by the device during a call.

 

incident (n) -  A way of tracking any event that is not part of the standard operation of a service and that causes, or may cause, an interruption to, or a reduction in, the quality of that service.

 

incident report (n) -  A report that is created when a user exceeds a quota threshold or tries to save an unauthorized file.

 

included column index (n) -  A nonclustered index containing both key and nonkey columns.

 

inclusion (n) -  Term or sentence that must be found in conjunction with a search phrase. income statement (n) -  A report that summarizes a company's costs, expenses, and revenues for a specific accounting period.

 

Incoming (PN) -  A label that indicates a call made to the phone.

 

incoming area (n) -  A conversation area where incoming conversations, including phone calls, conference calls, and instant messages, are displayed.

 

incoming call (n) -  A current attempt by a second party to establish communication with a user.

 

incoming conversation (n) -  A conversation initiated by another user.

 

incoming conversation alert (n) -  A notification that the user receives when someone is sending an invitation to the user to begin a conversation in Lync or Communicator. incoming conversation area (n) -  A conversation area where incoming conversations, including phone calls, conference calls, and instant messages, are displayed. incoming instant message alert (oth) -  A notification that the user receives when someone sends an instant message to that user.

 

incoming link (n) -  A hyperlink on an outside domain that points into the user's domain. incoming mail (n) -  A message that has been sent across one or more messaging systems. It may have been sent only to you or to many other recipients. Incoming messages are placed in a receive folder designated to hold messages of a particular class. You can set up a different receive folder for each message class that you handle or use one folder for all of the classes.

 

incoming message (n) -  A message that has been sent across one or more messaging systems. It may have been sent only to you or to many other recipients. Incoming messages are placed in a receive folder designated to hold messages of a particular class. You can set up a different receive folder for each message class that you handle or use one folder for all of the classes.

 

incoming URL (n) -  The original URL from the request context or higher level OM call. incoming video (n) -  A video stream from a source that is external to the user's computer. incompatible (adj) -  Unable to be used together.

 

in-country number format (n) -  The string that is used to define how to create an in- country/region number to use when making calls from a dial plan.

 

in-country/region number format (n) -  The string that is used to define how to create an in-country/region number to use when making calls from a dial plan. increase (n) -  A transaction where items come into inventory.

 

increment (n) -  A scalar or unit amount by which the value of an object such as a number, a pointer within an array, or a screen position designation is increased. increment (v) -  To increase a number by a given amount. For example, if a variable has the value 10 and is incremented successively by 2, it takes the values 12, 14, 16, 18, and so on.

 

increment operator (n) -  An operator that increases an integer typically by 1.

 

incremental (adj) -  Increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions.

 

incremental backup (n) -  A backup that copies only those files created or changed since the last normal or incremental backup. It marks files as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is cleared). If you use a combination of normal and incremental backups to restore your data, you will need to have the last normal backup and all incremental backup sets.

 

incremental collection evaluation (n) -  A feature that enables you to evaluate new or changed members of a collection.

 

incremental collection member evaluation (n) -  A process that periodically scans for new or changed resources from the previous collection evaluation and then updates the collection membership with only these resources.

 

incremental crawl (n) -  A crawl that operates on a defined schedule to scan and index new and modified content from a source.

 

incremental publish to the Web (oth) -  A feature that allows you to publish updates to a previously published Web site quickly by publishing only those files you have updated. incremental search (n) -  A type of search that looks for a string in an automatic and progressive way. As the user types a string, possible matches are found, thus enabling the user to stop typing the complete string as soon as the right match is found.

 

incremental synchronization (n) -  In e-mail migration, the stage when the mailboxes in the on-premises Exchange organization and the corresponding cloud-based mailboxes are synchronized every 24 hours, after the initial synchronization. This means that any new messages sent to the mailboxes on the Exchange server are copied to the corresponding cloud-based mailboxes. Incremental synchronization continues until the administrator completes the overall migration.

 

incremental update (n) -  The set of operations that either adds new members to an

 

existing cube or dimension, or adds new data to a partition.

 

incremental zone transfer (n) -  In DNS, a zone transfer request involving only

 

incremental resource record changes between each version of the zone. An IXFR contrasts

 

with a full zone transfer (AXFR) request for all resource records.

 

indent (n) -  Displacement of the left or right edge of a block of text in relation to the

 

margin or to other blocks of text.

 

indent (v) -  To displace the left or right edge of a text item, such as a block or a line, relative to the margin or to another text item.

 

indent (v) -  To move a task to a lower outline level [to the right] in the Task Name field. When you indent a task, it becomes a subtask of the nearest preceding task at a higher outline level.

 

indentation (n) -  Displacement of the left or right edge of a block of text in relation to the margin or to other blocks of text.

 

independent animation (n) -  An animation that changes the value of a property and runs on a separate, hardware-accelerated system thread.

 

independent association (n) -  An association between entities that is represented and tracked by an independent object.

 

independent composition (n) -  The sequencing of two actions where the second action does not depend on a sync message from the first action before the second action begins processing business logic; the second action can begin immediately. independent developer (n) -  A software developer who is working on their own behalf, rather than on the behalf of a company.

 

independent hardware vendor (n) -  A company that manufactures hardware devices and the associated device drivers.

 

independent software vendor (n) -  A third-party software developer; an individual or an organization that independently creates computer software.

 

index (n) -  In programming, a scalar value that allows direct access into a multi-element data structure such as an array without the need for a sequential search through the collection of elements.

 

index (v) -  In a database, to find data by using keys such as words or field names to locate records.

 

index (n) -  A listing of keywords and associated data that point to the location of more comprehensive information, such as files and records on a disk or record keys in a database.

 

index (n) -  A marker produced by the Windows Media Format Software Development Kit (SDK) to enable seeking in a video file.

 

index (n) -  A value multiplied by the base price to calculate a subscription price.

 

Index (PN) -  The dynamic alphabet bar that runs along the bottom of the list views in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web application window. When a user clicks a letter, the list view filters the available records by that letter.

 

index (v) -  To create an index.

 

index (v) -  To locate data based on an index.

 

index  -  The name on some operating systems for a directory listing of files.

 

index  -  The starting point of a data set. For example, say a record within a sector of a cylinder of a disk. The first bit of the container does not have user data. It is the pointer to the index of that container.

 

index  -  A file of information, usually small amounts of the same information in another file that is much larger. The smaller file also keeps track of the exact record number of the record in the large file containing the same information, only in much greater detail. index allocation (n) -  A NTFS File Attribute Type used to implement folders and other indexes.

 

Index Allocation Map (PN) -  A page that maps the extents in a 4-GB part of a database file that is used by an allocation unit.

 

index entry (n) -  A field code that marks specific text for inclusion in an index. When you mark text as an index entry, Microsoft Office Word inserts an XE (Index Entry) field formatted as hidden text.

 

index page (n) -  A database page containing index rows.

 

index partition (n) -  A logical portion of the search index.

 

index propagation (n) -  The process of distributing an index from a content index server

 

to one or more Web servers for the purposes of providing search.

 

index replica (n) -  A copy of a search index within an index partition.

 

index role (n) -  The role name of a server that services indexing in the farm topology.

 

index server (n) -  A server that crawls content and uses that content to create the content index.

 

index update (n) -  A physical operator that updates rows from its input in the

 

nonclustered index specified in the Argument column.

 

indexed sequential access method (n) -  A technique for indexing database records that allows sequential or random access of records. When records are accessed sequentially they are accessed in the order in which they were entered in the database, and when records are accessed randomly, the records are accessed through an index. indexed view (n) -  A view with a unique clustered index applied on it to improve the performance of some types of queries.

 

indexer (n) -  A class member that permits instances of a class or structure to be accessed in the same way as arrays. Indexers are similar to properties, except that the get and set accessor methods of indexers take parameters, whereas property accessor methods do not. indexer (n) -  An application that performs or coordinates indexing.

 

Indexer Input Hours (n) -  A resource of the ‘Media Services' service type of the ‘Media' service for ‘Pay-As-You-Go' billing based on the number of hours for indexer inputs. India Central (PN) -  An Azure geo/region designation for the Central region states of Indian peninsular boundary.

 

India West (PN) -  An Azure geo/region designation for the Western region states of Indian peninsular boundary.

 

indicator (n) -  A set of graphics, text, and colors for defining different levels of performance when comparing an actual value and a target value within a KPI. indicator (n) -  A graphic that provides information about the state of an assignment, resource, or task. For example, a check mark indicator shows that a task is completed. indicator margin (n) -  A gray area on the left side of the Visual Studio Code Editor where items such as breakpoints, bookmarks, and shortcuts are displayed.

 

Indie (n) -  One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. Winamp genre ID # 131.

 

indirect compensation (n) -  The fixed compensation awarded to an employee in order to promote employee retention.

 

indirect cost (n) -  A cost that is not directly attributed to the production of an item or the performance of a service.

 

indirect price (n) -  A price that is associated with a pricing category. The price field in the product record is ignored.

 

indirect reconciliation method (n) -  A method of deriving the net income provided by operating activities by adjusting for revenue and expense items that do not result from cash transactions.

 

indirection (n) -  The ability to reference data using a name, reference, or container instead of the value itself. The most common form of indirection is the act of manipulating a value through its memory address.

 

individual detail (n) -  A detail entered as account information for an individual, rather than a company.

 

indoor map (n) -  A Maps feature that shows the layout and location of stores in a shopping mall.

 

in-doubt transaction (n) -  A transaction that has been prepared but hasn't received a decision to commit or abort because the server coordinating the transaction is unavailable. Industrial (n) -  One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 19.

 

Industry (n) -  The label for a DropDown list of industry types to be associated with an Account.

 

industry code (n) -  A code used to identify different industries such as automotive, aviation, and beverage. You use industry codes to identify the associated industry of an advertisement, thus preventing two ads from competing companies in the same industry from appearing on the same page.

 

industry vertical (n) -  A segment of the marketplace, not all of it at once.

 

infect (v) -  To install malicious software on a computer or insert malicious software code into a file or load malicious code into memory.

 

inference rule (n) -  The command that runs if the dependency is not current.

 

inference training (n) -  A time-based assistant (TBA) that parses emails and makes internal inferences based on them. Inferences are used to allow the system to gain insight into a user's mailbox based on user patterns. Those inferences are then used to populate features for users, such as People View in Outlook Web App.

 

inference training feeder (n) -  A component that feeds data (such as mailbox messages) to the inference training assistant in batches. It controls performance by giving the inference training assistant a fixed amount of work to process at each interval. infinite loop (n) -  A loop that, because of semantic or logic errors, can never terminate through normal means.

 

infinite loop (n) -  A loop that is intentionally written with no explicit termination condition but will terminate as a result of side effects or direct intervention. infinite material (n) -  A method for scheduling resources that assumes that all the component materials needed for production are available at the time they are needed. infinite scroll (oth) -  A feature that provides image results that are easy to browse without having to click to a new page.

 

infix pattern (n) -  The middle bytes in a given stream of bytes.

 

inflation (n) -  The overall price movement (generally upward) of goods and services in an economy.

 

inflexible constraint (n) -  A constraint that ties a task to a date. The inflexible constraints are Must Finish On and Must Start On.

 

info (n) -  The meaning of data as it is intended to be interpreted by people. Data consists of facts, which become information when they are seen in context and convey meaning to people. Computers process data without any understanding of what the data represents. Info Bar (PN) -  An area in a browser or mail program that displays various information or messages for the user.

 

info mode (n) -  UI state where functionality on widgets is disabled and colored overlays are presented to the user.

 

info part (n) -  A UI part on the right-side of a list place or task page that can contain graphs, lists, details or links. On task pages and list places the info part relates specifically to the selected line or lines on the grid. There are two types of info parts, supporting info parts and details info parts.

 

InfoBar (n) -  Banner near the top of an open e-mail message, appointment, contact, or task. Tells you if a message has been replied to or forwarded, along with the online status of a contact who is using Instant Messaging.

 

infocode (n) -  A message to the cashier that is triggered by events at the register.

 

InfoPath 2016 (PN) -  The year 2016 edition of InfoPath.

 

InfoPath Filler (PN) -  An environment in the InfoPath client that enables users to fill out forms (as opposed to designing them). It must be used if the forms to be filled out are not browser-compatible.

 

InfoPath Form Web Part (n) -  A Web Part that displays a browser-enabled InfoPath form.

 

InfoPath Forms Services (PN) -  A server built upon and integrated with the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services platform to enable Web-based use of InfoPath form templates, by rendering editable InfoPath forms in HTML in the browser.

 

InfoPath importer for Excel workbooks (PN) -  A feature that creates a new InfoPath form template from an existing Microsoft Excel form.

 

InfoPath importer for Word documents (PN) -  A feature that creates a new InfoPath form template from an existing Microsoft Word form.

 

informal agent (n) -  An agent who is not dedicated to contact center activity. An informal agent doesn't see agent information in his or her communications client and may not even be aware that he or she is considered as an agent by the system. On the server side, an informal agent is considered as always signed in.

 

Information Access Service (n) -  A part of an IrDA infrared communication protocol used so that devices can learn about the services offered by another device. information alert (n) -  An alert that indicates that the data source and its protected namespace elements are doing well. Examples of these types of messages are the completion (either successful or not) of long running tasks that would normally be followed by further action on the part of the administrator or interesting changes in the namespace (for example, new shares or volumes on protected servers).

 

Information bar (n) -  An area in a browser or mail program that displays various information or messages for the user.

 

information card (n) -  In CardSpace, a set of identity information, representing a user. information control block (n) -  A control node in Universal Disk Format containing metadata describing file and directory structures.

 

information disclosure (n) -  The exposure of information to individuals who normally would not have access to it.

 

information model (n) -  An object-oriented schema that defines metadata constructs used to specify the structure and behavior of an application, process, component, or software artifact.

 

information packet (n) -  A collection of material for the information of a specific audience.

 

information page (n) -  A type of page that is designed to display detailed information about one particular entity.

 

Information Protection and Control (PN) -  A Microsoft technology that is implemented by Azure Rights Management service through a set of methods and capabilities to control how data is used and distributed beyond the use of simple access control and prevent accidental and unauthorized distribution of sensitive information.

 

Information Rights Management (n) -  A policy tool that gives authors control over how recipients use the documents and e-mails they send.

 

Information Rights Management Services (PN) -  An information protection technology that works with RMS-enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use.

 

information systems (n) -  The formal name for a company's data processing department. information technology (n) -  The formal name for a company's data processing department.

 

Informational (n) -  A content descriptor developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

 

informational alert (n) -  An alert that indicates that the data source and its protected namespace elements are doing well.

 

informational announcement (n) -  An audio message that is played when a user first dials in to a Unified Messaging system that describes some temporary condition of interest to all users.

 

informational message (n) -  A message from the system or a program to users to provide information that they need to be aware of.

 

informed decision (n) -  A decision made with up-to-date information.

 

infotip (n) -  A small pop-up window that describes the object being pointed to, such as a control, icon, or links. It contains more information than a standard tooltip. infotip (n) -  In BizTalk Mapper, a display of information about the functoid name, the functoid label, the functoid comment, and the input parameters (if existing). infrared (adj) -  Having a frequency in the electromagnetic spectrum in the range just below that of red light.

 

infrared connection (n) -  A way to wirelessly connect computers and devices, using infrared light to send information.

 

Infrared Data Association (n) -  The industry organization of computer, component, and telecommunications vendors who have established the standards for infrared communication between computers and peripheral devices such as printers. infrared device (n) -  A computer, or a computer peripheral such as a printer, that can communicate using infrared light.

 

infrared file transfer (n) -  Wireless file transfer between a computer and another computer or device using infrared light.

 

infrared network connection (n) -  A direct or incoming network connection to a remote access server using an infrared port.

 

infrared port (n) -  An optical port that can enable communication between computers, peripherals and mobile devices by using infrared light, without cables.

 

Infrastructure Administrator (n) -  A security role that grants permissions to administrative users so that they can perform migration tasks and create, delete, and modify the Configuration Manager server infrastructure.

 

Infrastructure APIs for the Windows Runtime (PN) -  A set of C++ APIs that are used by the Windows Runtime to gain access to operating system functionality. They are primarily designed for the infrastructure of the Windows Runtime, but they could be used in advanced C++ Windows Store app development.

 

infrastructure architecture (n) -  The topology of the deployment environment including protocols, security levels, and services. This architecture provides a logical mapping to the deployment environment, such as the datacenter.

 

infrastructure as a service (n) -  The capability provided to the consumer of provisioning processing, storage, networks, and other fundamental computing resources where the consumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage, and deployed application, and possibly has limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls). infrastructure layer (n) -  The layer that represents the IT administration of the physical hardware and operating systems that support the services layer.

 

infrastructure master (n) -  A domain controller that holds the infrastructure operations master role in Active Directory. The infrastructure master updates the group-to-user reference whenever group memberships change and replicates these changes across the domain. At any time, the infrastructure master role can be assigned to only one domain controller in each domain.

 

ingestion (n) -  The intake of content by a service.

 

ingress event (n) -  An event marked by an inbound data transfer.

 

inherit (v) -  To acquire the characteristics of another class, in object-oriented

 

programming. The inherited characteristics may be enhanced, restricted, or modified. inheritance (n) -  A mechanism that allows a given access control entry (ACE) to be copied from the container where it was applied to all children of the container. Inheritance can be combined with delegation to grant administrative rights to a whole subtree of the directory in a single update operation.

 

inheritance (n) -  The transfer of the characteristics of a class in object-oriented programming to other classes derived from it. For example, if vegetable' is a class Inherited (adj) -  An assignment type meaning that the user or group has been granted access at a parent node of the resource hierarchy.

 

inherited permissions (n) -  Permissions on an object that are automatically inherited from its parent object. Inherited permissions cannot be modified.

 

inheritor (n) -  The developer who creates a derived class from an existing class in object- oriented programming.

 

inhibit (v) -  To prevent an occurrence. For example, to inhibit interrupts from an external device means to prevent the external device from sending any interrupts. in-house (oth) -  Produced or available within one's own company.

 

Inicis (PN) -  A company that provides payment gateway services for Korean markets. initial communication (n) -  The first contact, for example by email or telephone, with a lead or customer.

 

Initial Configuration Tasks (PN) -  A window that, by default, opens immediately after operating system installation is complete and each time a member of the Administrators group logs on to the computer. By using commands in the Initial Configuration Tasks window, you can complete the configuration required to identify the computer to other computing resources on your network, secure the computer, enable administrators to perform tasks on the computer, and customize the computer by adding roles or features. initial deployment (n) -  The process of downloading and preparing files for the first time in order to enable use of a software application.

 

Initial master (n) -  A shared folder whose existing files and folders are replicated to other shared folders when replication is initially configured. After replication is complete, there is no initial master, since any of the replicas can accept changes and propagate them to the other replicas. The initial master then becomes another replica.

 

Initial page (n) -  The page that is initially displayed in a frame when a site visitor browses to a frames page containing the frame.

 

initial snapshot (n) -  Files that include schema and data, constraints, extended properties, indexes, triggers, and system tables that are necessary for replication. initial state (n) -  In a statechart or activity diagram, a representation of the starting point of an object before any events included in the diagram have acted upon it. An initial state is indicated by a solid filled circle.

 

initial synchronization (n) -  The first synchronization for a subscription, during which system tables and other objects that are required by replication, and the schema and data for each article, are copied to the Subscriber.

 

initial tape (n) -  In a media set using tape backup devices, the first tape in a media family. initialization (n) -  The process of assigning initial values to variables and data structures in a program.

 

initialization file (n) -  A text file used by the operating system and by individual applications to store persistent settings related to applications, drivers, or hardware. Supported for backward compatibility. Use the registry to store these settings. initialization variable (n) -  A variable whose value determines a desired behavior. For example, Append_EOL Initialization Variable' specifies Yes if all text files must end with an end-of-line character

 

initialize (v) -  To set a variable to an initial value.

 

initialize (v) -  To prepare a disk, computer or device for use.

 

initiator (n) -  A device that creates or initiates requests or events.

 

initiator role (n) -  A particular user role of your choice that is automatically assigned to users who open your forms for the first time, overriding any other role assignments. injected source (n) -  Code that an attribute provider or another component of the compiler inserts into the symbol store or that the compiler or linker generates automatically.

 

Ink (n) -  An option that allows you to enter text in handwritten form. Instead of converting your handwritten text to typed text, the text is converted to an object and displayed exactly as you wrote it.

 

ink (n) -  The writing or drawing strokes that you make with your stylus.

 

Ink and Handwriting Services (PN) -  A Tablet PC feature that provides ink support and handwriting recognition.

 

Ink Art (n) -  A program in the Microsoft Experience Pack for Tablet PC that simulates an artist's toolset. It enables you to paint with your tablet pen by choosing from different textured canvases, paint brushes, chalks, crayons, and more.

 

Ink Art (PN) -  A ribbon group that provides options for drawings created with pen and ink tools.

 

ink cartridge (n) -  A disposable module that contains ink and is typically used in an ink­jet printer.

 

ink collection mode (n) -  The collection mode that determines whether ink, gestures, or both are recognized as the user writes.

 

Ink Crossword (n) -  A program in the Microsoft Experience Pack for Tablet PC with 12 crossword puzzles that you complete by using your tablet pen. You can also download a free daily puzzle and purchase more puzzle packs online.

 

Ink Desktop (n) -  A program in the Microsoft Experience Pack for Tablet PC that you can use to write notes on your Tablet PC screen by using your tablet pen. Any notes you take are automatically saved and remain on your desktop until you delete them.

 

ink entry mode (n) -  The environment in which you can fill out a form by writing in ink. ink equation (n) -  An equation written using a stylus on a Tablet PC. ink guide (n) -  A shaded area that increases in size as you write in a form field with a tablet pen.

 

ink jet (adj) -  Type of print technology.

 

Ink Serialized Format (PN) -  A Microsoft format used to store ink data. The format is mainly used for mobile devices.

 

ink space (n) -  The virtual coordinate space to which the coordinates of the tablet context are mapped.

 

ink stroke (n) -  The set of data that is captured in a single pen down, up, or move sequence.

 

ink support (n) -  Support for the use of a pen or stylus on a Tablet PC, including pen flick-support and application programming interfaces (APIs) for calling handwriting recognition.

 

inking (n) -  The process of using a tablet pen to create drawings or handwriting. inking gap (n) -  The empty space that can be found between two handwritten words. inkjet (adj) -  Type of print technology.

 

Inkjet  -  A very popular colour printer technology, which works by squirting tiny jets of ink onto paper with great precision.

 

Inkomstenbelasting op winst (n) -  An income tax on profits used in the Netherlands. inline (adj) -  In HTML code, referring to graphics displayed along with HTML-formatted text. Inline images placed in the line of HTML text use the tag <IMG>. Text within an inline image can be aligned to the top, bottom, or middle of a specific image. inline (adj) -  In programming, referring to a function call replaced with an instance of the function's body. Actual arguments are substituted for formal parameters. An inline function is usually done as a compile-time transformation to increase the efficiency of the program.

 

inline alert (n) -  A data validation alert that marks controls that contain invalid or missing data with a dashed red border or red asterisk. Users can display custom error messages by right-clicking the control or by clicking a link for more information.

 

inline discussion (n) -  Discussion comments that are associated with a particular paragraph, image or table. In Web browsers, inline discussions are displayed in the body of the document; in a Microsoft Word document, they are displayed in the discussion pane.

 

inline editing (n) -  The process of editing items directly in the list view, rather than navigating to an edit form and submitting changes from there.

 

inline element (n) -  An HTML element that typically does not start a new line, such as EM, FONT, and SPAN.

 

inline object (n) -  A picture or other object placed within a line of text that retains its place next to adjacent text when text is added or deleted.

 

inline positioning (n) -  Placement of an element in the natural HTML flow of a document, but such that its position is offset from the preceding content.

 

Inline Previews (PN) -  A feature that allows a preview of a webpage or YouTube video. The preview will show a photo, title, and description of the webpage or video. inline reply (PN) -  An email response that is composed directly in the reading pane. inline style (n) -  A cascading style sheet rule whose properties and values apply only to a specific element on a Web page, such as a table or a graphic. The style sheet rule is part of the HTML tag for that element.

 

inline SVG (n) -  SVG markup that is included in the markup for a webpage.

 

inline warning control (n) -  The ability to control whether warnings are reported for a particular region of code by specifying a compiler directive.

 

in-memory database (n) -  A COM service that maintains durable state information and transient state information in a consistent manner. It is an in-memory, fully transactional database system designed to provide extremely fast access to data on the machine on which it resides.

 

in-memory metabase (n) -  An image of the Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase that has been loaded from disk into the computer's random access memory (RAM) and is used while IIS is running.

 

inner circle (PN) -  A feature in Cortana's Notebook where the user can add the people he cares about most. The user can allow people in the inner circle to contact him even during quiet hours.

 

inner join (n) -  An operation that retrieves rows from multiple source tables by comparing the values from columns shared between the source tables. An inner join excludes rows from a source table that have no matching rows in the other source tables.

 

innermost exception (n) -  The handler that is evaluated first.

 

inode (n) -  A file identifier in UNIX. Each inode is identified by a unique number and contains user and group ownership information, access settings, file type, size, links, and modification information.

 

inpatient (n) -  A patient who has been admitted to a hospital or other health care facility for treatment that requires an overnight stay.

 

in-person authentication (n) -  Physical authentication to complete a certificate request transaction. For example, an end user requesting his/her personal identification number (PIN) be unblocked will visit a certificate manager in person to provide in-person authentication with identification, such as an employee badge or drivers license.

 

in-place activation (n) -  The ability to activate or edit and embedded object from within an OLE control.

 

In-Place Archive (n) -  An additional mailbox enabled for a mailbox user.

 

In-Place Archiving (PN) -  In Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, a feature that provides users with an alternate storage location for historical messaging data. in-place editing (n) -  The ability to activate or edit and embedded object from within an OLE control.

 

In-Place Hold (n) -  A feature that allows for preservation of content documents, pages, and messages in Exchange and SharePoint so that when they are modified or deleted, the original version can still be accessed for electronic discovery and other legal purposes. in-place upgrade (n) -  An upgrade that takes place on the same hardware as your previous version installation.

 

InPrivate (PN) -  An Internet Explorer feature that allows users to surf the Web without leaving a browsing history, cookies or other information on the PC so they can do online banking on a shared computer, for example.

 

InPrivate Browsing (PN) -  A feature that prevents Internet Explorer from storing data about your browsing session. This helps prevent anyone else who might be using your computer from seeing where you visited and what you looked at on the Web.

 

InPrivate Feed (PN) -  A list of URLs that you can subscribe to from independent sources on the Web that Internet Explorer should block when InPrivate Blocking is turned on. InPrivate Filtering (PN) -  The feature that blocks third-party web content that could potentially track someone's web activity.

 

InPrivate Filtering data (n) -  Saved data used by InPrivate Blocking to detect where Web sites may be automatically sharing details about your visit.

 

InPrivate Subscription (PN) -  A list of Web sites from which to block or allow content downloads. Users are able to visit these Web sites but content such as images, scripts, and style sheets may be blocked.

 

in-process (adj) -  A host type that operates within the BizTalk Server process space. Any orchestration can be enlisted to an in-process host, and any send handler can be hosted by it. In-process hosts can only host receive handlers for in-process hosts (File and MSMQT). in-process (adj) -  Pertaining to Internet Server API (ISAPI) extensions that are hosted in the worker process address space.

 

in-process server (n) -  An object application that runs in the same process space as the Automation controller.

 

input adapter (n) -  An adapter that accepts incoming event streams from external sources such as databases, files, ticker feeds, network ports, manufacturing devices and so on. input cell (n) -  The cell in which each input value from a data table is substituted. Any cell on a worksheet can be the input cell. Although the input cell does not need to be part of the data table, the formulas in data tables must refer to the input cell.

 

input device (n) -  A peripheral device whose purpose is to allow the user to provide input to a computer system. Examples of input devices are keyboards, mice, joysticks, and styluses.

 

input endpoint (n) -  The endpoint on which a role instance receives inbound traffic. input event (n) -  The set of software events that provide applications with information about changes on the device, computer or Surface screen. There are two types of input events: input primitives and derived input.

 

input field (n) -  A space in an on-screen form where the user can enter a specific item of information.

 

input focus (n) -  The location where the user is currently directing input.

 

input focus appearance (n) -  The visual display of a control or other object that indicates it has the input focus.

 

input mask (n) -  A format that consists of literal display characters (such as parentheses, periods, and hyphens) and mask characters that specify where data is to be entered as well as what kind of data and how many characters are allowed.

 

input member (n) -  A member whose value is loaded directly from the data source instead of being calculated from other data.

 

input method editor (PN) -  A tool that lets you enter complex characters and symbols, such as those used in East Asian written languages, using a standard keyboard.

 

Input Panel (n) -  A Tablet PC accessory that enables you to use handwriting, speech, or an on-screen keyboard to enter text, symbols, numbers, or keyboard shortcuts. You can use it to interact with any Windows-based program.

 

input panel (n) -  A software accessory that enables you to use a variety of direct input methods (such as handwriting, speech, touch, stylus, gestures, and so on) to interact with Windows-based programs. An input panel can include a writing pad and a character pad to convert handwriting into typed text or mathematical equations, and an on-screen keyboard to enter individual characters.

 

input primitive (n) -  The type of input event that serves as a basis from which all other events are derived. Input primitives are the lowest level of input event and are not impacted by application context. Input primitives include ObjectAdded, ObjectRemoved, and ObjectUpdated.

 

input scope (n) -  The type of handwritten or voice-dictated value being entered in an input control on the TabletPC, for example, Number, Date or Currency. This allows for better and faster recognition by the TabletPC recognizer.

 

input scope (n) -  A set of words, numbers, punctuation, and syntactical orderings that are allowed within a specific language model.

 

input set (n) -  The set of data provided to a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) value expression upon which the expression operates.

 

input source (n) -  Any table, view, or schema diagram used as an information source for a query.

 

Input Source Identification API (PN) -  A native API that, when an app gets input, tells the app what kind of hardware it came from.

 

input stream (n) -  A flow of information used in a program as a sequence of bytes that are associated with a particular task or destination. Input streams include series of characters read from the keyboard to memory and blocks of data read from disk files.

 

input VAT (n) -  The tax on an organization's purchases or input supplies, which is levied on the purchase price.

 

input/output (n) -  The complementary tasks of gathering and distributing data. Input is data that is acquired from a device or entered by the user through a device. Output is data that is sent to a device.

 

input/output port (n) -  A channel through which data is transferred between a device and the microprocessor. The port appears to the microprocessor as one or more memory addresses that it can use to send or receive data.

 

INR (n) -  The official currency of India.

 

In-Role Cache (PN) -  The Microsoft Azure Cache feature that provides caching functionality hosted on a role instance.

 

In-Role Cache for Microsoft Azure Cache (PN) -  The Microsoft Azure Cache feature that provides caching functionality hosted on a role instance.

 

in-schema property (n) -  A metabase property predefined in the metabase schema file. insensitive cursor (n) -  A cursor that does not reflect data modification made to the underlying data by other users while the cursor is open.

 

insert (n) -  A mode in which any data to the right of the cursor is moved to the right as you type.

 

insert (v) -  To add new text, objects or cells without overwriting existing data. insert event (n) -  The event kind used to signify the arrival of an event into the stream. The insert event type consists of metadata that defines the valid lifetime of the event and the payload (data) fields of the event.

 

Insert Into query (n) -  A query that copies specific columns and rows from one table to another or to the same table.

 

INSERT key (n) -  A key on the keyboard, labeled Insert' or ‘Ins'

 

Insert Screen Shot (PN) -  A feature that allows the user to insert the contents of an open window or a screen clipping into the current document without the need to utilize external applications.

 

Insert Values query (n) -  A query (SQL statement) that creates a new row and inserts values into specified columns.

 

insert/eject port (n) -  A port in a library that transports tapes to and from library slots. insertion point (n) -  The location where text or graphics will be inserted. Also used for text box controls to indicate input focus.

 

inset window (n) -  The window in the lower left corner of the screen. The inset window displays currently playing TV, video, DVDs, or the album art for music that is playing. inside-out activation (n) -  A technique that allows a user to directly interact with the content of an embedded object without executing an explicit activation command.

 

Insider (PN) -  Promotional newsletter sent to Windows Live customers containing feature tips and links to web content.

 

Insider Fast (PN) -  An option for getting Insider preview builds first before most Insider users.

 

Insider Hub (PN) -  The app in the operating system where the user can manage the builds in the Windows Insider- Program.

 

Insider Program (PN) -  ?An external program that enables participants (called Insiders') to provide feedback on Windows new features.'

 

Insider Slow (PN) -  An option for getting Insider preview builds after first Insider users. insourcing  -  The process of separating the IS organization from the enterprise, usually as a business unit measured by its own profit and loss. The insourced IS organization provides the enterprise with IT services on a business-rules basis.

 

inspection (n) -  The examination of a good or service to ensure that it complies with specifications.

 

inspection item (n) -  An itemized product that participates in an inspection process. Inspection Mode (PN) -  The mode in which Page Inspector provides instantaneous visual mapping between the integrated browser, Source view, and CSS. Selecting an element in the browser shows the exact lines of code or markup that generated the element that was selected.

 

Instagram (PN) -  An app that users can install on an iPhone or Android device to share photos and videos with other people who have the app or who have accounts on Facebook, Flikr, or Twitter.

 

Instagram  -  Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them on a variety of social networking platforms. The name ‘Instagram' is a portmanteau of ‘instant camera' and ‘telegram'

 

install (v) -  When referring to hardware, to physically connect the device to your computer, to load device drivers onto your computer, and to configure device properties and settings.

 

install (v) -  When referring to software, to load the program and installation files onto your computer or device so that the program runs correctly.

 

Install  -  To transfer a program or programs from CD ROM or DVD onto a PC's hard disk. Most programs need to be installed before they can be used, though a few can be run directly from the floppy or CD.

 

Install and Configure Mode (PN) -  A mode that enables administrators to configure User Account Control to run in auto-elevation mode (i.e. -€reauto-approval-€?) for specific times.

 

install point (n) -  A folder on a network or a location that is available to client computers for the installation of a program or application.

 

installable ISAM (n) -  A driver you can specify that allows access to external database formats such as dBASE, Excel, and Paradox. The Microsoft Access database engine installs (loads) these ISAM drivers when referenced by your application. installation (n) -  The process of adding software to a computer system.

 

Installation directory (n) -  The directory where the installer for the application virtualization sequencer places its files.

 

installation folder (n) -  The location where a software is installed.

 

installation history (n) -  A chronological list of activities associated with license management.

 

installation item (n) -  A unit of deployment that can be included in a deployment package. An installation item can include an executable a configuration setting or a data file. For example the GPRS Network Settings installation item configures the GPRS settings on the device.

 

installation manifest (n) -  The settings and dependency information that ACT Data Collector needs to install and run the compatibility evaluators. The installation manifest includes installation information for every compatibility evaluator.

 

installation phase (n) -  The phase where one of the three Sequencing Wizards (the Installation Wizard) gathers information for monitoring an application's installation and launch.

 

Installation Wizard (n) -  The wizard that installs the Windows Server Centro' software.' Installation Wizard (n) -  The wizard that gathers information for monitoring an application's installation and launch during the installation phase.

 

installed language (n) -  The base language used that governs how several language characteristics will behave, such as the language of the primary dictionary, and the direction and alignment of text (left-to-right or right-to-left).

 

installer (n) -  A program, provided with the Apple Macintosh operating system, that allows the user to install system upgrades and make bootable (system) disks. installer (n) -  A program that unpacks installation data and writes it on the user's hard drive.

 

instance (n) -  An object in relation to the class to which it belongs. For example, an object myList that belongs to a class List is an instance of the class List. instance (n) -  A copy of SQL Server running on a computer.

 

instance (n) -  A copy of a master, which you create by dragging the master from a stencil to a drawing.

 

instance (n) -  A unique occurrence of a runbook that is running on a runbook server. instance (n) -  A unique occurrence of an application, such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Netbreeze, for online customers.

 

instance count (n) -  The number of virtual machines to deploy for a given tier of a service.

 

instance hour (n) -  A unit of measure of time for a resource instance.

 

instance message (n) -  A discrete unit of run-time data flowing through BizTalk Server, usually representing a particular business document such as a purchase order, and as differentiated from the BizTalk Server schema that defines its structure. instance provider (n) -  A COM server that supplies instances of classes and implements methods of the IWbemServices interface to support data retrieval, modification, deletion, enumeration, or query processing.

 

Instance-level Public IP (PN) -  The service type of the Networking service that enables users to obtain and assign public IP addresses to virtual machines so that they become directly addressable.

 

Instant Answers (PN) -  A feature in Live Search that provides answers to basic search queries, such as What is the population of Mumbai?”

 

Instant Answers (n) -  A search feature that enables users to instantly find answers on the results page for topics such as weather, reference, celebrities, movies, books, and top local listings without having to hunt for it from link to link.

 

instant message (n) -  A message sent in real time through a network to a private chat area. instant message (v) -  To send an instant message.

 

instant message conversation (n) -  A real-time communication over the Internet in which a sender types a message to one or more recipients and the recipient(s) immediately receives the message in a pop-up window.

 

instant message session (n) -  A real-time communication over the Internet in which a sender types a message to one or more recipients and the recipient(s) immediately receives the message in a pop-up window.

 

instant messaging (n) -  Pertaining to a message sent in real time through a network to a private chat area.

 

instant messaging (n) -  A method of real-time communication over the Internet in which a sender types a message to one or more recipients and the recipient immediately receives the message in a chat area.

 

instant messaging session (n) -  A real-time communication over the Internet in which a sender types a message to one or more recipients and the recipient(s) immediately receives the message in a pop-up window.

 

Instant Search (PN) -  A search feature associated with folders and programs that begins to display results as soon as a keyword is entered. When you enter text, files in the current view are automatically filtered to show only those that match what you typed.

 

Instant Search (PN) -  A search feature that provides immediate results to users.

 

Instant Viewer (n) -  A feature that enables instant access to any open window. With a single click, all open windows are scaled down and rearranged to be viewed in a grid fashion.

 

InstantGo (PN) -  The collection of networking and system components that lets devices turn on instantly, keep apps and data up to date even when devices are sleeping, and use batteries more efficiently.

 

instantiate (v) -  To create an instance of an object in object-oriented programming. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (PN) -  A society of engineering and electronics professionals based in the United States but boasting membership from numerous other countries/regions. The IEEE (pronounced eye triple ee') focuses on electrical

 

in-stock (adj) -  Describes an item that is in inventory in a quantity above the Stock-Out Threshold.

 

instruction (n) -  An action statement in any computer language, most often in machine or assembly language. Most programs consist of two types of statements: declarations and instructions.

 

Instructional tools (PN) -  The Education subcategory containing apps for teachers. instrument (v) -  To tag the source code in order to measure the amount of time spent in each area.

 

Instrumental (n) -  One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 33.

 

Instrumental pop (n) -  One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 46.

 

Instrumental rock (n) -  One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 47.

 

instrumentation (n) -  A profiling technique that involves inserting diagnostic probes into the program being profiled.

 

instrumentation overhead (n) -  An increase in the time it takes code to run when you instrument a binary. The increase is caused by additional code, known as a probe, that is inserted to monitor application performance.

 

instrumented module (n) -  A binary file that contains profiling probe functions. intangible cost (n) -  A cost that cannot be physically measured, such as the cost of poor quality.

 

intangible fixed asset (n) -  A non-physical fixed asset that a company uses to conduct its business.

 

integer (n) -  A data type representing whole numbers. Calculations involving only integers are much faster than calculations involving floating-point numbers, so integers are widely used in programming for counting and numbering purposes. Integers can be signed (positive or negative) or unsigned (positive). They can also be described as long or short, depending on the number of bytes needed to store them. Short integers, stored in 2 bytes, cover a smaller range of numbers (for example, -32,768 through 32,767) than do long integers (for example, -2,147,483,648 through 2,147,483,647), which are stored in 4 bytes. integer (n) -  A natural number, zero, or the negative of a natural number.

 

Integer data type (n) -  A fundamental data type that holds integers. An Integer variable is stored as a 16-bit (2-byte) number ranging in value from -32,768 to 32,767. integer field (n) -  A type of field whose content is a whole number. Examples include the ID and Unique ID fields.

 

integral (adj) -  Of or pertaining to a data type representing whole numbers.

 

integral data type (n) -  A C++ type that represents only whole numbers.

 

integral type (n) -  A C++ type that represents only whole numbers.

 

integrated development environment (n) -  A set of integrated tools for developing software. The tools are generally run from one user interface and consist of a compiler, an editor, and a debugger, among others.

 

integrated device electronics (n) -  A type of disk-drive interface in which the controller electronics reside on the drive itself, eliminating the need for a separate adapter card. IDE offers advantages such as look-ahead caching to increase overall performance. integrated drive electronics (n) -  A type of disk-drive interface in which the controller electronics reside on the drive itself, eliminating the need for a separate adapter card. IDE offers advantages such as look-ahead caching to increase overall performance.

 

Integrated mode (n) -  A compatibility mode for managed content. When an application pool is configured to use Integrated mode, the server will use the integrated, request­processing pipelines of IIS and ASP.NET to process the request.

 

integrated pipeline (n) -  A unified request processing pipeline that is running in Integrated mode. In the integrated pipeline, custom modules and handlers in a Web application can be configured to subscribe to notifications for all requests to the application, not just requests for ASP.NET-specific resources.

 

integrated security (n) -  A security mode that leverages the Windows authentication process.

 

Integrated Services Digital Network (n) -  A high-speed digital technology that uses existing telephone lines to provide Internet access.

 

Integrated Windows authentication (n) -  A configuration setting that enables negotiation of authentication protocols in Internet Information Services (IIS).

 

Integration (INT) data center environment (n) -  An environment that is intended for internal testing, integration, evaluations, and demonstration computers. It is also used the first time you complete the process of creating the master image and testing the image and recovery process.

 

Integration environment (n) -  An environment that is intended for internal testing, integration, evaluations, and demonstration computers. It is also used the first time you complete the process of creating the master image and testing the image and recovery process.

 

integration pack (n) -  A collection of custom activities that is specific to a product or a technology.

 

integration service (n) -  The category of services in Microsoft Azure that includes Service Bus, Workflow, and EAI.

 

integration services (n) -  A collection of services and software drivers that maximize performance and provide a better user experience within a virtual machine. Integration services are only available for supported guest operating systems.

 

integrity (n) -  The accuracy of data and its conformity to its expected value, especially after being transmitted or processed.

 

integrity checking (n) -  A task that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) performs by confirming that the SHA-1 computed hash of each system component that runs during boot matches the values that are stored in platform configuration registers (PCRs) at the time BitLocker Drive Encryption was turned on. If the state of early boot components is different from the static root of trust measurement, BitLocker boots to recovery mode until the authorized user enters the recovery password.

 

integrity constraint (n) -  A property defined on a table that prevents data modifications that would create invalid data.

 

integrity level (n) -  A number that represents how trustworthy a particular process, application, or object is.

 

integrity SID (n) -  A security ID (SID) that represents an integrity level. An object's system access control list (SACL) and access token can contain one or more integrity SIDs. Integrity SIDs in the access token determine the level of access given to a process attempting to access an object.

 

Intel  -  The Intel Corporation is the leading manufacturer of- processorchips for PCs, most famously the- Pentium.

 

Intel Active Management Technology (n) -  An Intel networking management technology that is supported by Configuration Manager out of band management, which enables a Configuration Manager administrator to manage desktop computers independently from the Configuration Manager client or the computer operating system.

 

Intel Architecture Personal Computer (n) -  Any computer built with a processor that conforms to the architecture defined by the Intel processor family based on the 486 instruction set and has an industry-standard computer architecture.

 

intellectual genre (n) -  A classification that describes the nature of content, e.g. sermon, interview, etc., rather than the content itself.

 

intelligent drive electronics (n) -  A type of disk-drive interface in which the controller electronics reside on the drive itself, eliminating the need for a separate adapter card. IDE offers advantages such as look-ahead caching to increase overall performance.

 

Intelligent IM Filter (n) -  A security feature of Office Communications Server, or Live Communications Server 2005 with SP1, that administrators can configure to prevent specified types of URLs and files from being transferred in an instant message conversation.

 

Intelligent Instant Message Filter (n) -  A security feature of Office Communications Server, or Live Communications Server 2005 with SP1, that administrators can configure to prevent specified types of URLs and files from being transferred in an instant message conversation.

 

Intelligent Message Filter (n) -  The underlying technology of the Exchange Server content filter that evaluates inbound mail and assesses the probability that an inbound e­mail message is either a legitimate message or spam.

 

Intelligent Routing (PN) -  A feature of Group Filtering that routes SMTP addresses to specific delivery locations based on group names and associations, even if all users share the same domain.

 

Intelligent Systems Service (PN) -  The service type of the App Services service that provides a management service for intelligent systems through Microsoft Azure. IntelliSense (PN) -  A feature of an integrated development environment (IDE) that provides logical code elements that the user can select from a drop-down menu while coding.

 

IntelliSense in Zone (n) -  A Visual Basic IntelliSense feature that displays certain items in the statement completion list in a different color if they do not have enough permission to run in the security zone specified. This design-time support allows you to run applications in partial trust.

 

IntelliTrace (PN) -  A feature for debugging a managed application at specific points in time. It captures and records what the application does while it is running. When an error occurs, you can view the state of the application at any time from the start to the point of the error.

 

Intellitrace Collection Plan Fragment (n) -  A fragment of the collection plan, which is a set of options that details to the actual IntelliTrace.exe program (which is executed under the covers by Visual Studio or Microsoft Test Manager) exactly what data should be collected, when that data should be collected and how to create the resulting log file. IntelliTrace Collector for Visual Studio (PN) -  The IntelliTrace collector is a standalone tool that you can use to collect IntelliTrace data from apps that are running in production environments.

 

IntelliTrace file (n) -  The file containing information that is collected by IntelliTrace. The file name extension is .iTrace.

 

Intense Violence (n) -  A content descriptor developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

 

intensive care unit (n) -  A section of a hospital that provides comprehensive care for critically ill patients requiring immediate and continuous attention. intent lock (n) -  A lock that is placed on one level of a resource hierarchy to protect shared or exclusive locks on lower-level resources.

 

intent share (n) -  A lock that is placed on one level of a resource hierarchy to protect shared or exclusive locks on lower-level resources.

 

Inter VNET Data Transfer (PN) -  The resource of the Virtual Network service type of the Networking service for data transfers between virtual networks. interaction (n) -  A pattern or sequence of message exchanges that accomplishes a purpose, such as performing an operation. Objects in a collaboration interact by exchanging messages. Messages can be signals or calls and can include conditions and time events.

 

interaction (n) -  The direct manipulation (e.g. a gesture and inertia) of an element. interaction designer (n) -  A designer who develops user interfaces and determines how a user will interact' with a piece of software (i.e. click through menus

 

Interaction Role (PN) -  A user role within Social Engagement that defines the permissions a user has in regard to interacting with posts.

 

interactive (adj) -  Characterized by conversational exchange of input and output, as when a user enters a question or command and the system immediately responds. The interactivity of microcomputers is one of the features that makes them approachable and easy to use.

 

Interactive Button (n) -  An animated button on a web page that is activated when a mouse pointer is moved over the button or when the button is clicked. interactive demo (n) -  A demonstration of a product or service that a customer interacts with to see how features work.

 

interactive desktop (n) -  A Windows desktop session running with an interactive user's access token applied.

 

interactive dialog box (n) -  A dialog box that requires a response from the user. Intermediary devices such as a security host require such a dialog box as an added layer of security between the client and the remote access server. In such dialog boxes, the user types an access code or a user name and password on the remote access terminal screen. interactive logon (n) -  The process of logging on to a local computer using a keyboard. interactive structured query language (n) -  An interactive command prompt utility provided with SQL Server that lets users run Transact-SQL statements or batches from a server or workstation and view the results that are returned.

 

interactive user (n) -  A user that is interacting directly with the user interface of the computer, by using the local console, Remote Desktop Services, or Remote Desktop. interactive view gallery (n) -  A gallery of objects that provides different ways of visualizing data.

 

interactive voice response (n) -  An automated telephone information system that interacts with a caller through fixed voice menus and real-time data from databases. interactivity (n) -  The quality of a web page that enables an action by the user as an opportunity for the user to interact with the objects and elements on the page. interceptor (n) -  A mechanism used to extract and store data from processing streams. interchange (n) -  A collection of one or more document instances that comprises a single transmission and is exchanged from application to application within an organization or from one trading partner to another.

 

interchange header (n) -  In EDI, a part of an interchange, or group of logically associated

 

documents, used to indicate the start of the interchange.

 

interchange trailer (n) -  In EDI, a part of an interchange, or group of logically associated documents, used to indicate the end of the interchange.

 

intercompany (adj) -  Relating to interactions between two or more internal companies. intercompany (adj) -  Occurring between or relating two or more legal entities that are part the same organization that consolidates the accounts of all legal entities. intercompany account (n) -  An account used to post intercompany transactions. intercompany customer (n) -  An internal company that acts as a customer to another internal company. When a company does not satisfy an original sales order, that company becomes an intercompany customer when it directs a purchase order to another internal company to satisfy the original sales order.

 

intercompany customer invoice (n) -  A customer invoice that documents a customer payment request from one legal entity to another legal entity that is part of the same organization that consolidates the accounts of both legal entities.

 

intercompany dimension (n) -  A system-maintained dimension that consists of only those entities that are involved in intercompany transactions with other entities in the system. intercompany economic transaction (n) -  An economic transaction between legal entities that are part of the same organization that consolidates the accounts of the legal entities.

 

intercompany elimination (n) -  The elimination of intercompany transactions during preparation of a consolidated balance sheet or income statement. Such transactions can include, for example, intercompany loans or investments between parent and subsidiary. intercompany master plan (n) -  A master plan that is used for intercompany master scheduling.

 

intercompany master scheduling (n) -  The process for generating a timetable for two or more legal entities that are part the same organization.

 

intercompany payment journal (n) -  A journal that is used to post intercompany payments.

 

intercompany purchase order (n) -  A purchase order that one legal entity generates from a sales order sent by another legal entity that is part of the same organization that consolidates the accounts of both legal entities.

 

intercompany purchase order invoice (n) -  A purchase order invoice that is created from an intercompany purchase order and posted to an intercompany account. intercompany reconciliation (n) -  The elimination of intercompany transactions during preparation of a consolidated balance sheet or income statement. Such transactions can include, for example, intercompany loans or investments between parent and subsidiary. intercompany sales invoice (n) -  A sales invoice that is created from an intercompany sales order and posted to an intercompany account.

 

intercompany sales order (n) -  A sales order that one legal entity places with another legal entity that is part of the same organization that consolidates the accounts of both legal entities.

 

intercompany trade (n) -  Trade between subsidiaries or distribution centers within the same enterprise.

 

intercompany transaction (n) -  A transaction that contains distributions to another company within the same legal entity.

 

intercompany vendor (n) -  A legal entity that assumes the role of a vendor that is authorized to supply products to one or more legal entities that are part of the same organization that consolidates the accounts of all of the legal entities.

 

intercompany vendor invoice (n) -  A vendor invoice that documents a vendor payment request from one legal entity to another legal entity that is part of the same organization that consolidates the accounts of both legal entities.

 

interconnect (n) -  A private network that connects nodes in a cluster.

 

interest (n) -  An amount charged for the use of money or credit.

 

interest (n) -  A subject that Cortana shows the user in Cortana home either because the user explicitly added the subject using the Interests feature or because Cortana inferred this subject interests the user from questions the user answered.

 

interest note (n) -  A source document that documents an interest payment obligation. Interest Tracker (PN) -  A Web Part that displays recent activities corresponding to identified areas of interest.

 

interesting function (oth) -  A function is ‘interesting' if APM has been configured to collect it. Operations Manager comes with a predefined list of well known functions; additional methods can be added to customize monitoring.

 

interests (PN) -  A feature in Cortana's Notebook where the user can add anything he would like to keep track of in Cortana. Tracking an interest means that Cortana will show updates related to that interest whenever the user opens Cortana.

 

interface (n) -  Software that enables a program to work with the user (the user interface, which can be a command-line interface, menu-driven, or a graphical user interface), with another program such as the operating system, or with the computer's hardware. interface (n) -  A card, plug, or other device that connects pieces of hardware with the computer so that information can be moved from place to place. For example, standardized interfaces such as RS-232-C standard and SCSI enable communications between computers and printers or disks.

 

interface (n) -  The point at which a connection is made between two elements so that they can work with each other or exchange information.

 

interface (n) -  A defined set of properties, methods, and collections that form a logical grouping of behaviors and data.

 

interface (n) -  A reference type that defines a contract. Other types implement an interface to guarantee that they support certain operations. The interface specifies the members that must be supplied by classes or other interfaces that implement it. Like classes, interfaces can contain methods, properties, indexers, and events as members.

 

interface  -  Connection between two systems or devices.

 

interface  -  A display technique, used primarily in the early 1990s, that enables a monitor to provide more resolution inexpensively.

 

interface  -  The preparation a graphic image so that alternating rows are displayed in separate passes. Interlaced images give a unique effect because the entire image is displayed quickly and then details are filled in gradually.

 

interface definition language (n) -  In object-oriented programming, a language that lets a program or object written in one language communicate with another program written in an unknown language. An IDL is used to define interfaces between client and server programs. For example, an IDL can provide interfaces to remote CORBA objects. interface flapping (n) -  In computer networking and telecommunications, a situation that occurs when an interface on a router experiences a hardware failure that causes the router to announce itself alternately as available or unavailable.

 

interface implication (n) -  If an interface implies another interface, then any class that implements the first interface must also implement the second interface. Interface implication is used in an information model to get some of the effects of multiple inheritance.

 

intergroup adapter (n) -  A BizTalk Server adapter that targets intranet/LAN

 

communication between two BizTalk Server groups without requiring intermediate storage.

 

interim plan (n) -  A set of task start and finish dates that you can save at certain stages of your project. You can compare an interim plan with the baseline plan or current plan to monitor project progress or slippage. You can save up to 10 interim plans. interior gateway protocol (n) -  A protocol used for distributing routing information among routers (gateways) in an autonomous network-that is, a network under the control of one administrative body. The two most often used interior gateway protocols are RIP (Routing Information Protocol) and OSPF (Open Shortest Path First).

 

interlace (v) -  To display a video frame in two fields. One field contains the even lines of the frame, the other field contains the odd lines. During playback, the lines in one field are displayed first, then the lines in the second field are displayed.

 

Interlaced GIF (n) -  A picture in GIF format that is gradually displayed in a Web browser, showing increasingly detailed versions of the picture until the entire file has finished downloading.

 

interlaced video (n) -  The traditional television system of display in which separate fields of odd-numbered scan lines and even-numbered lines are interlaced between each other. intermediate CA (n) -  A certification authority that has the ability to issue the intermediate certificates needed to certify the subject identified by the end certificate. intermediate certificate (n) -  A certificate that authenticates another certificate in a certificate chain.

 

intermediate certification authority (n) -  A certification authority that has the ability to issue the intermediate certificates needed to certify the subject identified by the end certificate.

 

intermittent (adj) -  Pertaining to something, such as a signal or connection, that is not unbroken but occurs at periodic or occasional intervals.

 

internal command (n) -  A routine that is loaded into memory along with the operating system and resides there for as long as the computer is on.

 

internal company (n) -  A company that is part of an intercompany organization and that is linked to other internal companies within the same organization, either as a customer or as a vendor.

 

internal context (n) -  In the Concurrency Runtime, a context that the Task Scheduler creates and uses to run tasks.

 

Internal hyperlink (n) -  A region in text or graphics that you click to access another page within the same web site.

 

internal IM (n) -  Instant messaging with internal users.

 

internal IP address (n) -  An IP address that is assigned for the internal network of an organization.

 

internal lead time (n) -  The lead time for an intercompany sales order.

 

internal message (n) -  A message originating within a given domain, where all the recipients are within the same domain.

 

internal modem (n) -  A modem constructed on an expansion card to be installed in one of the expansion slots inside a computer.

 

internal movement (n) -  The process that warehouse employees follow to move items from one bin to another bin without using a source document.

 

internal network number (n) -  A 4-byte hexadecimal number used for addressing and routing purposes. The internal network number identifies a virtual network inside a computer. The internal network number must be unique to the IPX internetwork. internal note (n) -  A note added by an internal party, such as Support, to use for their own reference. Customers will not see these notes.

 

internal port (n) -  A port on a computer that is available only on to users who are connected to an organization's network.

 

internal private queue (n) -  For Message Queuing, a queue that stores various types of administrative messages, or an interim queue for storing and forwarding messages in transit to a destination queue. Internal private queues are not displayed in Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, and they cannot be deleted.

 

internal processing time (n) -  The amount of time a function spends doing internal

 

execution, as opposed to calling other functions.

 

internal project (n) -  A project without a direct customer relation.

 

internal release (n) -  The process of getting the product to a known state and

 

incrementally building upon it.

 

internal release (n) -  An interim milestone of the developing phase, leading to the scope complete milestone.

 

internal release (n) -  Early or incomplete releases of one's own product, software, or services that aren't final and are put into use to test the viability, compatibility, or stability of a planned release. Although a dogfood release is often thought of as being used only internally, partners or enthusiasts may also be invited to try it.

 

Internal Revenue Service (PN) -  The federal revenue agency under the United States Department of the Treasury that is responsible for the collection of taxes in addition to the interpretation and enforcement of federal tax laws.

 

internal router (n) -  A router for which all the networks that it is connected to belong in the same area.

 

internal self-transition (n) -  A transition segment that begins and ends on the same state context, and that has neither a chained incoming transaction nor a chained outgoing transaction. This transition is a combination of the group and history transitions. internal style (n) -  A style in an internal style sheet.

 

internal style sheet (n) -  A style sheet contained in an ASP.NET mobile Web Forms page. Internal Use Rights (n) -  A benefit for Microsoft Partners that gives partner organizations firsthand knowledge of product features and capabilities.

 

internal user (n) -  A user with Active Directory credentials who connects from locations inside the corporate firewall.

 

internal users only meeting (n) -  A meeting in which all participants have Active Directory credentials and connect from within the corporate firewall. internal virtual network (n) -  A virtual network that is configured to use no network adapter. Internal virtual networks are used to connect virtual machines running on the same instance of Virtual Server. All network traffic is confined to the computer running Virtual Server.

 

internal Web site (n) -  A Web site created within an organization and available only on the intranet for that organization. An internal Web site is accessible only to members of that organization.

 

international access code (n) -  The prefix that is used to direct a call internationally. The International Access Code is 011 in the United States and 00 in much of the rest of the world.

 

international ACH transaction (n) -  An Automated Clearing House (ACH) funds transfer between an originating party and a receiving party that involves at least one depository financial institution that is not located in the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

 

International assist (PN) -  A feature that helps correct some common mistakes while dialing internationally or dialing while abroad.

 

International Bank Account Number (n) -  An account number scheme that is recognized by banks internationally to facilitate credit transfers across national/regional borders.

 

International Date Line West (PN) -  A standardized time zone where the local time is 12 hours earlier than Coordinated Universal Time/Greenwich Mean Time.

 

International Electrotechnical Commission (n) -  One of two international standards bodies responsible for developing international data communications standards. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) works closely with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to define standards of computing. They jointly published the ISO/IEC SQL-92 standard for SQL.

 

International Financial Reporting Standards (n) -  Accounting standards that must be used as of January 1, 2005 for European Union-based companies with publicly traded shares or debt, subsidiaries for which consolidated accounts must be prepared, or companies with subsidiary or associate companies of a European Union-listed company. international format (n) -  A phone number format for dialing any call from any location or with a calling card.

 

International List (n) -  A list that includes two lists. One list allows you to block top- level domain names, including country codes, and the other list allows you to block a language encoding or character set.

 

international number format (n) -  The string that is used to define how to dial someone from outside of their country/region.

 

International Organization for Standardization (n) -  An international association of 157 countries/regions, each of which is represented by its leading standard-setting organization-for example, ANSI (American National Standards Institute) for the United States. The ISO works to establish global standards for communications and information exchange. Primary among its accomplishments is the widely accepted ISO/OSI reference model, which defines standards for the interaction of computers connected by communications networks.

 

International System of Units (PN) -  The international metric system of units of measurement.

 

International Telecommunication Union (PN) -  An international organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, that is responsible for making recommendations and establishing standards governing telephone and data communications systems for public and private telecommunications organizations. Founded in 1865 under the name International Telegraph Union, it was renamed the International Telecommunication Union in 1934 to signify the full scope of its responsibilities. ITU became an agency of the United Nations in 1947. A reorganization in 1992 aligned the ITU into three governing bodies: the Radiocommunication Sector, the Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-TSS, ITU-T, for short; formerly the CCITT), and the Telecommunication Development Sector. internationalized domain name (n) -  An Internet domain name that can accommodate non-ASCII characters such as the diacritical marks of European language or non-Latinate characters such as those found in Chinese, Korean or Arabic.

 

internet (n) -  Two or more network segments connected by routers.

 

Internet (n) -  The worldwide collection of networks and gateways that use the TCP/IP suite of protocols to communicate with one another.

 

Internet  -  A vast worldwide network of computers, accessible to anyone with a computer and a phone line. Provides access to e-mail and the World Wide Web. The Internet grew out of the need of academics to swap information with colleagues all over the world, and of the US military's need for a- computer and communications network that couldn't easily be knocked out. As a result it is very difficult to censor, since anything placed on the World Wide Web from anywhere is instantly available everywhere in the world. Internet  -  The word ‘internet' literally means ‘network of networks'. In itself, the Internet is comprised of thousands of smaller regional networks scattered throughout the globe. Internet access (n) -  The capability of a user to connect to the Internet.

 

Internet access provider (n) -  A business that supplies Internet connectivity services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations. An ISP provides a telephone number, a user name, a password, and other connection information so that users can access the Internet through the ISP's computers.

 

Internet account (n) -  A generic term for a registered username at an Internet Service Provider (ISP). An Internet account is accessed via username and password. Services such as dial-in PPP Internet access and e-mail are provided by ISPs to Internet account owners. Internet address (n) -  An address for a resource on the Internet that is used by Web browsers to locate Internet resources. An Internet address typically starts with a protocol name, followed by the name of the organization that maintains the site; the suffix identifies the kind of organization it is.

 

Internet APN (n) -  An APN (Access Point Name) that determines the cellular data networks to which a phone can connect. It includes information about what kind of connection, security, and type of IP address the phone should use for the Internet connection.

 

Internet audio broadcasting (n) -  One-way transmission over the Internet of Live Meeting audio.

 

Internet Backgammon (PN) -  An Internet game that is played by two players on a virtual board with pieces called stones that move forward according to the roll of dice until the winner removes all of his stones from the board.

 

Internet Calling (PN) -  A feature that lets you use the Internet to make a phone call. Internet Checkers (PN) -  An Internet game that is played by two players on a virtual chessboard of 64 squares. Players only play on the dark squares and aim at capturing all of their opponent's pieces by jumping over them.

 

Internet connection (n) -  A connection between the user's device and a server that provides access to the Internet, typically through an Internet service provider.

 

Internet Connection Firewall (n) -  A Network Connections feature that is used to set restrictions on what traffic is allowed to enter your network from the Internet.

 

Internet Connection Sharing (n) -  A Microsoft Windows technology that provides home and small-office computer users who have networked computers with the ability to share a single connection to the Internet.

 

Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool (PN) -  An online tool that checks your existing Internet router to see if it supports certain technologies and advanced features, such as improved download speeds and face-to-face collaboration using Windows Meeting Space. This tool is intended to be run from a home network behind a home Internet (NAT) router. Internet content provider (n) -  An organization that prepares content for posting on the Web.

 

Internet Content Rating Association (n) -  An international nonprofit group that has developed a content advisory service for the Internet. ICRA's aim is to protect children from potentially harmful material on the Internet.

 

Internet Control Message Protocol (n) -  A required maintenance protocol in the TCP/IP suite that reports errors and allows simple connectivity. ICMP is used by the Ping tool to perform TCP/IP troubleshooting.

 

Internet Directory (n) -  Storage place for information such as names, Web addresses, organizations, departments, countries/regions, and locations. Typically, Internet Directories are used to find e-mail addresses that are not in a local address book or a corporate-wide directory.

 

Internet domain name (n) -  An address of an Internet connection that identifies the owner of that address in a hierarchical format. For example, www.whitehouse.gov identifies the Web server at the White House, which is a government agency. internet e-mail address (n) -  A string that identifies a user so that the user can receive Internet email. An email address on the Internet typically consists of an account name, followed by the @ (at) symbol, a host name, and a domain name.

 

Internet Engineering Task Force (n) -  A worldwide organization of individuals interested in networking and the Internet. Managed by the IESG (Internet Engineering Steering Group), the IETF is charged with studying technical problems facing the Internet and proposing solutions to the IAB. The work of the IETF is carried out by various

 

Working Groups that concentrate on specific topics, such as routing and security.

 

Internet Explorer (PN) -  The Microsoft web browser.

 

Internet Explorer 10 (PN) -  The touch-optimized, immersive web browser for Windows. Internet Explorer 10 Consumer Preview (PN) -  A nonfinal release of Internet Explorer

 

10.

 

Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview (PN) -  A nonfinal release of Internet Explorer 10 that follows the consumer preview.

 

Internet Explorer Administration Kit (n) -  A set of tools that enables corporate administrators, ISPs, and ICPs to create, distribute, and manage customized Internet Explorer packages across an organization. The IEAK contains the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard, the IEAK Profile Manager and the IEAK Toolkit.

 

Internet Explorer Compatibility Evaluator (PN) -  A compatibility evaluator that works with Internet Explorer 7 to verify whether a Web application or Web site will have compatibility issues when used on a new operating system, such as Microsoft Windows- Vista. IECE also works with Internet Explorer to create and process log files regarding visited Web sites and applications. The log files show compatibility issues for both the user and the ACT Log Processing Service.

 

Internet Explorer Compatibility Test Tool (PN) -  A tool that provides a user interface that enables you to display data about your Internet Explorer issues in real-time, including allowing you to filter your results and upload your data to your ACT database using the ACT Log Processing Service.

 

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar (PN) -  A toolbar for developers in Internet Explorer that provides a variety of tools for quickly creating, understanding, and troubleshooting Web pages.

 

Internet Explorer for the desktop (PN) -  The web browser component of Windows that provides a traditional and familiar browsing experience.

 

Internet forum (n) -  A medium provided by an online service for users to carry on written discussions of a particular topic by posting messages and replying to them.

 

Internet game (n) -  A desktop application that connects to a public game service on the Internet. The game service is hosted by the MSN Gaming Zone.

 

Internet Group Management Protocol (n) -  A protocol used by Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) hosts to report their multicast group memberships to any immediately neighboring multicast routers.

 

Internet Information Services (n) -  Microsoft Web server software, utilizing the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to deliver World Wide Web documents. Supports the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Gopher.

 

Internet Information Services 7 Manager (PN) -  The tool that manages services that are hosted in the Windows Process Activation service (WAS).

 

Internet Information Services 7 Manager for Remote Administration (PN) -  A software product that provides the ability to securely manage remote IIS 7 servers from Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.

 

Internet Key Exchange (PN) -  A protocol that establishes the security association and shared keys necessary for computers to communicate by using Internet Protocol security (IPsec).

 

Internet Locator Service server (n) -  A computer that lists the names and e-mail addresses of people who are running NetMeeting and who are logged on to the server.

 

This information is used to connect to their computers.

 

Internet Message Access Protocol (n) -  A method computers use to send and receive e­mail messages. It allows you to access e-mail without downloading it to your computer or device.

 

Internet Message Access Protocol 4 (n) -  A standard client/server protocol for receiving e-mail. The user (or the user's e-mail client) can view just the heading and the sender of the letter and then decide whether to download the mail.

 

Internet of Things (PN) -  A platform on which the operating system can run on form factors other than PCs, tablets, and phones.

 

Internet Protocol (n) -  A routable protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite that is responsible for IP addressing, routing, and the fragmentation and reassembly of IP packets.

 

Internet Protocol multicasting (n) -  The extension of local area network multicasting technology to a TCP/IP network. Hosts send and receive multicast datagrams, the destination fields of which specify IP host group addresses rather than individual IP addresses. A host indicates that it is a member of a group by means of the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP).

 

Internet Protocol security (n) -  A set of industry-standard, cryptography-based services and protocols that help to protect data over a network.

 

Internet Protocol version 4 (n) -  An Internet Protocol that has 32-bit source and destination addresses. IPv4 is the predecessor of IPv6.

 

Internet Relay Chat (PN) -  A service that enables an Internet user to participate in a conversation online in real time with other users.

 

Internet SCSI (n) -  An industry standard developed to enable transmission of SCSI commands over the existing Internet Protocol (IP) network by using the TCP/IP protocol. iSCSI offers the possibility of delivering both messaging traffic and block-based storage over IP networks without installing a separate Fibre Channel network.

 

Internet Server API (n) -  An application programming interface (API) that resides on a server computer for initiating software services tuned for Windows operating systems. In Microsoft Provisioning System, ISAPI resides on the Web server.

 

Internet Server Application Programming Interface (n) -  An application programming interface (API) that resides on a server computer for initiating software services tuned for Windows operating systems. In Microsoft Provisioning System, ISAPI resides on the Web server.

 

Internet service (n) -  One of any of a number of technologies for making information accessible to users over the Internet. Each Internet service is defined by a protocol, such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and each is enabled using client/server applications, such as Web browsers and Web servers. Internet protocols are defined in the Request for Comments (RFC) documents that are published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

 

Internet service manager (n) -  A utility included with IIS and Personal Web Server that allows you to configure the Web sites your server supports

 

Internet service provider (n) -  A business that supplies Internet connectivity services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations. An ISP provides a telephone number, a user name, a password, and other connection information so that users can access the Internet through the ISP's computers.

 

Internet Services Manager (n) -  A snap-in for MMC used to manage many IIS 5.0 Web sites from a single location anywhere on the Internet. With this snap-in, you can create Web sites and virtual directories. You can also set levels of permission, fine-tune logging, and enable throttling.

 

Internet settings file (n) -  A file that provides Windows Update Setup with Internet settings that configure the browser and associated components. You can create multiple versions of your browser package by changing the .ins file used by each package. Use the Profile Manager to create, save, and load .ins files.

 

Internet Sharing (PN) -  A Microsoft Windows technology that provides home and small- office computer users who have networked computers with the ability to share a single connection to the Internet.

 

Internet site (n) -  A web site available on the Internet.

 

Internet Storage Name Service (n) -  A lightweight protocol designed to make the automated discovery, management, and configuration of iSCSI and Fiber Channel Protocol (FCP) devices on a TCP/IP network easier by providing a common mechanism for initiators and targets to discover one another and for handling zoning and authentication of both targets and initiators.

 

Internet synchronization (n) -  A feature in Microsoft Jet and Microsoft Access that allows replicated information to be synchronized in an environment in which an Internet server is configured with Microsoft Replication Manager, a tool included with Microsoft Office 2000 Developer.

 

Internet telephony  -  Use of Internet protocols for transmitting two-way audio signals in real time, as an alternative to traditional telephone carriers.

 

Internet zone (n) -  A security zone in Internet Explorer that contains Web sites that are not on your computer or on your local intranet, or that are not already assigned to another zone.

 

Internet-based client management (n) -  A feature in Configuration Manager that allows you to manage computers that have the Configuration Manager client agent but do not connect into the network through a VPN or dial-up connection.

 

Internet-based site system (n) -  A site system role that allows connections from clients when they are managed over the Internet.

 

Internet-based software update point (n) -  The software update point for a site that accepts communication from only client computers on the Internet. There can be only one active Internet-based software update point.

 

Internet-facing deployment (n) -  A method of deploying on-premises CRM so that remote users can connect to the application from the Internet.

 

Internet-facing URL (n) -  A URL that is directly accessible over the Internet and that does not require special credentials or network access to connect to it. internetwork (n) -  Two or more network segments connected by routers.

 

Internetwork Packet Exchange (n) -  A network protocol native to NetWare that controls addressing and routing of packets within and between LANs. IPX does not guarantee that

 

a message will be complete (no lost packets).

 

Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange (n) -  Transport protocols used in Novell NetWare networks, which together correspond to the combination of TCP and IP in the TCP/IP protocol suite. Windows implements IPX through NWLink.

 

InterNIC  -  the entity that controls the registration of most domain names on the Internet. The InterNIC is a cooperative activity between the National Science Foundation, Network Solutions, Inc. and AT&T.- HTTP://WWW.INTERNIC.NET.

 

interning (n) -  A feature of ASP.NET that enables assemblies that are initially deployed in the Bin folder of individual applications be copied to a central location and then loaded by other applications.

 

interop (n) -  The technology that one software component uses to interoperate with another software component.

 

interop assembly (n) -  An assembly containing definitions of COM types described in metadata. An interop assembly is typically produced by the Type Library Importer (Tlbimp.exe).

 

interop marshaling (n) -  The process of packaging parameters and return values into equivalent data types as they move to and from COM objects.

 

interoperability (n) -  The ability for two or more software applications to work together with little effort from the user.

 

interoperating control (n) -  A control whose state affects that of another.

 

interpolate (v) -  To estimate intermediate values between two known values in a sequence.

 

interpolation (n) -  A kind of interpolation that animates the property values between successive key times.

 

interpolation (n) -  A kind of interpolation that averages pixel information when scaling an image. When reducing the size of an image, pixels are averaged to create a single new pixel; when an image is scaled up in size, additional pixels are created by averaging pixels of the smaller image.

 

interpolation (n) -  A method of estimating (a value or a function) between the values already known or determined.

 

interprocess communication (n) -  The ability of one task or process to communicate with another in a multitasking operating system. Common methods include pipes, semaphores, shared memory, queues, signals, and mailboxes.

 

inter-project dependency (n) -  A way to show that your project, or a specific task in your project, requires a deliverable in another project. Your project and task dates are not affected by changes to the dates in the project you are dependent upon.

 

interrupt (n) -  A signal sent by a device to get the attention of the processor when the device is ready to accept or send information.

 

interrupt request (n) -  A signal sent by a device to get the attention of the processor when the device is ready to accept or send information.

 

interrupt request line (n) -  A hardware line over which a peripheral device, bus controller, other processor, or the kernel signals a request for service to the microprocessor.

 

interrupt service routine (n) -  A kernel-mode interrupt that is small, very fast pieces of

 

assembly code that map physical interrupts onto logical interrupts. ISRs are used to provide hooks back to the kernel as well as device drivers.

 

interruptible orchestration (n) -  An orchestration that can be interrupted in mid-process at well-defined points.

 

intersect (v) -  To combine two or more shapes or paths to result in a single path that shows only the areas where all shapes and paths overlapped.

 

intersite messaging service (n) -  A service that supports transports for asynchronous, site- to-site messaging. Each transport serves two major roles: send/receive and topology queries (such as, what are the various sites connected by this transport, and at what cost?). intersite topology generator (n) -  A server in an Active Directory architecture that is responsible for managing the inbound replication connection objects for all the server contact points in the server's site.

 

interunit accounting (n) -  An accounting process where due-to and due-from account entries are automatically created to ensure that an accounting entry is balanced for one or more specified financial dimensions in a legal entity.

 

interval (n) -  The number of times a cycle should occur for a given instance of the cycle frequency. An interval value of 1 indicates that the cycle should occur for each instance of the cycle frequency. An interval value of 2 indicates that the cycle should occur every second instance of the cycle frequency.

 

interval event (n) -  An event whose payload is valid for a given period of time. The metadata of the interval event requires that both the start and end time of the interval be provided in the event metadata. Interval events are valid only for this specific interval. interval event model (n) -  The event model of an interval event.

 

intranet (n) -  A network within an organization that uses Internet technologies and protocols, but is available only to certain people, such as employees of a company. Intranet  -  A private miniature internet, usually belonging to a single company or organization, connecting the organization's computers together while (usually) restricting access from the internet proper.- Often just called ‘the network'.

 

intranet  -  An intranet is a constrained version of the Internet usually owned and controlled by a single company or organisation. Intranets can still be world-wide, use- TCP/IP- protocols, and be structured as a collection of networks but the greatest difference is that access is limited to a set of authorised users using firewalls and other mechanisms.

 

in-transit lead time (n) -  The lead time required for an item to leave the shipping party and arrive at the receiving party.

 

Intrastat (n) -  The system for collecting and generating statistics on the trade of items between countries/regions in the European Union.

 

intravenous line (n) -  A device used to administer medications or other fluids directly into the bloodstream through a vein.

 

intrinsic constant (n) -  A constant that is part of Microsoft Access or a referenced library. intrinsic event (n) -  An event that occurs in response to a change in the standard WMI data model. Each intrinsic event class represents a specific type of change and occurs when WMI or a provider creates, deletes, or modifies a namespace, class, or class instance.

 

intrinsic function (n) -  A function that the compiler generates as inline code, not as function calls.

 

intrusion detection system (n) -  A type of security management system for computers and networks. Intrusion detection systems (IDS) provide real-time monitoring of network traffic. An IDS can detect a wide range of hostile attack signatures (patterns), generate alarms to alert operations staff and, in some cases, cause routers to terminate communications from hostile sources.

 

invalid (adj) -  Erroneous or unrecognizable because of a flaw in reasoning or an error in input. Invalid results, for example, might occur if the logic in a program is faulty. inventoried name (n) -  In software inventory, the name of a company or product exactly as it appears in the header of the product files.

 

inventory (n) -  A list of software and hardware for each client in a site.

 

inventory (n) -  Items that an owning organization uses in its product delivery activities. The value of an item is calculated by using an inventory valuation method and is recorded in inventory accounts.

 

inventory (v) -  To create, maintain, and report a list of clients software and hardware. Inventory & logistics (PN) -  The Business subcategory containing apps to help businesses with inventory and logistical tasks.

 

inventory blocking (n) -  Method to restrict on-hand inventory from being issued out of a warehouse.

 

inventory catalog (n) -  Data storage that holds inventory data for the products and variants for single or multiple product catalogs. Inventory catalogs are one of two types: the default inventory catalog that is always present and custom inventory catalogs which are added by users.

 

Inventory Collector (PN) -  A component of the ACT that examines each of your organization's computers, identifies the installed applications and system information, and returns the results to the Analyze screen of the Application Compatibility Manager. Inventory Condition (n) -  The state of items in the inventory. Can be one of four values: Out of Stock, In Stock, Back-Ordered, or Pre-Ordered.

 

inventory decrease (n) -  A transaction where items go out of inventory.

 

inventory increase (n) -  A transaction where items come into inventory.

 

inventory item (n) -  An itemized product that participates in an inventory process. inventory location (n) -  A functional storage facility where the stock value is recorded in accounting journals using inventory account classifications.

 

inventory management (n) -  The branch of management that plans and controls the holding of inventory. Inventory management does not manage the inventory itself, but rather plans for such things as levels to maintain.

 

inventory on hand (n) -  Items that are physically in stock and available to be used or sold. inventory order (n) -  A request for items from inventory. Items might be requested by a sales order or by production.

 

inventory period (n) -  A defined interval of time in which users can post inventory transactions. An inventory period can be closed to prevent any value changes to inventory (expected or invoiced) from being posted with a posting date in the closed period. It is, however, possible to apply an item quantity to an open item ledger entry in a closed period.

 

inventory receipt (n) -  A transaction for the acceptance of items into inventory. An inventory receipt increases inventory on hand.

 

inventory registration policy (n) -  A policy that controls when stock that is stored in a supermarket is registered as inventory.

 

inventory transaction (n) -  A transaction for items moving to inventory (receipts) or from inventory (issues).

 

inventory turnover (n) -  The number of times in a year that a company turns inventory (sells an amount of product equal to the average investment in the product). Inventory turnover is calculated by dividing the annual cost of goods sold by the average inventory investment. Inventory turnover measures the performance of inventory.

 

inverse multiplexing (n) -  The process whereby bandwidth enables a call to transmit more information at the same time in the same timeframe than information from a single signal transmitted over a single channel. This is accomplished by splitting a single high-speed channel into multiple signals, transmitting the multiple signals over multiple facilities operating at a lower rate than the original signal, and then recombining the separately transmitted portions into the original signal at the original rate.

 

inverse telecine (n) -  The process that removes the frames that were added when 24-fps film was converted to 30-fps video.

 

invert (v) -  To reverse something or change it to its opposite.

 

Inverted Pyramid (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show proportional, or interconnected, or hierarchical relationships with the largest component on the top and narrowing down. Level 1 text appears in the pyramid segments and Level 2 text appears in shapes alongside each segment.

 

investment project (n) -  A project that has no immediate earnings and that is used to track and control costs. An investment project includes item, hour, and expense costs. invisible (adj) -  Not displayed.

 

Invisible (PN) -  The status that a user selects when they are signed in but want to appear as offline to their contacts. They can send and receive IMs when invisible. invisible element (n) -  An element that is not displayed on a web page. invitation (n) -  An email message that a user sends to others to invite them to a meeting. invitation (n) -  A notification for sharing items, such as calendars, documents or folders, with others.

 

invitation (n) -  An email message asking someone who is not part of something, such as Yammer, a forum, or a group, to join it.

 

invite (v) -  To ask someone to engage in an instant conversation.

 

Invite (PN) -  A UI element, in a conversation window, that accesses the Invite Someone' menu item. The user can then select a contact to add to the current conversation.'

 

Invite (PN) -  The button in Yammer that allows users to invite colleagues to join Yammer. invite (n) -  An invitation message to selected persons to join in a service.

 

Invite Someone (PN) -  A UI element that sends an instant message to the selected person inviting them to join the current conversation.

 

Invite to New Conversation... (PN) -  An item on the right-click menu for a person in a multi-party conversation that invites the selected person to a new conversation, separate from the current conversation.

 

Invited (PN) -  The contact picture label that indicates someone has been invited to do something, but has not responded yet.

 

invitee (n) -  A person who has been invited to a conference but has not accepted or who has accepted but the conference has not started yet (i.e., he or she is not yet a participant). inviter (n) -  The user who invites other users to join a shared space.

 

invoice (n) -  A source document that documents a payment request from another party. invoice company (n) -  The company that is associated with an invoice transaction. Invoice ID (PN) -  A text field in the Invoice form. An auto-generated number. invoice line net amount (n) -  The actual currency amount that is represented by an invoice line, calculated as follows: Purchase order quantity * (Unit price/Price unit) - Trade agreement discount + Item miscellaneous charge

 

invoice matching (n) -  A practice of matching vendor invoice prices and product quantities to purchase orders and product receipts.

 

invoice net unit price (n) -  The actual currency amount per unit that is represented by the vendor invoice, calculated as follows: Invoice line net amount / Quantity on the invoice. invoice PO (n) -  A commercial document or contract, or the number identifying a commercial document or contract, that is issued by a buyer to a seller that identifies agreed upon prices, goods, payments, and services.

 

invoice price variance (n) -  The difference between the price on a packing slip and the invoice line price. The invoice price variance is determined when purchase invoices are compared to purchase receipts.

 

invoice product (n) -  A line item in an invoice containing detailed billing information. invoice project (n) -  A set of projects that are invoiced from the same invoice proposal. invoice register (n) -  A journal in which vendor invoices are entered as they arrive. invoiced revenue (n) -  Revenue from an hour, expense, fee, or item transaction. invoke operation (n) -  A domain operation that is executed without tracking or deferred execution.

 

IOCtl (n) -  A command that enables a program to communicate directly with a device driver. This is done, for example, by sending a string of control information recognized by the driver. None of the information passed from the program to the device driver is sent to the device itself (in other words, the control string sent to a printer driver is not displayed on the printer).

 

iOS (PN) -  A mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. and distributed exclusively for Apple hardware that powers many of the company's iDevices. iOS  -  (iphone Operating System)- The operating system for- Apple's smartphones (iPhone) and tablets (iPad).

 

IoT (PN) -  A platform on which the operating system can run on form factors other than PCs, tablets, and phones.

 

IP (n) -  A routable protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite that is responsible for IP addressing, routing, and the fragmentation and reassembly of IP packets.

 

IP  -  (Internet Protocol )- A- protocol- (computer language) which computers use to communicate with and over the internet.

 

IP address (n) -  A binary number that uniquely identifies a host (computer) connected to the Internet to other Internet hosts, for the purposes of communication through the transfer of packets.

 

IP address  -  (Internet Protocol address)- A unique number assigned to any computer connected to the internet, including yours, in the format 255.255.255.255. Each of the four blocks of numbers can be any value from 0 to 255. They can either be assigned permanently (‘static IP') or per session (‘dynamic IP'). Most ISPs assign them dynamically, ie when you connect to the internet.

 

IP address array (n) -  A list of IP addresses of DNS servers.

 

IP Address Hours (PN) -  The unit of measure for the Reserved IP Azure service.

 

IP Address Management (PN) -  A built-in framework for discovering, monitoring, auditing, and managing the IP address space used on a corporate network. IPAM provides for administration and monitoring of servers running Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name Service (DNS).

 

IP address mask (n) -  A range of IP addresses defined so that only computers with IP addresses within the range are allowed access to an Internet service. To mask a portion of the IP address, replace it with the asterisk wild card character (*).

 

IP address pool (n) -  A range of contiguous IP addresses allocated by the lab service to virtual machines in a network isolated environment.

 

IP Allow list (n) -  A filtering list that is used by the Connection Filter agent in Exchange Server 2007. IP addresses on the IP Allow list are considered safe' and are exempted from processing by other anti-spam agents.'

 

IP allow list (n) -  A list of IP addresses that are considered safe' by an authority. IP addresses in this list are allowed access to a given resource or web service and are thereby excluded from further processing of access control policies that would otherwise be used to determine the validity of that clients request for access. For example

 

IP Allow List provider (PN) -  In Exchange Server 2007, the feature that the Exchange administrator configures to enable functionality provided by IP Allow List Provider services that compile lists of IP addresses that are known not to have sent spam in the past. The Connection Filter agent queries the service to determine if a given IP address is safe.” IP Allow List provider configuration (PN) -  Configuration that is used by the Connection Filter agent to query an IP Allow List provider.

 

IP Allow List provider service (PN) -  A business that compiles and distributes lists of IP addresses that are known not to have sent spam in the past.

 

IP Block list (n) -  A filtering list that is used by the Connection Filter agent in Exchange Server 2007. IP addresses on the IP Block list are considered spam. Messages originating from an IP address that is on the IP Block list are stopped from entering the Exchange organization.

 

IP Block List provider (PN) -  In Exchange Server 2007, the feature that the Exchange administrator configures to enable functionality provided by IP Block List Provider services that compile lists of IP addresses from which spam has originated in the past.

 

IP Block List provider configuration (PN) -  The configuration that is used by the Connection Filter agent to query an IP Block List provider.

 

IP Block List provider service (PN) -  The business that compiles and distributes lists of IP addresses from which spam has originated in the past.

 

IP Exceptions (n) -  A list of IP addresses for which flood mitigation custom limits, instead of the default settings, will be applied.

 

IP object (n) -  A performance object that includes counters that describe the rates at which internet protocol (IP) datagrams are transmitted by a computer using the IP protocol. It also describes various error counts for the IP protocol.

 

IP range (n) -  A span of IP addresses.

 

IP Reservation (PN) -  The service type that lets customers reserve IP addresses.

 

IP Restrict Spam Quarantine option (n) -  The option on the Spam Filter page that restricts access to monitoring and managing Spam Quarantine by IP address.

 

IP safelist (n) -  The collection of IP addresses that are in a gateway servers list or internal mail servers list of IP addresses that should not be treated as spam.

 

IP SSL (PN) -  The unit of measure for IP address SSL connections.

 

IP/VoIP gateway (n) -  A third-party hardware device or product that connects a legacy PBX to a LAN. An IP/VoIP gateway translates or converts TDM or telephony circuit- switched protocols to packet switched protocols that can be used on a VoIP-based network.

 

iPad (PN) -  A line of tablet computers designed and marketed by Apple, Inc.

 

iPad  -  A popular- tablet- computer from Apple.

 

IPAM (PN) -  A built-in framework for discovering, monitoring, auditing, and managing the IP address space used on a corporate network. IPAM provides for administration and monitoring of servers running Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name Service (DNS).

 

IPC (n) -  The ability of one task or process to communicate with another in a multitasking operating system. Common methods include pipes, semaphores, shared memory, queues, signals, and mailboxes.

 

IPC (PN) -  A Microsoft technology that is implemented by Azure Rights Management service through a set of methods and capabilities to control how data is used and distributed beyond the use of simple access control and prevent accidental and unauthorized distribution of sensitive information.

 

iPhone  -  An extremely popular- smartphone- from Apple.

 

IP-in-IP tunnel (n) -  The encapsulation of an IP multicast datagram within an IP unicast datagram, so as to forward information between endpoints in an IP internetwork that have differing capabilities, thus acting as a logical link between the endpoints.

 

iPod  -  The- Apple- Corporation's massively successful portable music player, no longer manufactured as a standalone device because it is built into the iPhone. See also- iTunes. IPsec (n) -  A set of industry-standard, cryptography-based services and protocols that help to protect data over a network.

 

IPsec Denial of Service Protection (PN) -  A feature that helps client machines to provide basic protection against denial-of-service attacks.

 

IPV (n) -  The difference between the price on a packing slip and the invoice line price.

 

The invoice price variance is determined when purchase invoices are compared to purchase receipts.

 

IPV (n) -  A vaccine for immunization against poliomyelitis.

 

IPv4 (n) -  An Internet Protocol that has 32-bit source and destination addresses. IPv4 is the predecessor of IPv6.

 

IPV6 transition technology (n) -  A technology such as Teredo, 6to4 and ISATAP that allows you to deploy and use IPv6 even if your network infrastructure does not yet support it. Transition technologies can simplify and save money during an IPv6 deployment.

 

IPX (n) -  A network protocol native to NetWare that controls addressing and routing of packets within and between LANs. IPX does not guarantee that a message will be complete (no lost packets).

 

IPython (PN) -  A command shell for interactive computing in multiple programming languages, originally developed for the Python programming language, that offers enhanced introspection, rich media, additional shell syntax, tab completion, and rich history.

 

IRC (PN) -  A service that enables an Internet user to participate in a conversation online in real time with other users.

 

IRC script (n) -  A type of code that is exchanged between an IRC server and a remote computer. When malicious software connects to an IRC server through a backdoor on an infected computer, an IRC script may be used by an attacker to send commands and respond to events on the infected computer.

 

IrDA (n) -  The industry organization of computer, component, and telecommunications vendors who have established the standards for infrared communication between computers and peripheral devices such as printers.

 

iris (n) -  An adjustable component of a camera lens that allows varying levels of light to pass through.

 

iris diaphragm (n) -  An adjustable component of a camera lens that allows varying levels of light to pass through.

 

IRM (n) -  A policy tool that gives authors control over how recipients use the documents and e-mails they send.

 

IRP (n) -  Data structures that drivers use to communicate with each other.

 

IRQ (n) -  A signal sent by a device to get the attention of the processor when the device is ready to accept or send information.

 

IRS (PN) -  The federal revenue agency under the United States Department of the Treasury that is responsible for the collection of taxes in addition to the interpretation and enforcement of federal tax laws.

 

ISA (PN) -  A bus design specification that allows components to be added as cards plugged into standard expansion slots in IBM Personal Computers and compatibles. Originally introduced in the IBM PC/XT with an 8-bit data path, ISA was expanded in 1984, when IBM introduced the PC/AT, to permit a 16-bit data path. A 16-bit ISA slot actually consists of two separate 8-bit slots mounted end-to-end so that a single 16-bit card plugs into both slots. An 8-bit expansion card can be inserted and used in a 16-bit slot (it occupies only one of the two slots), but a 16-bit expansion card cannot be used in an 8-bit slot.

 

ISA  -  (Industry Standard Architecture; pr.‘icer') A once-common type of PC- expansion card, now obsolete; see also- EISA,- PCI.

 

ISA expansion slot (n) -  A connection socket for a peripheral designed to the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) on a computer motherboard.

 

ISAM (n) -  A technique for indexing database records that allows sequential or random access of records. When records are accessed sequentially they are accessed in the order in which they were entered in the database, and when records are accessed randomly, the records are accessed through an index.

 

ISAPI (n) -  An application programming interface (API) that resides on a server computer for initiating software services tuned for Windows operating systems. In Microsoft Provisioning System, ISAPI resides on the Web server.

 

ISAPI filter (n) -  A program that responds when the Web server receives an HTTP request. ISAPI filters are different from applications in that they are driven primarily by Web server events rather than by a client request. Those events, however, may be the result of client requests. You can associate an ISAPI filter with a particular Web server event; the filter is notified each time the associated event occurs.

 

iSCSI (n) -  An industry standard developed to enable transmission of SCSI commands over the existing Internet Protocol (IP) network by using the TCP/IP protocol. iSCSI offers the possibility of delivering both messaging traffic and block-based storage over IP networks without installing a separate Fibre Channel network.

 

iSCSI initiator (n) -  A logical entity that enables a server to communicate with an iSCSI device over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. Each iSCSI initiator can have one or more network adapters through which communication is established.

 

iSCSI target (n) -  A logical entity created in order to manage the connections between an iSCSI device and the servers that need to access it over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. A target defines the portals (IP addresses) that can be used to connect to the iSCSI device, as well as the security settings (if any) that the iSCSI device requires in order to authenticate the servers that are requesting access to its resources.

 

ISDN (n) -  A high-speed digital technology that uses existing telephone lines to provide Internet access.

 

ISDN  -  (Integrated Services Digital Network )- An early high speed (for its time) internet connection system mainly aimed at business, now largely obsolete. Requires a special type of- modem- called aTerminal Adaptor.

 

ISF (PN) -  A Microsoft format used to store ink data. The format is mainly used for mobile devices.

 

Ishikawa diagram (n) -  A type of diagram that documents all the factors that contribute to or affect a given situation (all the causes that lead to a certain effect).

 

Islamic (Shia) Religious Holidays (PN) -  The list item in Outlook that allows users to add standard Islamic Shia holidays to their calendar.

 

Islamic (Sunni) Religious Holidays (PN) -  The list item in Outlook that allows users to add standard Islamic Sunni holidays to their calendar.

 

ISM (n) -  A service that supports transports for asynchronous, site-to-site messaging. Each transport serves two major roles: send/receive and topology queries (such as, what are the various sites connected by this transport, and at what cost?).

 

iSNS (n) -  A lightweight protocol designed to make the automated discovery,

 

management, and configuration of iSCSI and Fiber Channel Protocol (FCP) devices on a TCP/IP network easier by providing a common mechanism for initiators and targets to discover one another and for handling zoning and authentication of both targets and initiators.

 

ISO (n) -  An international association of 157 countries/regions, each of which is represented by its leading standard-setting organization-for example, ANSI (American National Standards Institute) for the United States. The ISO works to establish global standards for communications and information exchange. Primary among its accomplishments is the widely accepted ISO/OSI reference model, which defines standards for the interaction of computers connected by communications networks.

 

ISO 14000 (PN) -  Standards and guidelines that were developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to help organizations minimize the negative effect their operations have on the environment and to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

 

ISO image (n) -  An image file typically used to create optical disks including CD-ROMs and DVDs. The ISO format is supported by many commercially-available software products.

 

ISO speed (n) -  A rating of a film's sensitivity to light. Though digital cameras don't use film, they have adopted the same rating system for describing the sensitivity of the camera's image sensor. Generally, as ISO speed climbs, image quality drops. isochronous (adj) -  Pertaining to processes where data must be delivered within certain time constraints. Multimedia streams require an isochronous transport mechanism to ensure that data is delivered as fast as it is displayed, and to ensure that the audio is synchronized with the video.

 

IsoHunt  -  isoHunt is a BitTorrent index with over 1.7 million torrents in its database and 20 million peers from indexed torrents.- http://isohunt.com/

 

isolated development environment (n) -  A private copy of the database that is created from the database project and typically filled with data by using a data generation plan. isolated receive adapter (n) -  The receive adapter that is hosted in a process other than a BizTalk Server process. This adapter is created and controlled by external process and it registers with BizTalk server at run time to submit messages.

 

isolated storage (n) -  A data storage mechanism that provides isolation and safety by defining standardized ways of associating code with saved data.

 

isolation (n) -  The Plug and Play process by which cards on an ISA bus are distinguished from each other after system startup.

 

isolation (n) -  A characteristic whereby two transactions running in parallel produce the illusion that there is no concurrency. It appears that the system is running one transaction at a time.

 

isolation level (n) -  The property of a transaction that controls the degree to which data is isolated for use by one process, and is guarded against interference from other processes. isometric (adj) -  One of the presets for 3D rotation effects. When selected, specifies that the object will be rotated isometrically.

 

ISP (n) -  A business that supplies Internet connectivity services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations. An ISP provides a telephone number, a user name, a password, and other connection information so that users can access the Internet through the ISP's computers.

 

ISP  -  (Internet Service Provider)- A company which provides a connection to the internet, or internet services.

 

ISP signup offer (n) -  A set of HTML pages in Windows Welcome that enables end users to sign up for Internet access from a particular Internet service provider.

 

ISP sign-up server (n) -  An HTTP server that automates the task of adding new customers to an ISP's customer database. The Internet sign-up server collects information from each customer, adds the information to the ISP's customer database, and then passes a configuration packet back to the customer's desktop computer. The configuration packet contains information that is used to configure the customer's Internet browser for subsequent connection to the ISP's services.

 

ISQL (n) -  An interactive command prompt utility provided with SQL Server that lets users run Transact-SQL statements or batches from a server or workstation and view the results that are returned.

 

ISR (n) -  A kernel-mode interrupt that is small, very fast pieces of assembly code that map physical interrupts onto logical interrupts. ISRs are used to provide hooks back to the kernel as well as device drivers.

 

ISS (PN) -  The service type of the App Services service that provides a management

 

service for intelligent systems through Microsoft Azure.

 

issue (n) -  The release of items from inventory.

 

issue (v) -  To release an item, or items, from inventory.

 

issue (n) -  A problem that an assessment identifies. The issue description may also include a solution for the problem and links to information about how to perform further investigation.

 

issue date (n) -  The date on which bonds, policies, stock, etc. are issued.

 

issue margin (n) -  A number of days added to issues from inventory, such as sales order transactions, to protect against unplanned delays.

 

issue slip (n) -  A report that is generated by a bailor when items are shipped to a bailee for storage purposes.

 

issuer (n) -  The certification authority which issued the certificate to the subject. issuer (n) -  The company or organization that issued the user the card they're adding to their wallet. For example, an issuer could be a bank.

 

issuing CA (n) -  In a public key infrastructure hierarchy, the certification authority that that issues certificates to users and computers.

 

issuing certificate (n) -  The certificate the issuer used to sign a subject's certificate. issuing certification authority (n) -  In a public key infrastructure hierarchy, the certification authority that that issues certificates to users and computers. issuing distribution point (n) -  An extension that indicates if the CRL is limited to revocations for end-entity certificates or for CA certificates.

 

ISTG (n) -  A server in an Active Directory architecture that is responsible for managing the inbound replication connection objects for all the server contact points in the server's site.

 

ISTM  -  (It Seems To Me)- Internet slang.

 

ISTR  -  (I Seem To Recall)- Internet slang.

 

ISV (n) -  A third-party software developer; an individual or an organization that independently creates computer software.

 

ISV Advisory Service (PN) -  A phone-based support option that provides assistance to Independent Software Vendors who are members of the Microsoft Partner Program. ISV.config file (n) -  An XML configuration document, with the .config file name extension, that contains settings that are used to update the navigation structure of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, including adding custom buttons, tabs, and menus to entity forms.

 

IT  -  (Information Technology)- What computers are all about - using technology to manage information. The computer industry is often called the IT industry, and computer departments often refer to themselves as the IT department.

 

italic (adj) -  Pertaining to characters that are evenly slanted to the right or in the direction of text flow.

 

Itanium (PN) -  An Intel microprocessor that uses explicitly parallel instruction set computing and 64-bit memory addressing. Itanium-based' refers to systems or platforms that are based on the Itanium processor. ‘Itanium2-based' refers to systems or platforms that are based on the Itanium2 processor. ‘Itanium architecture-based' refers to systems or platforms that are based on the Itanium and Itanium2 processors.'

 

Itanium  -  A new processor generation introduced by Intel in 2001, based on IA-64 architecture.

 

Itau (PN) -  A banking and financial services company in Brazil.

 

item (n) -  A product or service that a company buys from a vendor and/or sells to a customer.

 

item (n) -  The basic element that holds information in Outlook (similar to a file in other programs). Items include e-mail messages, appointments, contacts, tasks, journal entries, notes, posted items, and documents.

 

item (n) -  A unit of data or metadata that is being synchronized. A typical item of data might be a file or record, whereas a typical item of metadata might be a knowledge item. item (n) -  A unique element of data within a field.

 

item (n) -  A tangible or intangible thing.

 

item allocation key (n) -  A product family grouping that is used for forecast and demand scheduling.

 

item comment (n) -  A comment attached to an item and entered by a cashier or appearing at the point of sale or on receipts.

 

item consumption (n) -  The items used to process an order.

 

item dimension (n) -  A classification used to describe an item's physical characteristics, physical location, or relationship to other items. For example, the item SHIRT can be classified by the dimensions COLOR, SIZE, and STYLE.

 

item discount group (n) -  A grouping of items to which the same discount structure applies.

 

item expiration (n) -  The date after which an item is no longer usable.

 

item expiration date (n) -  The date after which an item is no longer usable.

 

item group (n) -  A user-defined description that is used to classify a group of items that have common characteristics.

 

item identifier list (n) -  An ordered sequence of one or more item identifiers. Each item in the list corresponds to a namespace object.

 

item number (n) -  A number that identifies one type of inventory item.

 

item package (n) -  Several different items and quantities ordered from a supplier as one lot.

 

Item Picker Contract (n) -  In Windows, the feature that allows users to select or access a single item located on the local PC, a connected storage device or from an application under a specified agreement.

 

item price tolerance group (n) -  A group of items that controls the allowable price variance percentage for invoice matching.

 

Item Ratings (PN) -  A feature that allows people to rate list items and documents on a SharePoint site using a 5-star rating system.

 

item relation (n) -  A reference to the item allocation group or the item and its product dimensions in a kanban rule.

 

item requirement (n) -  The reservation of items from inventory for a project. One item requirement can include multiple items.

 

item sales tax group (n) -  A group of one or more sales tax codes that define sales tax (including duty) for an item. A sales tax group and an item sales tax group must be connected to each transaction that is subject to sales tax. Sales tax is calculated only for the sales tax codes that are included in both the sales tax group and the item sales tax group.

 

item template (n) -  The portion of a DataRepeater control that is used to provide a visual interface for the repeated items in the control. At design time, controls can be added to the item template, and properties can be set to modify the appearance of the DataRepeater. item type (n) -  The data definition for a class of items stored in a Web application. An item type consists of its name and references to the default set of fields (properties) associated with items of that class.

 

item-based content type (n) -  A content type that inherits settings from a base content type that was designed for any type of SharePoint list item.

 

item-level role assignment (n) -  A security policy that applies to an item in the report server folder namespace.

 

item-level role definition (n) -  A security template that defines a role used to control access to or interaction with an item in the report server folder namespace. items control (n) -  A control that can be used to present a collection of items.

 

Items Manager (PN) -  A universal interface for fetching items from a data source. Items Manager provides a single unified API enabling controls to enumerate over a large set of items, in a way that virtualizes (scales to a large number of items) and works asynchronously (to avoid blocking the browser's UI thread, while waiting for the data). It also provides a pluggable interface into different templating mechanisms. iterate (v) -  To execute one or more statements or instructions repeatedly. Statements or instructions so executed are said to be in a loop.

 

iteration (n) -  Repeated execution of one or more statements or instructions. Statements or instructions so executed are said to be in a loop.

 

iteration (n) -  A fixed period of calendar time, generally between 1 and 6 weeks, for scheduling tasks and planning activities. Typically, iterations are consecutively numbered and follow one another sequentially.

 

iteration (n) -  A node on the Common Structure Service hierarchy that represents a schedule abstraction.

 

iteration budget (n) -  The budget used for planning the development activity for an iteration, based on rough order of magnitude estimates. The iteration budget is obtained from the velocity report and is measured in ideal person days.

 

iteration length (n) -  The length of the fixed period of time that comprises an iteration. The iteration length usually stays constant over the entire project.

 

iteration plan (n) -  The list of scenarios, quality of service requirements, and tasks for the upcoming iteration.

 

iteration test (n) -  A test that is run after the build verification tests. These tests verify the functionality called for in the iteration plan.

 

iterative development (n) -  The development of a solution by building, testing, and deploying a core set of basic features first, then adding features in successive versions. iterator (n) -  An object or routine for traversing the items in a list, array, collection, or stream one at a time.

 

ITF (n) -  A fee imposed by some financial and banking institutions on international financial transactions.

 

iTunes  -  The- Apple- Corporation's online music store, where you can download millions of digital music tracks - for a fee, of course. Now sells- apps- and movies too. Apple go to a lot of trouble to make it difficult and inconvenient to buy digital content from anywhere else on their devices.

 

IV line (n) -  A device used to administer medications or other fluids directly into the bloodstream through a vein.

 

IVR (n) -  An automated telephone information system that interacts with a caller through fixed voice menus and real-time data from databases.

 

IXFR (n) -  In DNS, a zone transfer request involving only incremental resource record changes between each version of the zone. An IXFR contrasts with a full zone transfer (AXFR) request for all resource records.