Glossary

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V W X

IANA

IANA or the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority oversees registration for different Internet Protocol parameters, including port numbers, protocol and enterprise numbers, options, codes and types.

ICANN

ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is a non-profit corporation given responsibility from the US Government to manage the Internet domain name system.

IIS

IIS is an informational web server used for Windows operating systems. Some site building programs are only compatible with specific IIS versions.

IMAP

IMAP or Internet message Access Protocol retrieves mail and views or manipulates it on the server.

Index Page

An Index Page is a default page displaying automatically when the top level of a web site is accessed by a user. Most Index Pages are named index.htm or index.html.

Intranet

An Intranet is a large internal network usually established by companies to improve communication efficiency. The access to Intranets is restricted to authorized users.

Internationalized Domains

Internationalized Domains are domains that contain characters with diacritics from non-English languages or characters from non-Latin scripts.

IP Address

An IP Address is a set of numbers divided by periods that specifies a location for the TCP/IP Protocol.

Ip Banning

IP Banning prevents abusive users from posting to websites.

IRC

IRC or Internet Relay Chat is a real-time service that enables people from all over the world to communicate through a chat system on the Internet.

ISDN

ISDN or Internet Services Digital Network is a service providing WAN combined transmission analog and digital services.

ISP

The ISP or Internet Service Provider provides the user with Internet services.