by Admin Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:38 am
IC - Intergrated Circuit
ICSP - In Circuit Serial Programming
I-ETS
IF- Intermediate Frequency
Interim European Telecommunications Standard
Infrared data port:
A facility on a mobile phone to allow information to be exchanged with other devices e.g. a PC using infra red technology
IN - Intelligent Network
Internet
The Internet is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.
Intranet
An intranet is a private computer network that uses Internet protocols, network connectivity, and possibly the public telecommunication system to securely share part of an organization's information or operations with its employees. Sometimes the term refers only to the most visible service, the internal website. The same concepts and technologies of the Internet such as clients and servers running on the Internet protocol suite are used to build an intranet. HTTP and other Internet protocols are commonly used as well, especially FTP and e-mail. There is often an attempt to use Internet technologies to provide new interfaces with corporate 'legacy' data and information systems.
Briefly, an intranet can be understood as "a private version of the Internet", or as a version of the internet confined to an organization.
IMEI - International Mobile Equipment Identity
The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a number unique to every GSM and UMTS mobile phone. It is usually found printed on the phone underneath the battery and can also be found by dialing the sequence *#06# into the phone.
The IMEI number is used by the GSM network to identify valid devices and therefore can be used to stop a stolen phone from accessing the network. For example, if a mobile phone is stolen, the owner can call his or her network provider and instruct them to "ban" the phone using its IMEI number. This renders the phone useless, regardless of whether the phone's SIM is changed.
I-mode:
A service developed by Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo, I-mode delivers a huge range of services to subscribers and has proved enormously popular with some 30 million regular users. The revenue sharing model used for I-mode is being adopted by other operators as the basis for the new services enabled by GPRS and 3G
IMSI - International Mobile Subscriber Identity
(an internal subscriber identity used only by the network)
IMT-2000:
The family of third generation technologies approved by the ITU. There are five members of the family: IMT-DS, a direct sequence WCDMA FDD solution IMT-TC, a WCDMA TDD solution IMT-MC, a multicarrier solution developed from cdma2000 IMT-SC, a single carrier solution developed from IS-136/UWC-136 IMT-FT, a TDMA/TDD solution derived from DECT
INAP - Intelligent Network Application Part
IP - Internet Protocol
IPR - Intellectual Property Rights
IPv6:
The next generation of IP addressing designed to replace the current system IPv4 which uses a 32 bit address code which limits the number of possible addresses. IPv6 uses a 128 bit code ensuring that the possible number of IP addresses will be virtually limitless
IrDA - Infra red Data Association
Iridium:
A low earth orbit satellite communications system developed initially by Motorola.
IS-54:
The first evolution in the USA from analogue to digital technology. Used a hybrid of analogue and digital technology, superseded by IS-136
IS-95:
Cellular standard know also as cdmaOne
IS-136:
Cellular standard also known as TDMA or D-AMPS
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO
International Standards Organisation
ISP - Internet Service Provider
iTAP:
software developed by Motorola and built into some wireless phones and PDAs that makes typing words on a keypad easier. The competitor to iTAP is T9
ITU - International Telecommunications Union
ITU-R - ITU Telecommunications Radio Sector
ITU-T - ITU Telecommunications Standardisation Sector
IWF - Interworking Function
