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ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) A method for allowing a single network
connection to be shared among several machines. ICS was first introduced with
Windows 98.
IDE (intelligent drive electronics) Also known as integr ated drive electron
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ics. A PC specification for small- to medium-sized hard drives in which the
controlling electronics for the drive are part of the drive itself, speeding up
transfer rates and leaving only a simple adapter (or “paddle”). IDE only sup
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ported two drives per system of no more than 504 megabytes each, and has
been completely supplanted by Enhanced IDE. EIDE supports four drives of
over 8 gigabytes each and more than doubles the transfer rate. The more com
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mon name for PATA drives. See also PATA.
IEC-320 Type of connector used to connect the cable supplying AC power
from a wall outlet into the power supply.
IEEE (Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers) IEEE is the leading
standards-setting group in the United States.
IEEE 1284 The IEEE standard governing parallel communication.
IEEE 1394 The IEEE standard governing FireWire communication. See also
FireWire (IEEE 1394).
IFCONFIG A command-line utility for Linux servers and workstations that
displays the current TCP/IP configuration of the machine, similar to Windows’
IPCONFIG.
image file A bit-by-bit image of the data to be burned on the CD or DVD—
from one file to an entire disc—stored as a single file on a hard drive. Image files
are particularly handy when copying from CD to CD or DVD to DVD.
image installation An operating system installation that uses a complete im
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age of a hard drive as an installation media. This is a helpful technique to use
when installing an operation system on a large number of identical PCs.
impact printer A type of printer that uses pins and inked ribbons to print text
or images on a piece of paper.
impedance The amount of resistance to an electrical signal on a wire. It is
used as a relative measure of the amount of data a cable can handle.
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