Users Guide

Abbreviation for HyperText Transmission Protocol, Secure. HTTPS is a variant of HTTP used by Web browsers for handling secure transactions. HTTPS is a
unique protocol that is simply SSL underneath HTTP. You need to use "https://" for HTTP URLs with SSL, whereas you continue to use "http://" for HTTP URLs
without SSL.
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ICES
Abbreviation for Interface-Causing Equipment Standard (in Canada).
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ICMP
Abbreviation for Internet Control Message Protocol. ICMP is a TCP/IP protocol used to send error and control messages.
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ICU
Abbreviation for ISA Configuration Utility.
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ID
Abbreviation for identification.
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IDE
Abbreviation for Integrated Drive Electronics. IDE is a computer system interface, used primarily for hard drives and CDs.
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I/O
Abbreviation for input/output. The keyboard is an input device, and a printer is an output device. In general, I/O activity can be differentiated from
computational activity. For example, when a program sends a document to the printer, it is engaging in output activity; when the program sorts a list of terms,
it is engaging in computational activity.
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IHV
Abbreviation for independent hardware vendor. IHVs often develop their own MIBs for components that they manufacture.
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interlacing
A technique for increasing video resolution by only updating alternate horizontal lines on the screen. Because interlacing can result in noticeable screen flicker,
mostusersprefernoninterlacedvideoadapterresolutions.
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IP address
AbbreviationforInternetProtocoladdress.SeeTCP/IP.
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IPMI
Abbreviation for Intelligent Platform Management Interface, which is an industry standard for management of peripherals used in enterprise computers based
on Intel®architecture. The key characteristic of IPMI is that inventory, monitoring, logging, and recovery control functions are available independent of the
main processors, BIOS, and operating system.
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IRQ
Abbreviation for interrupt request. A signal that data is about to be sent to or received by a peripheral device travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor.
Each peripheral connection must be assigned an IRQ number. For example, the first serial port in your system (COM1) is assigned to IRQ4 by default. Two
devices can share the same IRQ assignment, but you cannot operate both devices simultaneously.
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ISV
Abbreviation for independent software vendor.
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