Specifications

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Glossary

interleaved memory The process of alternating

access between two banks of memory to overlap

accesses, thus speeding up data retrieval. Systems

that require only one memory module per bank to

operate can work more quickly when two are

installed if the system supports interleaved memory.

Inter-Module Bus (IMB) A proprietary high-

speed bus used by the Broadcom ServerWorks

chipsets. It runs at various speeds, depending on

the chipset.

internal command In DOS, a command con-

tained in

COMMAND.COM so that no other file must be

loaded to perform the command.

DIR and COPY are

two examples of internal commands. In Windows,

a command contained in

CMD.EXE.

internal device A peripheral device installed

inside the main system case in either an expansion

slot or a drive bay.

internal drive A disk or tape drive mounted

inside one of a computer’s disk drive bays (or a

hard disk card, which is installed in one of the

computer’s slots).

Internet A computer network that joins many

government, university, and private computers

together. The Internet traces its origins to a net-

work set up in 1969 by the Department of Defense.

You can connect to the Internet through many

online services, such as CompuServe and America

Online, or you can connect through local Internet

service providers (ISPs). Internet computers use the

TCP/IP communications protocol. Several million

hosts exist on the Internet; a host is a mainframe,

mini, or workstation that directly supports the

Internet protocol (the IP in TCP/IP).

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names

and Numbers (ICANN) The non-profit organi-

zation having the responsibility for IP address and

domain name assignments on the Internet.

Internet Explorer (IE) Microsoft’s line of web

browsers for Windows and Macintosh computers.

Most websites are optimized to display best on sys-

tems running recent versions of IE.

interpreter A program for a high-level language

that translates and executes the program at the

same time. The program statements that are inter-

preted remain in their original source language, the

way the programmer wrote them—that is, the pro-

gram does not need to be compiled before execu-

tion. Interpreted programs run more slowly than

compiled programs and always must be run with

the interpreter loaded in memory.

interrupt A suspension of a process, such as the

execution of a computer program, caused by an

event external to that process and performed in

such a way that the process can be resumed. An

interrupt can be caused by internal or external con-

ditions, such as a signal indicating that a device or

program has completed a transfer of data. Hardware

interrupts (also called IRQs) are used by devices,

whereas software interrupts are used by programs.