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IMHO
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In My Humble Opinion -- A
shorthand appended to a comment written in an
online forum, IMHO indicates that the writer is
aware that they are expressing a debatable view,
probably on a subject already under discussion. One
of may such shorthands in common use online,
especially in discussion forums.
See Also:
TTFN,
BTW
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Index
(or Default)
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Refers to the file returned
by a web server by default when no filename
was specified in a URL, or the list of
contents generated by a web server when the
index file does not exist.
Also refers to a search
engine's database.
See Also:
Server,
search
engine,
URL,
Web
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Internet
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(Upper case I) The
vast collection of inter-connected networks
that all use the TCP/IP protocols and that
evolved from the ARPANet of the late
60’s and early 70’s. The Internet
now (July 1995) connects roughly 60,000 independent
networks into a vast global internet
(growing very rapidly every day).
(Lower case i) Any
time you connect 2 or more networks
together, you have an internet - as in
inter-national or inter-state.
See Also:
Internet,
Network,
TCP/IP,
ARPANet
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INTERNIC
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The authority in charge of
the registration of Domain Names to make
sure there aren't any duplicates and to prevent
disputes over reserved names. They currently charge
$100 for the registration fee which covers the
first two years and they bill $50 a year
thereafter.
See Also:
Domain
Name
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Intranet
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A private network
inside a company or organization that uses the same
kinds of software that you would find on the public
Internet, but that is only for internal
use.
As the Internet has
become more popular many of the tools used on the
Internet are being used in private
networks, for example, many companies have
web servers that are available only
to employees.
Note that an Intranet
may not actually be an internet -- it may
simply be a network.
See Also:
internet,
Internet,
Network,
Web,
Server
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IP Number
(Address)
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Internet Protocol Number
(Address) -- Sometimes called a dotted quad. A
unique number consisting of 4 parts separated by
dots, e.g.
204.96.116.162
Each number is 8 bits
which makes an address a total of 32 bits, this
IP version 4 in use right now, however,
IP version 6 which will be in place very
soon, will be a total of 128 bits, which as some
people say could provide an IP address to each
"proton" on earth, the reason for this is because
with the overwhelming success and growth of the
Internet, the 32 bits of addresses don't
provide a large enough number of addresses for all
the sites in the world and every site and resource
need a distinct address to be found properly, that
is why IP version 6 was devised.
Every machine that is on the
Internet has a unique IP number - if a
machine does not have an IP number, it is not
really on the Internet. Most machines also
have one or more Domain Names that are
easier for people to remember.
See Also:
Domain
Name,
Internet,
TCP/IP,
IPv4,
IPv6,
Bit
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IPv4
IPv6
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Internet Protocol version 4
(and 6).
Each individual resource
(web sites, mail servers, name
servers...etc...) on the web has an
address, and each address is currently expressed as
a binary number 32 bit long under the currently
used version 4 of IP (IPv4). We are very quickly
running out of addresses to use for more resources
because the 32 bit wide addresses are too limited
to handle the growth that we are experiencing on
the Internet. Some creative ways to increase
the efficiency of use of IP addresses (IP
numbers) aren't enough to allow for much
more expansion, it only delays the inevitable. So
IPv6 (version 6) has been in the planning stage and
design to replace our current IPv4 very soon. IPv6
will allow us to express IP addresses over 128 bits
(optimized and aligned for 64 bits systems) and
would allow a lot more available addresses for us
to use, without ever running out of them. Some say
that with 128 bits addresses, every "proton on
earth" would have an address.
See Also:
IP
number
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IPP
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Internet Presence Provider --
An institution that provides space on a
server (web space) to hold a web
site, ftp site or any other kind of
material to make available on the internet
in some form, usually for money.
See Also:
Internet,
Web
Site,
Web
Page
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IRC
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Internet Relay Chat --
Basically a huge multi-user live chat facility.
There are a number of major IRC servers
around the world which are linked to each other.
Anyone can create a channel and anything that
anyone types in a given channel is seen by all
others in the channel. Private channels can (and
are) created for multi-person conference
calls.
See Also:
Server
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ISDN
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Integrated Services Digital
Network -- Basically a way to move more data over
existing regular phone lines. ISDN is rapidly
becoming available to much of the USA and in most
markets it is priced very comparably to standard
analog phone circuits. It can provide speeds of
roughly 128,000 bits-per-second over regular phone
lines. In practice, most people will be limited to
56,000 or 64,000 bits-per-second.
See Also:
T
1,
T
3,
DS
3,
OC 3,
OC
12,
Network
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ISP
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Internet Service Provider --
An institution that provides access to the
Internet in some form, usually for
money.
See Also:
Internet,
IPP
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