Concise definitions on frequent terms
IP address
Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique number a system uses in order identify and communicate with others in the network using the Internet Protocol standard.
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IPP
The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) defines a standard protocol for printing as well as managing print jobs, media size, resolution, and so forth. IPP can be used locally or over the Internet to hundreds of printers, and also supports access control, a…
IPX/SPX
Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) / Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX) are network protocols used by Novell NetWare operating Systems. IPX and SPX both provide similar connections services like TCP/IP. IPX is having similarities to IP and SPX having similari…
ISO
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from national standards bodies. It produces world-wide industrial and commercial standards.
ITU-T
The International Telecommunication Union is an international organization established to standardize and regulate international radio and telecommunications. Its main tasks include standardization, allocation of the radio spectrum, and organizing inter…
iTunes
iTunes™ is a software application developed by Apple. It is available for Mac OS and Windows and can be downloaded freely from apple.com. iTunes' original purpose was to allows you to manage your digital music library (mp3, aac, etc.), listen to music…...
Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (JBIG)
Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (JBIG) is an image compression standard with no actual loss of accuracy or quality. It is desined for compression of binary images, particularly for faxes and also used for other images.
JPEG or JPG
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) is a commonly used method of lossy compression for photographic images. It is also an format used for storing transmitting photographs on the Internet.
Light-Emmiting Diode (LED)
Light-Emmiting Diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that indicates the status of a machine.
Lightweight Directory Acess Protocol (LDAP)
Lightweight Directory Acess Protocol (LDAP) is an networking protocol for querying and modifying directory services running over TCP/IP.