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| I | Indexed Colour :
Any colour which is derived from a palette.
Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) :
The data bus still used today by some systems for legacy support for older sound cards and modems.
Instruction :
An internal pipeline which is capable of some sort of action. Some instructions include, ADD, STORE, and MULTIPLY. All actions done by a processor are the result of an instruction. Compiled programs use these instructions to process information.
Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) :
The standard set of instructions which are used by a processor.
Integer :
Any number which is a whole number. Computers can operate with integers faster than floating-point numbers because less precession is needed.
Integrated Circuit (IC) :
Any computer chip; like a processor, RAM, or DSP.
Interlaced :
The drawing of every other, or selected lines, so that a rough image can be displayed before the entire image is loaded.
Interleave :
The reading or writing of data in an out of order sequence.
Internet :
The global network of computers. The most common networking interface is through HTTP which operates using the TCP/IP protocols.
Internet Service Provider (ISP) :
A gateway to the Internet.
Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) :
A networking protocol developed by Novell for use in Novel networks that allows signals to travel across the individual network segments which are connected by a common server. Usually used in conjunction with SPX.
Interrupt Request (IRQ) :
When devices prompt the CPU for processing attention.
ID3 :
A file tag for the MP3 format which stores a small amount of information, like song name, artist, data, album, year, genre, and comment.
Image Map :
A link which is dynamically created over an image in web pages. This allows portions of the image to be linked, but not others. It also allows for more than one link on an image. The map can be done either by the browser or by the server.
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) :
The standard interface which today's storage devices are connected to. It is what is used to connect almost all hard drives, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs and CD-Writable drives. Most motherboards have 2 different IDE controllers, each able to support up to 2 devices. Almost all IDE devices are compatible with the Enhanced IDE (EIDE) interface, which allows for higher transfer speeds.
Interpolation :
The process of extracting information by averaging the data which is found to either side. Used in rendering to scale large textures down to smaller sizes, and small textures to larger sizes.
Interpret :
Data which has to be compiled during runtime. All scripting languages have to be interpreted. Unlike compiling, the interpreted code is discarded after it is executed.
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