Information Superhighway - This term for the internet and world wide web was first established by the US Vice president Al Gore in 1990. The term refers to the global communications network that carries all types of data around the globe. The information superhighway is mediated by copper cables, satellites, fiber optics, and cellular telecommunications.
Information System - Abbreviated IS. It is usually a computer based system in which data is entered, then processed. The data can be analyzed and given out as new data in the form of many different types, for example as a graph or table.
Information Technology - Abbreviated IT. Is any type of technology including programs which can take in, store, pull out, and process information and data. It also includes systems which can control machines or processes or that assist in making decisions.
INpg - Is the latest protocol or addressing method to take over the current Internet Protocol. It is used to help provide an answer to the shortage of IP addresses.
IP - (Internet Protocol). The network part of the TCP/IP protocol that is widely used on Ethernet networks. This protocol facilitates the routing of packets of data by routing, fragmenting and re-assembling of data files.
Institution - Any group of people with the same interests, objectives, or goals, or that provide related services. Examples include businesses, schools, universities, governments, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGO), churches non-profit agencies.
Intellectual Property - Is a completely original creation by a person. It can be an idea, writing or even discovery. An example, the book Midaq Alley is the intellectual property of Naguib Mahfouz.
Intellectual Property Rights - Are the legal rights to the ownership to intellectual property, by means of trade marks, patents and copyrights.
Intelligent System - A computer based system programmed to process data input by humans or machines and copying human decision making. These systems may respond to external stimuli, example a temperature sensor found in green houses, when the temperature rises the sensors detect this rise and automatically switch on the air conditioning to bring the temperature back down. Like artificial intelligence.
Interface - A limit between two systems. In IT, machines or humans communicate across these boundaries. An interface may be as simple as a hardware connectors, it may include communication protocols, or programs and features by which humans enter commands into and receive information from machines.
INTERNET - The Internet is usually capitalized to indicate that it a special set of connected computers. It is the largest network in the world and consists of many different physical networks around the world. These networks use various protocols including the Internet Protocol to communicate.
