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CNET GLOSSARY: Terms for the techie
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ISA 
Industry Standard Architecture 
ISA is a bus design that was used in most PCs dating back to the 1980s. It's a limited 8-bit and 16-bit bus, and it has been superseded by the EISA and PCI bus architectures.


 
I 
ICANN
icon
ICQ
ID3
IDE
IEEE
IEEE 1394
image stabilization (optical, electronic)
IMAP
impressions
in-dash GPS
independent input memories
infinite door check
inkjet printer
in-line graphic
instant messaging
integrated control panel
 
integrated HDTV tuner
Interactive Digital Cable Ready
interlaced display
interlaced GIF
interlaced scanning
Internet
internet
internetwork
internetworking
Internet backbone
InterNIC
interstitial ad
intranet
I/O port
IP
 
IP address
IP packet
IP spoofing
IPX
IRC
IRE
IrDA
IR
IRQ
ISAPI
ISA
ISDN
ISP
ISO 9660
ISO setting
ITU-T
  
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