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Glossary : I
A to Z of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms
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- I&A : Identification and Authentication
- I&DeA : Improvement & Development Agency
- I/O : Input/Output Port
- IA : Intelligent Addressing
- IAG : Information Age Government
- IAG : Inter Authorities Group
- IANA : Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (http://www.iana.org)
- IARN : Information Asset Register Number departmental code
- IAS : Internet access and security
- IATA : International Air Transport Association
- IATC : International Agriculture and Technology Centre
- IAU : International Astronomical Union
- IAWG : Inter Authority Waste Group
- IB : Incapacity Benefit
- IBS : Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- ICAO : International Civil Aviation Organisation
- ICBM : intercontinental ballistic missile
- ICDRI : The International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
- ICE : In Car Entertainment
- ICE : In Case of Emergency
- ICE : Institution of Civil Engineers
- ICELE : International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy
- ICES : Integrating Community Equipment Services
- ICMP : Internet Control Message Protocol
- ICO : Information Commissioner's Office
- ICOMOS : International Council on Monuments and Sites (http://www.icomos.org)
- ICRA : The Internet Content Rating Association (http://www.icra.org)
- ICS : Information Classification Scheme for Schools
- ICS : Institute of Customer Service
- ICS : Integrated Customer Services
- ICSTIS : Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services
- ICT : Information (&) Communications Technology (see also IT below)
- ID&A : Identification and Authentication
- ID&V : Identification and Verification
- ID : Identification
- IDA : Interchange of Data between Administrations
- IDB : Internal Drainage Board
- IDE : Integrated Development Environment
- IDE : Integrated Device Electronics
- IDeA : Improvement & Development Agency
- ID-FF : Identity Federation Framework
- IDN : International Domain Name standard / Internationalised Domain Name
- IDS : Iain Duncan Smith
- IDS : Income Data Services
- IDTV : Interactive Digital Television
- IDWIMIE : It Doesn't Work In Microsoft Internet Explorer
- IEC : Information, Education and Communication
- IEG : Implementing e-Government (see also e-... )
- IETF : Internet Engineering Task Force
- IFABC : International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations (www.ifabc.org)
- IGA : International Glaucoma Association
- IGCG : Interactive Guide to Connected Government
- IGI : International Genealogical Index
- IHBC : Institute of Historic Building Conservation (www.ihbc.org.uk)
- IIP or iip or IiP : Investors in People
- IIS : Industrial Injuries Scheme
- ILA : Individual Learning Accounts
- ILD : Index of Local Deprivation (see also IMD below)
- ILO : International Labour Organisation
- IM : Identity Management
- IM : Institute of Management
- IMAP : Internet Message Access Protocol
- IMD : Index of Multiple Deprivation (see also ILD above)
- IME : Input Method Editor
- IMHO : In My Humble/Honest Opinion
- imo or IMO : in my opinion; e-mail, chat-room and blogging short-hand.
- IMS : Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- IMT : Internet Media Type
- IN : Improvement Notice
- IND : Immigration and Nationality Directorate
- INLOGOV : Institute of Local Government Studies
- International paper sizes
- IOSH : Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
- IP : Identity Providers
- IP : Internet Protocol (see also tcp/ip)
- IP address : Internet Protocol Address
- IPCC : Independent Police Complaints Commission
- IPCC : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IPM : Integrated Pest Management
- IPMI : Intelligent Platform Management Interface
- IPPR : Institute of Public Policy Research (www.ippr.org.uk)
- IPROW : Institute of Public Rights of Way Officers
- IPSV : Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary
- IPX : Internetwork Packet Exchange
- IR : Industrial Relations
- IR : Infrared
- IR : Inland Revenue
- IRC : Internet Relay Chat
- IrDA : Infrared Data Association
- IRMP : Integrated Risk Management Planning
- IRRV : Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation
- IRT : Identification, Referral & Tracking (systems)
- IS : Information Systems
- ISB : Invest to Save Bid
- ISBN : International Standard Book number
- ISDN : Integrated Services Digital Network - a type of high-speed Internet access typically for businesses. ISDN is conceptually the integration of both analogue or voice data together with digital data over the same network (see also ADSL and DSL).
- ISEB : Information Systems Examination Board
- ISG : Information Services Group
- ISG : Interim Steering Group
- ISIHAC : I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
- ISMA : Internet Streaming Media Alliance
- ISO : International Standard Order
- ISO : International Standardisation Organisation
- ISP : Internet Service Provider, an ISP is a company that provides users access to the Internet.
- ISPA : Internet Service Providers' Association
- ISRO : Indian Space Research Organisation
- ISS : International Space Station
- ISV : Independent Software Vendor
- IT : Information Technology (see also ICT above)
- ITEX : IT & Exchequer
- ITIL : IT Infrastructure Library (see also IT above)
- ITU : International Telecommunication Union
- ITU-T : International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication [Standardisation Sector]
- iTV : Interactive Television
- ITX : IT Exploitation
- IWMSC : Integrated Waste Management Services Contract
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