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IDE

See also Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

IETF

See also Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

IIS

See also Internet Information Server (IIS).

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

A programming language front end that provides all the tools you need to write an application through a single editor. The IDE normally includes support for development language help, access to any tools required to support the language, a compiler, and a debugger. Some IDEs include support for advanced features such as automatic completion of language statements and balloon help showing the syntax for functions and other language elements. Many IDEs also use color or highlighting to emphasize specific language elements or constructs. Older DOS programming language products provided several utilities ”one for each of the main programming tasks . Most (if not all) Windows programming languages provide some kind of IDE support.

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

A term used to refer to any of a number of technologies that allow higher communication rates over standard telephone lines than normally allowed using standard modems. ISDN can also use digital telephone lines in addition to the normal voice telephone lines. The basic transmission rate of ISDN is 64 Kbps. However, a special variant called B-ISDN can tranmit data at 1.5 Mbps. The line is normally divided into a number of channels. A Basic Rate Interface (BRI) supports two 64 Kbps B channels for transmitting data and a D channel for transmitting control information. A Primary Rate Interface (PRI) supports 23 B channels (United States) or 30 B channels (Europe) and one D channel.

Internationalized Application

An application that contains code or other resources necessary to make the output seen by the user appear in one or more languages. In most cases, this also means modifying date and monetary format to the form used by that culture.

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

The standards group tasked with finding solutions to pressing technology problems on the Internet. This group can approve standards created both within the organization itself and outside the organization as part of other group efforts. For example, Microsoft has requested the approval of several new Internet technologies through this group . If approved, the technologies would become an Internet-wide standard performing data transfer and other specific kinds of tasks.

Internet Information Server (IIS)

Microsoft's full-fledged Web server that normally runs under the Windows Server operating system. IIS includes all the features that you'd normally expect with a Web server: FTP and HTTP protocols along with both mail and news services. Older versions of IIS also support the Gopher protocol; newer versions don't provide this support because most Web sites no longer need it.

Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI)

A set of function calls and interface elements designed to make using Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) easier. Essentially, this set of API calls provides the programmer with access to the server itself. This technology makes it easier to provide full server access to the Internet server through a series of ActiveX controls, without the use of a scripting language. There are two forms of ISAPI: filters and extensions. An extension replaces script-based technologies like CGI. Its main purpose is to provide dynamic content to the user. A filter can extend the server itself by monitoring various events like user requests for access in the background. You can use a filter to create various types of new services like extended logging or specialized security schemes. Most developers use technologies such as Active Server Pages (ASP) in place of ISAPI because these technologies are easier to use. For example, ASP makes it easy to modify a file without the need to recompile it. However, ISAPI is still used for speed critical applications such as the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) listener used by some SOAP implementations .

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

A vendor that provides one or more Internet- related services through a dial-up, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), or other outside connection. Normal services include email, newsgroup access, full Internet Web site access, and personal Web page hosting.

ISAPI

See also Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI).

ISBN

See International Standard Book Number

ISDN

See also Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).

ISP

See also Internet Service Provider (ISP).