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`Kaplan, Steven M.
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`Wiley Electrical and Electronics Engineering Dictionary
`ISBN 0-471-40224-9
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`Printed in the United States of America.
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`industrial T V
`industrial T V Abbreviation o f industrial television. Televi(cid:173)
`sion utilized, o r specifically designed for, industrial applica(cid:173)
`tions. For example, closed-circuit TV used for monitoring
`manufacturing o r hazardous areas, o r for security surveil(cid:173)
`lance. Its own abbreviation is ITV.
`S a m e as ISM
`Industrial, Scientific, and M e d i c a l b a n d
`band.
`Industry S t a n d a r d A r c h i t e c t u r e Same as ISA.
`Industry S t a n d a r d A r c h i t e c t u r e bu s Same as I S A bus,
`inert Having little o r no chemical reactivity with o th e r ele(cid:173)
`ments. F o r instance, platinum and gold are inert elements.
`inert gas Any o f six chemical elements which are all gases
`and highly unreactive. T h e y are all in the same group o f the
`periodic table, and are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon,
`and radon. Also called n o b l e gas.
`Shielded-arc welding
`inert gas s h i e l d e d - a r c w e l d i n g
`which an inert gas, such as argon o r helium, provides the
`protective atmosphere.
`inertance The acoustic equivalent o f electrical inductance.
`Also called acoustic mass, acoustic in e r tan c e , acoustic in(cid:173)
`ertia, o r acoustic i n d u c t a n c e .
`inertia The tendency o f a body to resist a change in its mo(cid:173)
`mentum. For instance, a body at rest will remain so unless
`acted upon by an external force.
`inertia switch A switch that is actuated when it senses a
`change in momentum exceeding a given magnitude.
`infect To contaminate a computer with a virus, bacterium,
`worm, Trojan horse o r other such malicious piece o f code o r
`infection The condition in which a c om p u t e r virus, bacterium,
`worm, Trojan horse o r other such malicious piece o f code o r
`program, has contaminated a file, piece o f code, o r program.
`Also, the process by which this contamination occurs.
`inference e n g i n e Within an expert system o r o th e r knowl(cid:173)
`edge-based system, the component which applies principles
`information
`to draw conclusions from
`o f reasoning
`available in the knowledge base.
`InfiniBand An architecture o r specification for the movement
`o f data along I/O buses which supports up to 64,000 ad(cid:173)
`dressable devices and transfer rates in excess o f 10 Gbps,
`while providing simplicity o f operation, security, and reli(cid:173)
`2. T h a t which
`ability.
`l . Having no limits o r boundaries.
`exceeds any other arbitrarily s e t large value. 3 . T h a t which
`infinite
`is so large that it c a n not be measured.
`infinite attenuation Attenuation which is sufficient to reduce
`the amplitude o f an output signal to zero.
`infinite baffle An enclosure o r moun t ing in which there is no
`path o f air from the front to the b a c k o f the speaker dia(cid:173)
`phragm. This m a y be accomplished, for instance, by mount(cid:173)
`ing a speaker in a wall.
`Infinite-Impulse R e s p o n s e filter A filter whose output is a
`weighed sum o f the current inputs and past outputs, thus in(cid:173)
`It is one o f the two primary types o f
`filters utilized in digital signal processing, the o th e r being
`corporating feedback.
`Infinite-Impulse Re(cid:173)
`filters.
`Finite-Impulse R e s p o n s e
`sponse filters tend to be more efficient, b u t less linear than
`Its abbreviation is IIR fil(cid:173)
`Finite-Impulse Response Filters.
`line having the characteristics
`ter.
`line A transmission
`long.
`infinitely
`infinite
`is
`line which
`corresponding an ordinary
`Also called infinite transm iss ion line.
`infinite loop A loop which is repeated indefinitely. Such a
`loop usually requires user intervention to stop it. An infinite
`loop may be due to a bug, o r may be intentional, as in the
`case o f a certain demos. Also called endless loop.
`infinite series A series in which there is a n infinite number o f
`added quantities. An example is a Fourier series.
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`overload.
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`tent
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`information digitization
`infinite transm iss ion line Same as in f in i t e line.
`l . A quantity that approaches zero as a limit. 2. A
`quantity, o r change in quantity, that is extremely small. 3. A
`infinitesimal
`quantity so small that it can n o t be measured.
`limits or
`l . That which has no
`oo.
`Its symbol is
`2. A number o r quantity which exceeds any
`infinity
`other arbitrarily set large value. 3 . A number o r quantity so
`boundaries.
`large that it can not be measured. 4 . A number that exceeds
`that maximum value that can b e stored in a register o r mem(cid:173)
`o r y location.
`infix notation A manner o f forming mathematical or logical
`expressions, in which the operators appear between the op(cid:173)
`erands. For instance, (A + B) x C. This contrasts with pre(cid:173)
`fix notation where such an expression would appear as
`* + A B C , and with postfix no ta t ion , where such an expres(cid:173)
`sion would appear as A B C + * .
`i n f l amm a b l e T h a t which is easily ignited o r burned. Also
`ca\ied flammable.
`infobahn Abbreviation o f information A u t o b a h n , the latter
`being the German word for superhighway. Same as infor(cid:173)
`mation highway.
`intermediary. An
`information
`in fomed iary Acronym for
`entity which specializes in information retrieval, and which
`those who want any
`intermediary between
`given information, and those w h o can provide it. Some Web
`serves as an
`sites, for instance, function in this capacity.
`informatics Same as i n f o r m a t i o n science.
`information 1. Knowledge which has been acquired through
`research, experience, instruction, o r the like. 2. A collection
`o f facts pertaining to a given topic o r area. 3. Data which
`has been processed, stored, transmitted, o r otherwise been
`given additional meaning within a given setting. Nonethe(cid:173)
`less, data and information are usually used synonymously.
`Information and C o n t e n t E x c h a n g e A protocol based on
`XML which enables a Web site to collect infonnation from
`it. Used, for
`other Web sites and display
`ecommerce. Its acronym is ICE.
`information anx iety Any anxiety resulting from information
`information appliance 1. A device, intended for home use,
`which is connected to a network, so as to gather and/or dis(cid:173)
`tribute information. An example is an Internet appliance.
`Said especially o f those which have an easy-to-use interface.
`2. A home appliance,
`Also called s m a r t a p p l i a n c e (1 ).
`such as a central air conditioner, which provides a user inter(cid:173)
`face such as a touch screen, for simple programming. Also
`called s m a r t a p p l i a n c e (2).
`information bits Bits utilized to represent information, as
`opposed to those utilized for control purposes.
`information c e n t e r A location where computers, associated
`equipment, and workspaces are located. Such a center can
`serve for research, training, and other endeavors, and its re(cid:173)
`sources may b e used at the location itself, o r remotely.
`information c h a n n e l A communications channel used
`data transmission. Also called data channe l (2).
`information c o m p r e s s i o n T h e encoding o f information so
`that it occupies less space and/or bandwidth. There are
`many algorithms used for compression, and dependmg on
`range
`information being encoded, space savings can
`can
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`Information compressJOn I d
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`from under 10% to ove r 99%.
`also b e achieved b y increasing packing density. Also cal e
`data compre s s ion , o r c om p r e s s i o n (2).
`information c o n t e n t Information presented in any form, such
`as text, audio, video, o r any combination o f these. Thishc~;;
`instance, via satellite,
`is obtainable, for
`Internet, o r software-based products, such as CD-RO Ms,.
`information digitization T h e conversion o f information ~c(cid:173)
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