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Glossary
HPFS
Abbreviation for the High Performance File System option in the Windows NT
operating systems.
HTTP
Abbreviation for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the client-server TCP/IP
protocol used on the World Wide Web for the exchange of HTML documents.
HTTPS
Abbreviation for HyperText Transmission Protocol, Secure. HTTPS is a variant
of HTTP used by Web browsers for handling secure transactions. HTTPS is a
unique protocol that is simply SSL underneath HTTP. You need to use "https://"
for HTTP URLs with SSL, whereas you continue to use "http://" for HTTP URLs
without SSL.
ID
Abbreviation for identifier, commonly used when referring to a user identifier
(user ID), object identifier (object ID), or hardware identifier (controller ID).
IDE
Abbreviation for Integrated Drive Electronics. IDE is a computer system
interface, used primarily for hard drives and CDs.
I/O
Abbreviation for input/output. The keyboard is an input device, and a printer is
an output device. In general, I/O activity can be differentiated from
computational activity. For example, when a program sends a document to the
printer, it is engaging in output activity; when the program sorts a list of terms,
it is engaging in computational activity.
internal microprocessor cache
An instruction and data cache built in to the microprocessor. The Intel
®
Pentium
®
microprocessor includes a 16-KB internal cache, which is set up as an
8-KB read-only instruction cache and an 8-KB read/write data cache.
IP address
Abbreviation for Internet Protocol address. See TCP/IP.
IPMI
Abbreviation for Intelligent Platform Management Interface, which is a part of
systems management technology.