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HZ
The international unit for measuring frequency, equivalent to
the older unit of cycles per second. One megahertz (MHz) is
one million hertz. One gigahertz (GHz) is one billion hertz. The
standard US electrical power frequency is 60 Hz, the AM broad-
cast radio frequency band is 535 – 1605 kHz, the FM broadcast
radio frequency band is 88 – 108 MHz, and wireless 802.11b
LANs operate at 2.4 GHz.
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.
ieee.org. A membership organization that includes engineers, sci-
entists and students in electronics and allied fields. It has more
than 300,000 members and is involved with setting standards for
computers and communications.
Infrastructure mode
A client setting providing connectivity to an AP. As compared to
Ad-Hoc mode, whereby PCs communicate directly with each
other, clients set in Infrastructure Mode all pass data through a
central AP. The AP not only mediates wireless network traffic in
the immediate neighborhood, but also provides communication
with the wired network. See Ad-Hoc and AP.
I/O
The term used to describe any operation, program or device
that transfers data to or from a computer.
Internet appliance
A computer that is intended primarily for Internet access, is
simple to set up and usually does not support installation of
third-party software. These computers generally offer custom-
ized web browsing, touch-screen navigation, e-mail services,
entertainment and personal information management applica-
tions.
IP
A set of rules used to send and receive messages at the Internet
address level.
IP (Internet
Protocol) telephony
Technology that supports voice, data and video transmission
via IP-based LANs, WANs, and the Internet. This includes VoIP
(Voice over IP).
IP address
A 32-bit number that identifies each sender or receiver of infor-
mation that is sent across the Internet. An IP address has two
parts: an identifier of a particular network on the Internet and
an identifier of the particular device (which can be a server or a
workstation) within that network.