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Hosting Terminology >> I
- Internet Service Provider (ISP) A company that provides access to the Internet, such as AOL, Prodigy, etc. Allows users to dial up through a modem, DSL, or cable connection to view the information on the internet. - InterNIC InterNIC was the name given to a project that provided domain name registration services in com, net, org, and edu. Now that the project has ended, other companies can now offer domain registration. Companies such as Network Solutions and Register.com now do what InterNic used to do. - Invoice The bill for a domain name registration or re-registration fee. Invoices are sent to the billing contact by postal mail and e-mail. This is why it is so important to appoint a reliable person as the billing contact. The invoice will go to them. - IP Number Sometimes called a dotted quad. A unique number consisting of 4 parts separated by dots, e.g. 216.121.19.83 Every machine that is on the Internet has a unique IP number - if a machine does not have an IP number, it is not really on the Internet. Most machines also have one or more Domain Names that are easier for people to remember. - IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Basically a huge multi-user live chat facility. There are a number of major IRC servers around the world which are linked to each other. Anyone can create a channel and anything that anyone types in a given channel is seen by all others in the channel. Private channels can (and are) created for multi-person conference calls. - ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) Basically a way to move more data over existing regular phone lines. ISDN is rapidly becoming available to much of the USA and in most markets it is priced very comparably to standard analog phone circuits. It can provide speeds of roughly 128,000 bits-per-second over regular phone lines. In practice, most people will be limited to 56,000 or 64,000 bits-per-second. |
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