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Standard 1.0
IDE
Commonly used to describe the AT attachment design, the
dominant hard disk interface. IDE is a cost-effective interface
technology for mass storage devices in which the controller is
integrated into the disk or CD-ROM drive.
Industry Standard Architecture
A 16-bit standard interface for add-in cards.
input/output
Refers to any operation, program, or device that enters data into
a computer or extracts data from a computer.
Interactive Voice Response
An application that allows telephone callers to interact with a
host computer using prerecorded messages and prompts.
internetwork packet exchange
A networking protocol used by the Novell NetWare operating
systems. Like UDP/IP, IPX is a datagram protocol used for
connectionless communications. Higher-level protocols, such as
SPX and NCP, are used for additional error recovery services.
Interrupt request
Hardware lines used by devices to send interrupt signals to the
microprocessor, temporarily shifting program execution to
another section of code. When a new device is added to a PC,
often the IRQ number must be set to specify which interrupt line
the device may use.
I/O
See input/output.
IP address
An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network.
Networks use the TCP/IP protocol to route messages based on
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May 1998
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