Dell External OEMR 2850 User Manual page 158

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.
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