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IMAP. Internet Mail Access Protocol. An Internet protocol for retrieving mail from a mail server.
Impersonation. The ability of an operating system process or thread to run temporarily in the security context of a specific caller and gain authorized access to resources using that identity.
Implicit profiling. An information collection process in which the actions and behaviors of a user visiting a Web site are recorded as the user moves around in and interacts with the Web site.
Implicit targeting. An information delivery process in which existing user data is used to deliver tailored content to users who browse a Web site.
Information disclosure. The exposure of information to individuals who normally would not have access to it.
Interactive logon. The process of logging on to a local computer using a keyboard. Compare network logon.
Internet. The global “network of networks” (the worldwide interconnected Wide Area Network [WAN]) that communicates through the suite of protocols encompassed by the TCP/IP specification. The internet originated from the United States Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency network (ARPAnet) during the Cold War. It provided a network originally between DoD sites and then Universities undertaking research for the DoD. It then grew rapidally to become the network which is in place today - a large network which has links and gateways into other networks, so becoming extremely well interconnected. Many people use the terms Internet and World Wide Web (a.k.a. the Web) interchangeably, but in fact the two terms are not synonymous. The Internet and the Web are two separate but related things. Think of the Internet as the physical part of the network and the Web is one of the ways to access information over that network.
Internet address. The electronic location of someone on the Internet, his or her mailing address. Internet addresses start with the person’s name, logon name, of nickname, followed by an @ (at) sign, then the name of a computer, a dot, then a domain.
Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA). An international nonprofit group that has developed a content advisory service for the Internet. ICRA’s aim is to protect children from potentially harmful material on the Internet.
Interrupt. An instruction that rudely butts in, stops the computer from whatever it’s doing, and makes it do something completely different. Whenever you press the Ctrl-Alt-Del key combination, you’re causing an interrupt that restarts the computer.
Intranet. A local area network, within a company’s firewall, used for network traffic inside the company.
Intrusion. Intrusion is referred to the unauthorized access or illegal access to a system or network, successfully. This could be the act of root compromise, web defacements, installation of malicious programs, i.e. backdoor or trojan.
IP address. Internet protocol address. Used to identify a node on a TCP/IP network and to specify routing information on a network. Each node on the internet must be assigned a unique 32-bit IP address, which is made up of the network ID plus a unique host ID assigned by the network administrator / ISP. Your computer has a unique IP address .
IP V6. The next generation of the Internet Protocol, designed not only to extend the address space (to cope with growth in Internet usage) but also to take advantage of concepts like multicast and the quality of service aspects of new infrastructure technologies
IPX. Internet Package eXchange The agreed set of rules (or ‘protocol’) used by the networking company Novell which governs the connections between PCs in a network.
ISP Internet service Provider. An organization that provides access to the Internet, usually for a monthly fee. An ISP can be a commercial provider, a corporate computer network, a school, college, university, or the government.

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