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Terms and Abbreviations: I

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I/O	input/output
IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBC	International Broadcasting Convention
IBP	intra-coded, bidirectional and predicted
IC	integrated circuit
ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
IEC	1) International Electrotechnical Commission 2) International Engineering Consortium
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
IF	intermediate frequency
IFB	interruptible feedback variant interruptible foldback
I-frames	intraframes
IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
IMPALA	International MHEG Promotion Alliance
IMS	IP Multimedia Subsystem
IMX	Sony’s MXF for D10 video format
Interlace scanning	Process that divides/presents each video frame as two fields
IntServ, IS	integrated services
IO	image orthicon
IOT	inductive output tube
IP	1) Internet Protocol 2) intellectual property
IPLR	IP packet loss ratio
IPR	intellectual property rights
IPTV	Internet Protocol Television
IR	infrared
IRD	integrated receiver and decoder
ISCI	Industry Standard Coding Identification
iSCSI	Internet small computer system interface
ISDB	integrated services digital broadcasting
ISDN	integrated services digital network
ISO	1) International Organization for Standardization 2) a measurement of a digital camera's imaging sensor's sensitivity
ISP	Internet service provider
IT	information technology
ITI	Indian Telecommunications Initiatives
ITU	International Telecommunication Union formerly International Telegraph Union
ITU-R	ITU Radiocommunication Sector (standards body committee of the ITU)
ITV	Independent Television (a group British TV companies)
iTV	interactive television

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