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• = Term carried over from FS-1037C
• = New term from open literature
• = New term from ANSI T1 sources

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• IANA
• I _a
• I _b
• IC
• ICA
• ICI
• ICMP
• icon
• ICW
• identification
• identification, friend or foe (IFF)
• identification friend or foe personal identifier
• identification information
• identifier (ID)
• identity authentication
• identity token
• identity validation
• IDF
• idle-channel noise
• idle character
• idle code
• idle-line termination
• idle state
• idle time
• IDN
• IDTV
• IETF
• IF
• I/F
• IFF
• IF4 (interface 4)
• IF1 (interface 1)
• IFRB
• IF repeater
• IFS
• IF6 (interface 6)
• IF2 (interface 2)
• ILD
• ILEC
• illegal character
• ILS
• IM
• image
• image antenna
• image capture
• image compression
• image enhancement
• image file architecture
• image file descriptor
• image file header
• image file motion-picture format
• image file video index
• image frequency
• image frequency rejection ratio
• image generation
• image map
• image rejection ratio
• imagery
• IMD
• imitative communications
• immediate action limit (IAL)
• immediate activation
• immediate message
• immunity
• IMP
• impedance
• impedance matching
• impersonating
• implant
• implicit congestion control
• improper character
• improved-definition television (IDTV)
• improvement threshold
• impulse
• impulse excitation
• impulse noise
• impulse response
• IN
• inactive signaling link
• in-band
• in-band control
• in-band noise power ratio
• in-band signaling
• in call
• in call delivery
• in-call registration
• incident
• incidental-radiation device
• inclination of an orbit (of an Earth satellite)
• inclined orbit
• inclusion
• incoherent
• incoming access
• incoming call identification (ICI)
• incorrect block
• incremental compaction
• incremental phase modulation (IPM)
• indefinite call sign
• independent clocks
• independent-sideband (ISB) transmission
• index dip
• indexing
• index-matching gel
• index-matching material
• index of cooperation
• index of refraction
• index profile
• indirect control
• indirect wave
• individual line
• individual reception (in the broadcasting-satellite service)
• inductive coupling
• industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) applications (of radio frequency energy)
• industry standard
• infobahn
• infobot
• information
• information agent
• information assurance
• information-bearer channel
• information bit
• information digit(s)
• information feedback
• information field
• information flow control
• information integrity
• information origination/termination equipment
• information processing
• information processing center (IPC)
• information provider
• information rate
• information security
• information source
• information superhighway
• information system
• information systems security (INFOSEC and/or ISS)
• information technology (IT)
• information transfer
• information transfer capability
• information transfer interface
• information transfer mode
• information-transfer phase
• information transfer rate
• information-transfer transaction
• INFOSEC
• infrared (IR)
• infrastructure assurance
• infrastructure protection
• inhibiting signal
• initial alignment
• initialization vector
• initialize
• initial text sequence
• initiating MSC
• injection fiber
• injection laser diode (ILD)
• ink vapor recording
• inline
• input
• input data
• input focus
• input-output channel
• input-output controller (IOC)
• input/output (I/O) device
• input protection
• insertion gain
• insertion loss
• insertion-loss-vs.-frequency characteristic
• inside call
• inside plant
• inside wire
• in-slot signaling
• inspection lot
• instantiation
• instruction
• instructional television fixed station
• instrument landing system (ILS)
• instrument landing system glide path
• instrument landing system localizer
• insulated wire
• integrated circuit (IC)
• integrated digital network (IDN)
• integrated ground plane
• integrated optical circuit (IOC)
• integrated services digital network
• integrated station
• integrated system
• integrated voice and data terminal (IVDT)
• integrating network
• integrity
• integrity check value
• intelligent agent
• intelligent network application protocol (INAP)
• intelligent network (IN)
• intelligent network (IN) supported service
• intelligent peripheral (IP)
• intelligibility
• intelligible crosstalk
• INTELSAT
• intensity
• intensity modulation (IM)
• interaction crosstalk
• interactive
• interactive data transaction
• interactive service
• interblock gap
• intercept
• intercept call request
• interchange
• interchangeability
• interchangeable connectors
• interchange circuit
• intercharacter interval
• intercom
• interconnect facility
• interconnecting networks (ICNs)
• interconnection
• interconnectivity
• interdigit interval
• interest group
• interexchange carrier (IXC or IC )
• interexchange channel
• interexchange transmission equipment
• interface data
• interface (I/F)
• interface functionality
• interface message processor (IMP)
• interface payload
• interface point
• interface rate
• interface standard
• interference
• interference emission
• interference filter
• interfering contour
• interferometer
• interferometry
• interframe time fill
• interlaced scanning
• interlacing
• inter-LATA
• interleaving
• interlocal trunk
• intermediate certificates
• intermediate distribution frame (IDF)
• intermediate element
• intermediate field
• intermediate-field region
• intermediate frequency (IF)
• intermediate language
• intermediate-level language
• intermediate operating system
• intermediate system
• intermediate translation signaling point (ITSP)
• intermediate trunk (IT)
• intermediate zone
• intermittent service area
• intermodal delay distortion
• intermodal dispersion
• intermodal distortion
• intermodulation (IM)
• intermodulation distortion
• intermodulation noise
• intermodulation product
• internal bias
• internal call
• internal memory
• internal photoelectric effect
• internal storage
• International Atomic Time (TAI)
• international carrier (INC)
• international fixed public control service
• international fixed public radiocommunication service
• international index of cooperation
• International Frequency Registration Board (IFRB)
• International Organization for Standardization
• international prefix
• International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR)
• International Reference Alphabet (IRA) No. 5
• international routing code
• International System of Units (SI)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telegraph Alphabet Number 5 (ITA-5)
• International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)
• International Time Bureau (BIH)
• Internaut
• internet
• Internet address
• Internet appliance
• Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
• Internet assistant
• Internet box
• Internet control message protocol
• Internet information center
• Internet mail agent
• Internet mall
• Internet Network Information Center
• Internet phone
• Internet presence provider
• Internet protocol address
• Internet protocol (IP)
• Internet protocol (IP) spoofing
• Internet relay chat
• Internet Research Task Force
• Internet resource
• Internet search engine
• Internet service provider
• Internet Society
• Internet telephone
• Internet telephony
• Internet [the]
• Internet2
• internetwork
• internetwork connection
• internetworking
• internetwork interface (INI)
• Internetwork Packet Exchange
• InterNIC
• interoffice trunk
• interoperability
• interoperability standard
• interoperation
• interpolation gain
• interposition trunk
• interpret
• interrogation
• interrupt
• interrupted continuous wave (ICW)
• interrupted isochronous transmission
• interruption
• interruption control
• inter-satellite service
• interswitch trunk
• intersymbol interference
• intertoll circuits
• intertoll trunk
• interworking functions
• intra-LATA
• intramodal distortion
• intranet
• intraoffice trunk
• intrinsic joint loss
• intrinsic noise
• intrusive measurements
• invalid frame
• inverse adaptive quantizer
• inverse multiplexer
• inverse-square law
• inverted position
• inverter
• Inward Wide-Area Telephone Service (INWATS)
• INWATS
• I/O
• IOC
• I/O controller
• IONL
• ionosphere
• ionosphere sounder
• ionospheric absorption
• ionospheric disturbance
• ionospheric forward scatter (IFS)
• ionospheric reflection
• ionospheric scatter
• ionospheric sounding
• ionospheric turbulence
• IP
• IP address
• IPC
• IP datagram
• IP dialup access
• IP multicast
• IPng
• IP number
• IPP
• IP spoofing
• IP switching
• IPTF
• IPX
• IR
• IRC
• irradiance
• irradiation
• irreversible encryption
• IRTF
• ISB
• ISDN
• ISDN user part (ISUP)
• ISM
• ISMAP
• ISO
• ISOC
• isochrone
• isochronous
• isochronous burst transmission
• isochronous demodulation
• isochronous distortion
• isochronous modulation
• isochronous signal
• isolate
• isolated bonding network
• isolated ground plane
• isolated NRZ pulse
• isolated pulse
• isolated RZ pulse
• isolator
• isotropic
• isotropic antenna
• isotropic gain
• ISP
• I2
• IT
• iterative impedance
• ITU
• ITU-R
• ITU-T
• IVDT
• IXC

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