Impressions (Ad Views)

Refers to the number of times your text or banner ad is shown. For example, each time your text or banner ad is shown, it is considered one impression.

Ink Markup Language (InkML)

InkML is an XML data format for representing digital ink data that is input with an electronic pen or stylus as part of a multimodal system.

Home: http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/ink

Internet

An interconnected system of networks that connects computers around the world via the TCP/IP protocol.

Source: Dictionary.com

Interstitial Ad

An advertisement on a Web site that is more like a TV commercial, which takes center stage. Meaning "in between," interstitial ads display in a separate window while you download the next Web page. Contrast with a banner ad, which is a more passive form of advertising.

Source: TechWeb.com

Intranet

A privately maintained computer network that can be accessed only by authorized persons, especially members or employees of the organization that owns it.

Any network which provides similar services within an organization to those provided by the Internet outside it but which is not necessarily connected to the Internet. The commonest example is the use by a company of one or more World Wide Web servers on an internal TCP/IP network for distribution of information within the company.

Since about 1995, intranets have become a major growth area in corporate computing due to the availability of cheap or free commercial browser and web server software which allows them to provide a simple, uniform hypertext interface to many kinds of information and application programs.

Some companies give limited access to their intranets to other companies or the general public. This is known as an "extranet".

Source: Dictionary.com

IP Address

An identifying number for a computer, often used to calculate how many visitors came to a site.

Source: Overture.com

IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

A client-server chat system of large (often worldwide) networks. IRC is structured as networks of Internet servers, each accepting connections from client programs, one per user.

The IRC community and the Usenet and MUD communities overlap to some extent, including both hackers and regular folks who have discovered the wonders of computer networks. Some Usenet jargon has been adopted on IRC, as have some conventions such as emoticons. There is also a vigorous native jargon.

The largest and first IRC network is EFNet, with a smaller breakaway network called the Undernet having existed since 1992, and dozens of other networks having appeared (and sometimes disappeared) since.

Source: Dictionary.com

ISP (Internet Service Provider)

A company which provides other companies or individuals with access to, or presence on, the Internet. Most ISPs are also Internet Access Providers; extra services include help with design, creation and administration of World-Wide Web sites, training, and administration of intranets.

Source: Dictionary.com