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intro n. [demoscene] Introductory screen of some production.
2. A short demo, usually showing just one or two screens....
IRC /I-R-C/ n. [Internet Relay Chat] A worldwide "party line" network that allows one to converse with others in real time.
IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of whi...
iron n.
Iron Age n. In the history of computing, 1961-1971 -- the formative era of commercial mainframe technology, when ferrite-core dinosaurs ruled the earth.
The Iron Age began, ironically eno...
iron box n. [Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to trap a cracker logging in over remote connections long enough to be traced.
May include a modified shell restricting the cracke...
ironmonger n. [IBM] A hardware specialist (derogatory). Compare sandbender, polygon pusher.
ISO standard cup of tea n. [South Africa] A cup of tea with milk and one teaspoon of sugar, where the milk is poured into the cup before the tea.
Variations are ISO 0, with no sugar; ISO ...
ISP /I-S-P/ Common abbreviation for Internet Service Provider, a kind of company that barely existed before 1993.
ISPs sell Internet access to the mass market. While the big nationwide c...
ITS /I-T-S/ n. 1. Incompatible Time-sharing System, an influential though highly idiosyncratic operating system written for PDP-6s and PDP-10s at MIT and long used at the MIT AI Lab.
Much...
IWBNI // Abbreviation for `It Would Be Nice If'. Compare WIBNI.

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