Terms and Abbreviations: I
I
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
IDOV
Independent Demonstration of Viability (from the OMVC)
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
IRE
unit used in measuring composite video signals; derived from the Institute of Radio Engineers
examples 100 IRE, 40 IRE
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
