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image
See
access server image
.
initialization
The process of running the access server diagnostic self-test program and, optionally,
downline loading
the access server with the
access server image
.
Installation Verification Procedure
See
IVP
.
Internet
Internet (written in all lowercase letters) is a collection of packet switching networks
that use
TCP/IP
protocols and are interconnected by gateways. Software enables the
networks to function logically as a single, large, virtual network.
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Internet (written with the first letter capitalized) refers specifically to a collection
of networks and gateways, including the ARPANET, MILNET, and NSFnet, that
use the TCP/IP protocol suite and function as a single, cooperative virtual
network.
Internet address
The 32-bit address assigned to computers that participate on an Internet using the
TCP/
IP
protocols.
Internet Bootstrap Protocol
See
BOOTP
.
Internet Control Message Protocol
See
ICMP
.
Internet gateway
A computer that connects two or more networks and passes
packets
between them. In
Internet, computers called gateways provide all interconnections among physical
networks. Gateways route packets based on the destination network, not on the
destination host.
Internet host
A resource on the
TCP/IP
network.
Internet name server
An Internet server program that performs name-to-address translation, or mapping,
from domain names to Internet addresses. It enables users to assign common names
that are easy to remember to computers and then address the computers by name, rather
than Internet addresses. When the server program operates on a dedicated computer,
the computer itself is usually called a name server.
See also
local name server
and
root
name server
.