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.

3Internet (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.

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