ICQ (I Seek You)
- ICQ ("I Seek You") is a program you can download that will let you know when friends and contacts are also online on the Internet. ICQ allows you to page them, chat with them, and initiate and participate in PC-to-PC calls, PC-to-phone and phone-to-phone calling cards calls. Like AOL's Instant Messenger (AIM), in order to use ICQ, both parties must have downloaded the program.
ICS (Internet commerce services)
- The services an Internet commerce provider offers to enable clients to handle many
facets of their business on the Internet.
Iframe
- The iframe element allows web site authors to insert a frame within a block of text. Inserting an inline frame within a section of text is much like inserting an object via the OBJECT element: they both allow you to insert an HTML document in the middle of another, they may both be aligned with surrounding text, etc. Iframes were introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4. Netscape began supporting iframes with Navigator version 6. RealCart.TV is a good example of the use of iframes. It uses 13 of them.
Interchange
- The exchange of information, transaction data and money among banks.
Interchange systems are managed by Visa and MasterCard associations and
are very standardized so banks and merchants worldwide can use them.
Interchange Fee
- A fee paid by the acquiring bank/merchant bank to the issuing bank. The
fee compensates the issuer for the time after settlement with the acquiring
bank/merchant bank and before it recoups the settlement value from the
cardholder.
Interlaced GIF
- An interlaced GIF differs from a conventional GIF file because it starts to form a recognizable image as it is downloading.
Internet commerce
- A broad term covering all commercial transactional activities on the Internet.
Internet commerce can range from vendors selling software from a Web storefront
(Web site) to large corporate procurement systems using an Internet-based VPN
(virtual private network) to deal with trading partners. Internet commerce is
not synonymous with e-commerce, which covers all electronic commercial
activities.
IP address (Internet protocol address)
- A designation for a particular location on the Internet, such as
“161.58.207.99.” IP addresses are associated with domain names.
ISO (independent service organization)
- A firm or organization that offers to process online credit card transactions,
usually in exchange for transaction fees or a percentage of sales. Merchants must
generally establish a merchant account before contracting for ISO services,
although some ISOs claim not to require separate merchant accounts. See also
factoring.
ISO 9000
- A set of standards for electrical and electronic products, formulated by the
International Standards Organization. Product quality standards in most nations
must either meet or exceed ISO 9000 standards.
ISP (Internet service provider)
- A firm that provides access to the Internet, including Web browsing and e-mail.
ISPs often offer connections that can be accessed by dialing a telephone number
through your computer's modem.
Issuer (Issuing bank)
- The bank that extends credit to customers through bankcard accounts. The
bank issues the credit card and receives the cardholder’s payment at the end
of the billing period. Also called the issuing bank or the cardholder bank.
IVL (individual validated license)
- Written declaration by the U.S. Department of Commerce granting permission to
export specified products to a specified foreign recipient. See also general
license.