Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms

ASN (I&E)
ASN for Installations and Environment

I&A
Identification and Authentication

I&RTS
Integration & Real Time Specification

I-CASE
Integrated Computer Aided Software Engineering

I-CASE
integrated CASE

I/O
input/output

I/UCRC
Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers

IA
incremental acquisition

IA
Information Asset

IA
Information Assurance

IAB
Internet Architecture Board

IAC
Information Analysis Center

IACIS
International Association of Computer Investigation Specialists

IAFIS
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System

IAIP
Information Analysis/Infrastructure Protection

IAL
International Algorithmic Language

IANA
Internet Assigned Number Authority

IAS
interactive skills

IASL
Integrated Aircraft Simulation Laboratory

IATO
Interim Authority to Operate

IAW
in accordance with

IAW
interactive Ada workstation

IBAC
identity-based access control

IBCA
Interior Board of Contract Appeals

IBM
International Business Machines

IC
instruction counter

IC
integrated circuit

IC
intergroup coordination

ICA
Independent Cost Analysis

ICAF
Industrial College of the Armed Forces

ICAM
Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing

ICBM
intercontinental ballistic missile

ICC
International Chamber of Commerce

ICCBSS
International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems

ICCP
Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals

ICD
Interface Control Diagram

ICD
interface control document

ICE
in-circuit emulator

ICE
independent cost estimate

ICM
incoming communications manager

ICM
international connection manager

ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol

ICN
internal control number

ICOM
Input, Control, output, Mechanism

ICP
inventory control point

ICSA
International Computer Security Association [on 1 January 1998, NCSA became the International Computer Security Association (ICSA)]

ICSE
International Conference on Software Engineering

ICSM
International Council on Software Maintenance

ICU
Interface Control Unit

ICW
in conjunction with

ICWG
Interface Control Working Group

ID
Identification

ID/ATS
Integrated Diagnostic/Automatic Test System

IDA
Institute for Defense Analysis

IDB
Integrated Database

IDD
Interface Design Description

IDD
interface design document

IDDS
Integrated Data Distribution System

IDE
Integrated Device Electronics

IDeA
Intelligent Design Aid

IDEAL
Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, Learning

IDECS
Integrated Budget Documentation and Execution System

IDEF
Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing (ICAM) & Definition, aka IDEF

IDEF0
Integrated Definition for Function Modeling

IDEF1X
Integrated Definition for Information Modeling

IDIQ
Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity

IDL
Interface Description Language

IDMS
Integrated Database Management System

IDNX
Integrated Digital Network Exchange

IDQ
Instructional Design and Quality

IDS
Integrated Design Specification

IDS
Intrusion Detection System

IDSL
Digital Subscriber Line

IDU
Interface Data Unit

IE
Information Engineering

IEA
information exchange agreement

IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission

IEE
Institution of Electrical Engineers

IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

IEEE-CS
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.-Computer Society

IEEE/ACM
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc./Association for Computing Machinery

IEF
Information Engineering Facility

IEMATS
Improved Emergency Message Automatic Transmission System

IEP
Information Exchange Program

IER
Information Exchange Requirement

IESG
Internet Engineering Steering Group

IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force

IETM
Interactive Electronic Technical Manual

IEW
Information Engineering Workbench

IF
Information Flow

IFB
invitation for bid

IFC
Internet Foundation Classes

IFD
Interface Functional Description

IFF
identification friend or foe

IFFN
identification friend or neutral

IFGB
Defensive Information Warfare Branch

IFIP
International Federation for Information Processing

IFPP
Instruction for Proposal Preparation

IFPUG
International Function Point Users Group

IFPUG
The International Function Point Users Group

IGES
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification

IGES
International Graphics Exchange Standard

IGOSS
Industry/Government Open System Specification

IHO
in honor of

IHPTET
Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology

IIA
Information Industry Association

IIA
Institute of Internal Auditors

IIA
International Internet Association

IIE
Institute of Industrial Engineers

IIOP
internet inter-ORB protocol

IIRIAM
International Institute of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence of Marseilles

IIRK
Interarea Interswitch Rekeying Key

IIS
Internet Information Server

IJCAI
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

IKBS
intelligent knowledge-based systems

ILF
Interactive Learning Forum

ILP
Integrated Logistics Plan

ILS
Integrated Logistics Support

ILSP
Integrated Logistics Support Plan

IM
Information Management

IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol

IMCSRS
Installation Materiel Condition Status Reporting Systems

IMDS
Integrated Maintenance Data System

IMINT
Imagery Intelligence

IMIS
Integrated Maintenance Information System

IMP
Integrated Master Plan

IMP
interface message processor

IMS
information management system

IMS
integrated master schedule

IMSL
International Mathematical and Statistical Libraries

IMT
Integrated Modeling and Test Environments

IMTEC
Information Management and Technology Division

INCOSE
International Council on Systems Engineering

INFOSEC
information security

INI
Information Networking Institute

INPO
Information Network Program Office

INS
inertial navigation system

InSERT
Incremental Software Evolution for Real-Time Applications

INSITE
Information, Installation, Transfer and Exchange

INTA
International Trademark Association

INTRo
IDEAL-Based New Technology Rollout

INX
INformation eXchange

IO
Information Operations

IOC
initial operational capability

IOCPP
I/O controller/post-processor

IOCS
input-output control system

IOP
input-output processor

IOR
interoperable object reference

IOS
instructor/operation station

IOS
Intranet Operating System

IOT
Initial Operational Test

IOTE
Initial Operational Test and Evaluation

IP
(DoD) internet protocol

IP
Implementation Procedures

IP
instruction processor

IP
interim profiles

IP
Internet Protocol

IPA
Information Processing Activity

IPC
interprocess communication

IPCE
Independent Parametric Cost Estimate

IPCP
Internet Protocol Control Protocol

IPD
Integrated Product Development

IPD-CMM
Integrated Product Development Capability Maturity Model

IPG
intranet Process Guide

IPI
internal process improvement

IPL
initial program loader

IPL
Integrated Priority List

IPM
Integrated Project Management

IPM
Interpersonal Messaging

IPMS
Information Processing Management System

IPMS
Integrated Project Management System

IPO
Improvement Planning and Organizing

IPO
Initial Public offering

IPO
International Programs Office

IPPD
Integrated Product and Process Development

IPQM
In process quality metrics

IPR
In Progress Review

IPRC
International Process Research Consortium

IPS
Information Processing System

IPS
integrated program summary

IPS
internet protocol suite

IPSC
Information Processing Standards for Computers

IPSE
integrated project support environments

IPSO
Internet Protocol Security Option

IPT
integrated product team

IPX
Internet Packet Exchange

IQL
interactive query language

IQT
independent quality team

IR
infared

IR
Information Ratio

IR
Information Resources

IR
information retrieval

IR&D
independent research and development

IR&D
Internal Research & Development

IRA
Intelligent Reuse Advisor

IRAD
Independent Validation and Verification

IRB
institutional review board

IRD
Interface Requirements Document

IRDS
Information Resources Dictionary System

IRK
Interswitch Rekeying Key

IRL
Institute for Research in Learning

IRM
Industry Risk Management

IRM
Information Resources Management

IRMC
Information Resources Management College

IRMP
Integrated Risk Management Process

IRMS
Information Resource Management Software

IRP
Information Requirements Plan

IRQ
Interrupt Request

IRR
initial requirements review

IRS
interface requirements specification

IRS
Internal Revenue Service

IRST
Infrared Search and Track

IRT
incident response team

IRT&E
Independent Review, Test and Evaluation

IRTF
Internet Research Task Force

IS
Information Systems

IS
international standard

ISA
Industry Standard Architecture

ISA
Instruction Set architecture

ISA
Internet Security Alliance

ISA
Inter-Service Agreement

ISA
Instrument Society of America

ISAM
Indexed Sequential Access Method

ISAM
Integrated Software Acquisition Metrics

ISAM
Integrated Switching And Multiplexing

ISAM
Intermediate Software Acquisition Management Course

ISAPI
Internet Server API

ISAT
Information Science and Technology

ISB
Independent Side Band

ISC
Information Systems Command

ISC2
Integrated Space Command and Control

ISCM
International Software Configuration Management

ISDM
information systems design methodologies

ISDN
Integrated Services Data Network

ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network

ISE
Integrated Storage Elements

ISEA
in-service engineering agent

ISEB
Information System Executive Board

ISEC
Information Systems Engineering Command

ISEE
integrated software engineering environment

ISI
Information System Institute

ISIS
Integrated Ship Information System

ISIS
Integration of Software-Intensive Systems

ISM
Integrated Software Management

ISO
Industry Sector Operations

ISO
International Standards Organization

ISO/IEC
International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission

ISOC
Internet Society

ISP
instruction set processor

ISP
Integrated Support Plan

ISP
Internet service provider

ISP
interpretive simulator program

ISPF
Information System Project File

ISPI
Institute for Software Process Improvement

ISPW
International Software Process Workshop

ISR
Independent Sufficiency Review

ISR
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

ISR
interrupt service routine

ISRE
information security risk evaluation

ISRI
information storage and retrieval interface

ISRS
Information Systems Resource Software

ISS
Information Systems Security

ISS
Internet Security Scanner

ISSA
Inter-Services Support Agreement

ISSEP
Integrated Systems and Software Engineering Process

ISSM
Information Systems Security Manager

ISSO
Information Systems Security Officer

ISSP
Information Infrastructure Standards Panel

ISSSB
Information Systems Software Support Bulletin

IST
Imperial Software Technology

IST
Institute for Simulation and Training

ISTAR
image storage translation and reproduction

ISTO
Information Science and Technology Office

ISV
Independent Software Vendor

IT
Information Technology

ITA
independent technical assessment

ITA
independent technical assessment

ITAA
Information Technology Association of America

ITAC
Information Technology Acquisition Center

ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulation

ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulations

ITC
Information Technology Center

ITD
Information Technology Division

ITD
Instruction to Defense

ITDS
Improved Technical Data System

ITEC
Information Technology Electronic Commerce

ITEC-Direct
Information Technology Electronic Commerce Electronic Shopping Mall

ITF
Information Technology Facility

ITFE
Intermediate Forward Test Equipment

ITI
Information Technology Industry Council

ITMACE
Information Technology for Manufacturing Automation and Concurrent Engineering

ITMRA
Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996

ITMS
Information Technology Metrics Strategy

ITO
Information Technology Office

ITO
instructions to offerors

ITP
Integrated Terminal Program

ITP
Integrated Test Plan

ITPB
Information Technology Policy Board

ITS
integrated transaction service

ITSB
Information Technology Systems Budget

ITSEC
Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria

ITSEP
Information Technology Solutions Evolution Process

ITSG
Information Technology Standards Guidance

ITSM
Integrated Transition Strategies and Methods

ITU
International Telecommunication Union

ITU
International Telecommunications Union

ITVA
International Television Association

IU
image understanding

IV
interactive video

IV&V
independent validation & verification

IVCS
Integrated Voice Communication System

IVD
interactive videodisc

IVDS
Integrated Voice Distribution System

IVN
Integrated Voice Network

IVO
in view of

IVR
Integrated Voice Response

IVWG
Interoperability Vision Working Group

IWCASE
International Workshop on Computer-Aided Software Engineering

IWSM
Integrated Weapon System Management

IWSSD
International Workshop on Software Specifications and Design

IWSSF
Integrated Weapon System Support Facility

IXMP
Information Transfer Standards Management Panel

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