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Idol series The British talent search series Pop Idol has spawned dozens of spin-offs in over 30 countries, in the what is now referred to as the Idols format (as described by FremantleMedia)Idols, FremantleMedia website, accessed 2006-12-03. As part of an out-of-court settlement between the Pop Idol producers and the creators of Popstars, international sales contracts of the format contain a clause preventing the local broadcaster from using the word pop in the local title.
Idol worship Idol worship is the worship of an inanimate object purported to have supernatural properties, and even to have a distinct personality. Although this is considered to be Idolatry by Christians, Muslims and Jews, it not considered so in several other religions.
Idolatry in Christianity Idolatry, in Christian theology, is "the worship of a created object (either made by human hands or created by God" rather than worship one would give to the true God Himself. The term "idol" often refers to conceptual constructs such as fame, money, nationality, ethnicity, and the ritual of attachment related to these is considered idolatry.
Idolblog Idolblog is an unofficial blog site dedicated to the talent search television show NZ Idol. Since its launch in 2004, the site has attracted a dedicated community and its popularity has led to national media coverage in New Zealand.
Idolon specus An idolon (or eidolon) specus is a form of prejudice, by which someone inappropriately extends norms or tenets that apply to his own culture and social group, or to his own preferences. Racism, sexism and, more generally chauvinism are examples of idola specus, but the concept goes beyond them to the criticism of all forms of irreflexive subjectivity or individual predisposition.
Idolon tribus An idolon (or eidolon) tribus is a form of prejudice, by which someone inappropriately extends norms or tenets that apply to the natural constitution of his species to the rank of universal truths. Idola tribus of the human race would be what is usually termed anthropomorphism, not only in the narrower sense of adscribing human-like features to non-human entities — such as God, animals or natural forces —, but also when certain traits of human reasoning or emotional constitution are uncritically deemed to pertain to the object being analysed.
Idols (Netherlands) Idols is a television show on the Dutch television network RTL 4, which is part of the Idol series based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in the Netherlands.
Idoma Idoma is an ethno-linguistic group of Nigeria. Although formerly included as belonging to the Kwa languages group, Idoma is now generally reagrded as being in the Akweya subgroup of the Idomoid languages of the Benue-Congo languages.
Idomeneus of Lampsacus Idomeneus (in Greek Iδoμενευς), of Lampsacus, was a friend and disciple of Epicurus, flourished about 310–270 BC. We have no particulars of his life, save that he married Batis, the sister of Sandes, who was also a native of Lampsacus, and a pupil of Epicurus.
Idra The Idra, which means threshing floor in Aramaic, is a Kabbalistic work included in printings of the Zohar, and was probably written and appended to the main body of the Zohar at a later date. Contemporary scholars believe the Idra dates to the third generation of Zoharic literature, which produced also the Tiqqunim, the Ra'aya Meheimna, and other Zoharic material.
Idries Shah Idries Shah (16 June, 1924–23 November, 1996), also known as Idris Shah, né Sayyid Idris al-Hashimi, was an author in the Naqshbandi sufist tradition on works ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.
Idrieus Idrieus (in Greek Ιδριεύς; died in 344 BC) was king or dynast of Caria. He was the second son of Hecatomnus, and succeeded to the throne on the death of Artemisia, the widow of his brother Mausolus, in 351 BC.
Idris Davies Idris Davies (January 6, 1905 - April 6, 1953), was a Welsh poet, originally writing in Cymraeg, but later writing exclusively in English. He is now known mostly for The Bells of Rhymney, a ballad on a mining accident on the pattern of the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons that was set to music by Pete Seeger, and became a folk rock standard.
Idris Elba Idris Elba (born September 6, 1972) is an Afro-European television, theatre and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Idris is also a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis / Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist.
Idris I of Libya Idris I (Arabic: إدريس الأول) (March 12, 1890 - May 25, 1983) was the first King of Libya, reigning from 1951 to 1969. Born Sidi Muhammad Idris al-Mahdi al-Senussi (Arabic: محمد إدريس بن السيد المهدي بن محمد السنوسي), he was the grandson of Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Ali as-Senussi, the founder of the Senussi Muslim sufi order.
Idris Jones The Most Rev Idris Jones is a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church, in which he serves as Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway and Primus of the whole church. He was elected as Primus by his fellow bishops 18 May 2006; following a tied election result his name was chosen as sole candidate by drawing of lots, whereupon he was unanimously elected.
Idris Tawfiq Idris Tawfiq is a British writer who has a degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Manchester and a degree in Sacred Theology, studied in Italian, from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. For many years a teacher of Religious Studies, he taught in different schools in the United Kingdom and in Egypt.
Idrissa Seck Idrissa Seck (born August 9, 1959) was the Prime Minister of Senegal from November 4, 2002 until April 21, 2004, when he was dismissed by President Abdoulaye Wade."Senegal gets new PM", Reuters (IOL), April 22, 2004.
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna (English: Sporting Society Comrades), usually abbreviated IFK is a central organisation for a large number of sports clubs in Sweden. There are also eight IFK clubs in Finland but they are organised separately.
Iduna (literature society) Iduna was an important literary association founded in May 1891 by a circle of writers around Fritz Lemmermayer. Lemmermayer acted as a sort of "middle man" between an older generation of authors (which included Fercher von Steinwand, Joseph Tandler, Auguste Hyrtl, Ludwig von Mertens, and Josephone von Knorr) and a group of younger writers and thinkers (which included Rudolf Steiner, Marie Eugenie delle Grazie, and Karl Maria Heidt).
Idunn (comics) Idunn is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe, based loosely on the IĂ°unn of Norse myth. Odin appointed Idunn Keeper of the Golden Apples, whose mystical properties retard the aging process of the Asgardians.
Iduronic acid L-Iduronic acid (IdoA) is the major uronic acid component of the glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) dermatan sulfate and heparin. It is also present in heparan sulfate although here in a minor amount relative to its carbon-5 epimer glucuronic acid.
Idyll An idyll or idyl (pronounced []) (from Greek eidyllion, little picture) is a short poem, descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls. Later imitators included the Roman poets Virgil and Catullus, Italian poet Leopardi, and the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
ID eNTITY iD_eNTITY or Yureka (유레카) is a manhwa series created by Hee-Joon Son in collaboration with Youn-Kyung Kim and distributed by Tokyopop in North America. The series centers around the main character Jang-Gun and his friends along with their virtual reality avatars in the computer game world called "Lost Saga".
ID Lubricants ID Lubricants is a brand of Westridge Laboratories, Inc., which is famous worldwide for manufacturing high-quality, personal lubricants used for preventing genital dryness during sexual intercourse or foreplay.
ID Sniper rifle The ID Sniper rifle is a fictional, hoax weapon devised by Jakob Salomon Boeskov (:da:Jakob Salomon Boeskov), a Danish-Icelandish artist from New York. The ID Sniper shoots GPS chips, and the police force may tag persons with this rifle for later easy retrieval.
ID-based cryptography ID-based cryptography (or identity-based cryptography or identity-based encryption) is a key authentication system in which the public key of a user is some unique information about the identity of the user (e.g.
ID-Ten-T Error ID-Ten-T Error is a term often used by tech support operators and computer experts to describe a problem that is due to the user's ignorance instead of a software or hardware malfunction. It is a masked jab at the user: when ID-Ten-T is spelled out it becomes ID10T, l33tspeak for "idiot".
ID/LP grammar An ID/LP grammar is a formal grammar that distinguishes immediate dominance (ID) constraints from linear precedence (LP) constraints. Whereas traditional phrase structure rules incorporate dominance and precedence into a single rule, ID/LP maintains separate rule sets, which need not be processed simultaneously.
ID3 ID3 is a metadata container most often used in conjunction with the MP3 audio file format. It allows information such as the title, artist, album, track number, or other information about the file to be stored in the file itself.
ID4 Online ID4 Online (2000), known more formally as Independence Day Online, was an arena-based action game developed by Mythic Entertainment, and which has been published by Centropolis Entertainment. The game was a billed as a direct sequel based on the movie Independence Day.
ID@URI ID@URI is an identifier format proposed by the DIALOG research project of the Helsinki University of Technology for identifying and linking tangible "things" to their information sources on the Internet (the "Internet of Things").
IDA-Opel After eight years of successful cooperation in 1977 iron foundry from Kikinda, Serbia and Opel/GM signs contract about joint venture and long-term cooperation in manufacturing valid for 15 years. 78,5 millions of US dollars (51% by iron foundry from Kikinda and 49% by General Motors) have been invested in new established factory IDA-Kikinda.
IDAMS IDAMS is a software for processing and analysing numerical data developed, maintained and disseminated by UNESCO, two interrelated software packages for database management (CDS/ISIS) and data mining/statistical analysis (IDAMS).
IDBI Bank The Industrial Development Bank of India Limited commonly known by its acronym IDBI is one of India's leading private banks. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to provide credit and other facilities for the development of the fledgling Indian industry.
IDE RAID IDE RAID is simply using Integrated Drive Electronics (Advanced Technology Attachment) drives in a RAID configuration. This technology was mainly used in higher-end consumer desktop computers or in low-end servers and workstations.
IDE-style interface Graphical computer applications with an IDE-style interface (IDE) are those whose child windows reside under a single parent window (usually with the exception of modal windows). An IDE-style interface is distinguishable from a MDI interface (MDI), because all child windows in an IDE-style interface are enhanced with added functionality not ordinarily available in MDI applications.
IDEA NXT In cryptography, the IDEA NXT algorithm (previously known as FOX) is a block cipher designed by Pascal Junod and Serge Vaudenay of EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland). It was conceived between 2001 and 2003, the project was originally named FOX and was published in 2003.
IDEA Youth Forum The IDEA Youth Forum (IYF) is an international event organized by the International Debate Education Association that brings together students, coaches and trainers from all over the world in for two weeks of debating, learning and exchanging ideas on global topics.
IDEAL iDEAL is an Internet payment method in The Netherlands, based on online banking. Introduced in 2005, this payment method allows customers to buy securely on the Internet using direct online transfers from their bank account.
IDEAL Scholars Fund The Initiative for Diversity in Education and Leadership (IDEAL) Scholars Fund, a program of the Level Playing Field Institute, was founded in 2001 by a group of University of California, Berkeley alumni, including Freada Klein. Its mission is to "invest in high-caliber, underrepresented students by providing resources and support to maximize their educational experiences and leadership opportunities during college and beyond.
IDEO IDEO is a design consultancy based in Palo Alto, California, with other offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, London, Munich and Shanghai. The company helps design products, services, environments, and digital experiences.
IDF Spokesperson's Unit The IDF Spokesperson's Unit is a unit in the IDF Operations Directorate, responsible for information policy and media relations. The unit is lead by the IDF Spokesperson, a brigadier general and member of the General Staff, and by the deputy spokesperson, a colonel.
IDIAP Research Institute The IDIAP Research Institute is a semi-private non-profit research institute affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), and with the University of Geneva. The institute is located in Martigny in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
IDL (programming language) IDL, short for interactive data language, is a programming language that is a popular data analysis language among scientists. IDL is often confused, at the acronym level, with another (unrelated) "IDL": the Interface description language.
IDL Drug Stores IDL Drug Stores or the Independent Drugstores League was a cooperative of independent drugstores that disbanded in the late 1960s. Several drugstores retain the IDL name, including Seebers IDL in Newport, Washington and Schneiders IDL in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
IDLH An IDLH is a situation Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health, defined by the NIOSH as follows: "that poses a threat of exposure to airborne contaminants when that exposure is likely to cause death or immediate or delayed permanent adverse health effects or prevent escape from such an environment." Examples include smoke or other poisonous gases.
IDN homograph attack The internationalized domain name (IDN) homograph attack is a means by which a malicious party may seek to deceive computer users about what remote system they are communicating with, by exploiting the fact that many different characters may have nearly (or wholly) indistinguishable glyphs.
IDNDR The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) declared the 1990’s as the IDNDR (International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction). Its basic objective was to decrease the loss of life, property destruction and social and economic disruption caused by natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, droughts, locust infestations, and other disasters of natural origin.
IDP Education Australia IDP Education Australia (IDP) is a global not-for-profit organisation with head offices in Canberra and Sydney, offering international education and development services. The organisation is owned by 38 Australian universities.
IDrive iDrive is a computer-like system, which is used to control most secondary vehicle systems in many current BMW cars. iDrive consists of a liquid crystal display mounted in the dashboard and a controller knob mounted on the center console.
IDRA14 The IDRA 14 is a two-person 14-foot one-design sailing dinghy originally designed by George O'Brien Kennedy in 1938. His design was adopted by the Irish Dinghy Racing Association, forerunner of the Irish Sailing Association as the national dinghy class and the first boats were built in 1946.
IDRISI First released 1987, IDRISI has grown to become one of the most widely distributed raster GIS software systems, with over 35,000 registered users world-wide. It is a GIS and Image Processing software system, developed and distributed by Professor of Geography in Clark University J.
IDS Center Opened in 1974, the IDS Center (or IDS Tower; in its first years its name was officially spelled IDS Centre; at the time the europeanism was supposed to reflect the tower's role in catapulting Minneapolis into its present status as a world-class city) is the tallest building in Minneapolis, Minnesota at 792 feet (241.4 m).
IDS Enterprise Systems Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with offices in Melbourne, London, and Bangkok, IDS Enterprise Systems develops enterprise systems, supply chain management and e-business solutions for the automotive and durable goods import and distribution industries. Employees have been known to kidnap small children and force them to work as slave labor.
IDSIA The Swiss institute for Artificial Intelligence IDSIA (Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale) was founded in 1988 by the private Dalle Molle foundation. In 2000 it became a public research institute, affiliated with the University of Lugano and SUPSI in Ticino, Switzerland.
IDTGV iDTGV is a new TGV high speed train service from SNCF, the French national railroad company, aimed at younger people. It promises low fares between Paris and the south of France and only sells its tickets online.
IDV The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) from Unidata/UCAR is a Java based software framework for analyzing and visualizing geoscience data. The IDV release includes a software library and a reference application made from that software.
IDW Publishing IDW Publishing (a division of Idea and Design Works) is an American comic book company. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title "Publisher of the Year" for the last three years (2004, 2005, & 2006) by Diamond Comic Distributors.
IDX Systems IDX Systems Corporation (IDX) was a healthcare software technology company that formerly had headquarters in South Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1969 by Robert Hoehl, Richard Tarrant, and Paul Egerman.
Ie (Japanese family system) The ie (家), or "household," was the basic unit of Japanese law until the end of World War II: most civil and criminal matters were considered to involve families rather than individuals. The "ie" is considered to consist of grandparents, their son and his wife and their children, although even in 1920, 54% of Japanese households already were nuclear families.
Ie-kei [(家系) noodle bar chain originates from a noodle bar called "Yoshimura-ya" located in Yokohama], [[Japan. The name Ie-kei literally means "house-type" and has its roots in the word "ya", meaning "house".
Ieke van den Burg Ieke van den Burg (born 6 March 1952 in Apeldoorn, Gelderland) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Labour Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Iemand Als Jij Iemand Als Jij (English translation: "Someone Like You") was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Dutch by Barbara Dex (billed as "Barbara"). The song is a straightforward love ballad, with Barbara singing that she has never loved anyone like this before.
Iemoto Iemoto (家元) is a Japanese term meaning "founder" or "grand master." It is used to describe both people and a system of familial generations in traditional Japanese arts such as tea ceremony, ikebana, noh, calligraphy, traditional Japanese dance, martial arts, shogi and Go. The iemoto system is characterized by a hierarchical structure and the supreme authority of the iemoto.
Ien Ang Professor Ien Ang is Director of the Institute of Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney (UWS), Australia. She is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and Professor of Cultural Studies at UWS.
Ien Chi Ien Chi is a film director mainly focusing on psychological aspects of telling positive morals and messages through his films. He was born June 1st, 1975 and has directed several short films but plans to direct feature films in the future.
Ienăchiţă Văcărescu Ienăchiţă Văcărescu (1740-July 11, 1797) was a Wallachian Romanian poet, historian, philologist, and boyar belonging to the Văcărescu family. A polyglot, he was able to speak Ancient and Modern Greek, Old Church Slavonic, Arabic, Fārsi, French, German, Italian, and Ottoman Turkish.
Ieng Sary Ieng Sary [the initial letter of the first name is "I" as in "income"] (born 1922 or 1925), a powerful figure in the Khmer Rouge was the deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979.
Ieremia Tabai Ieremia Tienang Tabai (born 1950) was the first president of Kiribati. He served as chief minister of that country from 1978 until it gained complete independence in 1979, and then served as president from 1979 until 1991, with a short interruption from 1982 until 1983.
Ieronim Uborevich Ieronim Petrovich Uborevich (Russian:Уборевич, Иероним Петрович, Lithuanian: Jeronimas Uborevičius) (January 14, 1896-June 12, 1937) was a Soviet military commander of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, and eventually attained the rank of Army Commander, 1st Rank, equivalent to General of the Army after tsarist ranks were reintroduced. He was a prominent victim of Stalin's purges of the Red Army in the late 1930s, tried and executed by the Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization.
Ieshima, Hyogo Ieshima (家島町; -cho) is a town located in Shikama District, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. It actually is a group of 40 small islands (4 bigger ones and 36 small ones) about 15 to 18 kilometers off the coast of Himeji City and Ako City.
Iesous Iesous (pronounced "ee-yay-soos") is the English way of writing the Greek name of Jesus. In the original texts, which were written in Greek, the word Jesus (pronounced "gee-zuhs") never actually appeared.
Iestyn ap Gwrgant Iestyn ap Gwrgant or Jestyn ap Gwrgant (Welsh: Justin, son of Gwrgant) (abt. 1045 - 1093) was the last ruler of the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg, which encompassed the traditional counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire He was deposed circa 1090 by Norman] ruler [[Robert Fitzhamon, lord of Gloucester, who established a lordship based in Cardiff and subsequently conquered the lowlands of Glamorgan (the Vale of Glamorgan) which was parcelled out to his followers.
Iesu Matayoshi , is an eccentric Japanese politician, self-styled as The only God Mitsuo Matayoshi Jesus Christ (唯一神又吉光雄・イエス・キリスト) or Matayoshi Jesus (又吉イエス). He is the leader of the World Economic Community Party (世界経済共同体党).
Ietsism Ietsism (Dutch “ietsisme”) is a Dutch language term for a range of beliefs held by people who, on the one hand, inwardly suspect that there is “More between Heaven and Earth” than we know about, but on the other hand do not subscribe to the established belief system or dogma of any one particular religion. The nearest English language equivalent term is Agnostic spiritualism.
Ieuan Evans Ieuan Evans (born 21 March 1964 in Pontarddulais, Wales) is a former rugby union footballer who played on the wing for Wales. He is regarded as one of the best Welsh wingers of all time, despite playing through a disappointing era of Welsh rugby
Ieuan Rhys Williams Ieuan Rhys Williams, born in 1909, was a Welsh television and radio actor. He has appeared in Fo a Fe, a Welsh sitcom, as Sioni the bartender, Moulded in Earth as regular cast member John Ellis and Under Milkwood with the minor role of Gomer Owens.
Ieuan Wyn Jones Ieuan Wyn Jones (born 22 May 1949) is leader of Plaid Cymru and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for Wales . He was Member of Parliament for Ynys MĂ´n, but stood down at the 2001 election in order to spend more time in the Assembly.
Ievan Polkka Ievan Polkka or Ievan Polokka, (Finnish for "Eva's Polka") is a popular Finnish song with lyrics written in the early 1930s by Eino Kettunen to a traditional Finnish polka tune. The name is commonly misspelled Levan polkka.
Ievoli Sun The Ievoli Sun was a chemical tanker chartered by Napolitan ship-owner Luigi Ievoli. On the 31 October 2000, she sank at 49° 52 N et 002° 24 W, approximatively 9 miles off Casquets, with a 6000-tonne load, including 4000 tonnes of Styrene, 1000 tonnes of trichlorosilane and 1000 tonnes of Isopropyl alcohol.
IE 201 Class The Iarnród Éireann (IE) 201 Class locomotives are the newest and most powerful diesel locomotives operating in Ireland, and were built between 1994 and 1995 by General Motors. They are model type JT42HCW, fitted with a EMD 12-710G3B engine of 3200hp, weigh 112tons and have a maximum speed of 102 mph.
IEA Solar Heating & Cooling Implementing Agreement Task 13 IEA Solar Heating & Cooling Implementing Agreement - Task 13 (Solar Low Energy Buildings) was an international effort organised by one of the International Energy Agency's Implementing Agreements to build several solar low-energy houses. This took place between between 1989 and 1993(?
IEARN iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a non-profit organization made up of over 20,000 schools in more than 115 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies.
IEBus IEBus™ (Inter Equipment Bus™) is a two wire bus used in the automotive industry as a communications bus between various devices (usually multimedia devices) by using half duplex asynchronous (multi-master) communication with CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection) for access control. It allows for up to fifty units on the bus over a maximum length of 50 meters.
IEC 60309 IEC 309 (now IEC 60309, 1999) is an international standard from the International Electrotechnical Commission for "plugs, socket-outlets and couplers for industrial purposes". Part 1 of the standard specifies general functional and safety requirements for any form of industrial high-current power connector.
IEC 60870-5 IEC 60870-5-101 provides a communication profile for sending basic telecontrol messages between two systems, which uses permanent directly connected data circuits between the systems. The IEC Technical Committee 57 (Working Group 03) have developed a protocol standard for Telecontrol, Teleprotection, and associated telecommunications for electric power systems.
IEC 60906-1 IEC 60906-1 is the international standard 230 V household plug system. It was intended to become the common mains plug and socket standard, to be used one day everywhere in Europe and other regions with 230 V mains.
IEC 61107 IEC 61107, formerly called IEC 1107 or "FLAG" is an international standard document that describes a widely-used computer protocol used to read utility meters in the European Union. The IEC considers it to be superseded by IEC 62056, but it remains in wide use because it is simple and well-accepted.
IEC 62365 IEC 62365 is a standard that specifies a method for packing AES3 professional digital audio streams over Asynchronous Transfer Mode networks. This is an identical method to that published by the Audio Engineering Society as AES47.
IEC connector IEC connector is the common name for the set of thirteen line sockets (called the connector in the specification) and thirteen panel plugs (called the inlet) defined by International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) specification IEC 60320. When used with no other qualifiers IEC connector usually refers specifically to the C13 and C14 connectors.
IEC61850 IEC 61850 is an important international standard for substation automation that will have a very significant impact on how electric power systems are designed and built for many years to come. IEC61850 is a part of the International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) Technical Committee 57 (TC57) architecture for electric power systems.
IEEE 1164 The IEEE Standard 1164 defines a package design unit that contains declarations that support a uniform representation of a logic value in a VHDL hardware description. The standardization effort was based on the donation of the Synopsys MVL-9 type declaration.
IEEE 1284 IEEE 1284 is a standard that defines bi-directional parallel communications between computers and other devices. In the 1970s, Centronics developed the now familiar printer parallel interface that soon became a de facto standard.
IEEE 1355 IEEE-1355, IEC 14575, or ISO 14575 is a data communications standard, the "IEEE Standard for Heterogeneous Interconnect" (HIC). It's a low-cost, low latency, scalable serial interconnection system, originally intended for communication between large numbers of inexpensive computers.
IEEE 1471 IEEE 1471 is the short name for a standard formally known as ANSI/IEEE 1471-2000, Recommended Practice for Architecture Description of Software-Intensive Systems. Within IEEE parlance, this is a Recommended Practice, the least normative of the kinds of IEEE standards.
IEEE 1541 IEEE 1541 is a standard issued by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) concerning the use of prefixes for binary multiples of units of measurement related to digital electronics and computing.
IEEE 754 The IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) is the most widely-used standard for floating-point computation, and is followed by many CPU and FPU implementations. The standard defines formats for representing floating-point numbers (including negative zero and denormal numbers) and special values (infinities and NaNs) together with a set of floating-point operations that operate on these values.
IEEE 802.16 The IEEE 802.16 Working Group on Broadband Wireless Access Standards, which was established by IEEE Standards Board in 1999, aims to prepare formal specifications for the global deployment of broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks.
IEEE 802.1Q IEEE 802.1Q was a project in the IEEE 802 standards process to develop a mechanism to allow multiple bridged networks to transparently share the same physical network link without leakage of information between networks (i.

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