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Intellisync The Intellisync Corporation is a provider of Data and PIM Synchronization software for mobile devices, such as Cell Phones and PDAs. The company was formed after the San Jose, California, based Pumatech acquired the Alpharetta, Georgia based Synchrologic in late 2003 and renamed itself in 2004.
Intellisystem Intellisystem Technologies is a company that focuses on developing new solutions for Remote Control Systems and Video Surveillance Systems, based upon recently developed telecommunication services. Established in 2003 by the researcher Cristian Randieri who works for the Italian National Physics Institute.
IntelliScanner Corporation IntelliScanner Corporation is a North Carolina-based hardware and software company that specializes in barcode enabled organizational products for home and business use. IntelliScanner is known for their use of barcode technology and Internet-enabled software to automatically enter information on media items, wine and groceries, as well as utilizing barcodes to allow users to organize other types of items with or without a barcode.
IntelliSense IntelliSense™ is a form of automated autocompletion popularized by the Microsoft Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment. It also serves as documentation and disambiguation for variable names, functions and methods using metadata reflection.
IntelliStar The IntelliStar is the fifth generation successor to the WeatherStar systems used by the American cable TV and satellite TV channel The Weather Channel (TWC), for inserting local forecasts and current weather information (such as the "Local on the 8s" portion of their program schedule) into TWCs programming. Like the WeatherStar, it is installed as well at the cable TV company's headend.
IntelliTrack IntelliTrack is a software company in Hunt Valley, MD that markets commercial off the shelf (COTS) software for Auto ID Data Capture (AIDC). The software integrates bar code, RFID, batch and WiFi (RF) data collection for tracking physical assets and inventory, and has been deployed by more than 12,000 organizations with 100,000 users worldwide.
IntelliTXT IntelliTXT is a piece of software developed by Vibrant Media. IntelliTXT is a script that website authors insert into their pages that will find keywords on the page and double underline them when a viewer views the page.
Intellivision World Series Baseball Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball is a baseball video game simulation (1983), designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Mattel for the Intellivision Entertainment Computer System. IWSB was the first video game of any kind to use multiple camera angles, and the first sports game presented in a 3D (as opposed to two-dimensional) display.
Intellivoice The Intellivoice Voice Synthesis Module was an adapter for the Intellivision, Mattel's home gaming console, that utilized voice synthesizers to generate audible speech. The VSM was a large, brown cartridge that could be plugged into the Intellivision, at which point games specifically designed for the device could be inserted like a normal cartridge into the right side of the module.
Intelsat 708 Intelsat 708 was a Space Systems/Loral FS-1300 telecommunications satellite intended to be launched into a geostationary orbit and operated by Intelsat. It was destroyed during a launch failure on February 15, 1996, causing fatalities near the launch site at Xichang, People's Republic of China, and prompting political controversy in the United States.
Intelsat Americas 5 Intelsat Americas 5 (IA-5) (formerly Telstar 5) is a communications satellite in the Clarke orbit at 97 degrees west, above a point in the Pacific Ocean several hundred miles west of the Galapagos Islands. It was manufactured by Space Systems/Loral, part of its FS-1300 line, and has been continuously operated by Loral Skynet.
Intelsat Americas 6 Intelsat Americas 6 (formerly Telstar 6) is a communications satellite owned by Telstar located at 93° W longitude, serving the North American market. It was built by Space Systems/Loral, as part of its FS-1300 line.
Intelsat I Intelsat I (nicknamed Early Bird for the proverb "The early bird catches the worm") was the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit, on April 6, 1965. It was built by the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company (later Hughes Space and Communications Company, and now Boeing Satellite Systems) for COMSAT, which activated it on June 28.
Intend Change Intend Change was a consulting business launched in 1999 by Joe Firmage, Toby Corey, Wayne Tsuchitani, and Bruce Gilpin. Operating out of Palo Alto, California, it leased offices from USWeb/CKS, another consulting firm started by Firmage and Corey, where Corey was still chief operating officer.
Intendant of New France New France was governed by three rulers: the governor, the bishop and the intendant, all appointed by the King, and sent from France. The intendant was responsible for finance, economic development, and the administration of justice (law and order).
Intendencia Oriental y Llanos de San MartĂ­n Intendencia Oriental y Llanos de San MartĂ­n was the name of a Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic in the province of Saint Martin, in Colombia, South America, created on 24 March, 1908, and entrusted to the Society of Mary.
Intendente Intendente is both a Spanish and Portuguese word, derived from the French Intendant (introduced by the common Bourbon dynasty), for various functions, some comparable to the (derived) English word Superintendent.
Intense Live Series, Vol. 2 This short "live in the studio" disc was part of a series that Intense Records put out in the early 90's. Tourniquet was in a transition period during the recording of this disc as they had recently lost their original vocalist (Guy Ritter) and had not yet hooked up with Luke Easter.
Intensified charge-coupled device An intensified charge-coupled device (ICCD) is a CCD that is fiber-optically connected to a micro-channel plate (MCP) to increase the sensitivity. In ICCD Cameras a photo-cathode in front of the MCP converts photons to electrons which are multiplied by the MCP.
Intensified submarine warfare Intensified submarine warfare is the English-language term used to describe the form of submarine warfare practiced by Germany in the first months of 1916. The term is used by Erwin Seiche in Conway's (p137), in which it is made clear that it was a signifacantly different regime from that of unconditional submarine warfare.
Intensional definition An intensional definition gives the meaning of a term by giving all the properties required of something that falls under that definition; the necessary and sufficient conditions for belonging to the set being defined.
Intensional statement In logic, an intensional statement-form is a statement-form with at least one instance such that substituting co-extensive expressions into it does not always preserve logical value. An intensional statement is a statement that is an instance of an intensional statement-form.
Intensity (physics) In physics, intensity is a measure of the time-averaged energy flux. To find the intensity, take the energy density (that is, the energy per unit volume) and multiply it by the velocity at which the energy is moving.
Intensity interferometer An intensity interferometer is the name given to devices that use the Hanbury-Brown and Twiss effect. In astronomy, the most common use of such an astronomical interferometer is to determine the apparent angular diameter of a radio source or star.
Intensive In grammar, an intensive form of a word is one which denotes stronger or more forceful action as compared with the root on which the intensive is built. Intensives are usually lexical formations, but there may be a regular process for forming intensives from a base root.
Intensive care medicine Intensive Care Medicine or critical care medicine is a branch of medicine concerned with the provision of life support or organ support systems in patients who are critically ill who usually also require intensive monitoring.
Intensive farming Intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by the high inputs as relative to land area (as opposed to extensive farming). It usually relies heavily on the use of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators and pesticides.
Intensive gathering Intensive gathering entails the tending-to of wild plants. Intensive gathering or "tending" methods include weeding, discouraging predators, pot-irrigation, and limited harvesting to ensure reproduction.
Intensive insulinotherapy Intensive insulinotherapy or flexible insulin therapy is a therapeutic regimen for diabetes mellitus treatment.In North America in 2004, many endocrinologists prefer the term "flexible insulin therapy" to intensive therapy and use it to refer to any method of replacing insulin that attempts to mimic the pattern of insulin secretion of a working pancreas.
Intensive stage Intensive stage, or by its full name, predominantly intensive stage of accumulation pertains to one of the periodizations of capitalism, as proposed by Aglietta (1976). It is the second stage of capitalism: when the extensive stage becomes exhausted, expansion of (commodity) production is reduced to the increase in productivity of labour, or to the intensification of production.
Intent scale translation Intent scale translation is a mathematical technique used by marketers to convert stated purchase intentions into purchase probabilities, that is, into an estimate of actual buying behaviour. It takes survey data on consumers purchase intentions and converts it into actual purchase probabilities.
Intentia Intentia XSSE: INT B was a software company founded in 1984 and served over 3,000 customer sites in some 40 countries around the world. It provided applications such as customer relationship management, supply chain management and asset management.
Intention An [intention in performing an action] is their specific [[purpose in doing so, the end or goal they aim at, or intend to accomplish. Whether an action is successful or unsuccessful depends at least on whether the intended result was brought about.
Intentional base on balls In baseball statistics, an intentional base on balls (denoted by IBB), often called an intentional walk, is used in baseball to count the number of times a walk was issued with no intent of ever allowing a hit. Since most managers call for the intentional walk by holding up four fingers, representing four intentional balls, some announcers and journalists call the intentional walk the four-finger salute.
Intentional community An intentional community is a planned residential community designed to promote a much higher degree of social interaction than other communities. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political or spiritual vision.
Intentional fallacy Intentional fallacy, in literary criticism, is the assumption that the meaning intended by the author of a literary work is of primary importance. By characterizing this assumption as a "fallacy," a critic suggests that the author's intention is not particularly important.
Intentional infliction of emotional distress Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) is a common law tort claim for intentional conduct that results in extreme emotional distress. Some courts and commentators have substituted mental for emotional, but the tort is the same.
Intentional interference with contractual relations Intentional interference with contractual relations is a common law tort that applies to an activity or activities that causes a damage to contractual relations between parties. It may include acts that prevent parties from contracting or it may cause the parties who have already entered into a contract to fail to perform or otherwise complete their contractual relations.
Intentional living Intentional living is a term used in a variety of contexts including religious, ethical and values-oriented contexts as well as coaching, personal transformation, and leadership training practices and programs. In this sense, “intentional” is defined as “done with intention or on purpose; intended” and “living” as “a manner or style of life.
Intentional Programming In computer programming, intentional programming is a collection of concepts which enable software source code to reflect the precise information, called intention, which programmers had in mind when conceiving their work. By closely matching the level of abstraction at which the programmer was thinking, browsing and maintaining computer programs becomes easier.
Intentional tort An intentional tort is a category of torts that describes a civil wrong resulting from an intentional act on the part of the tortfeasor. The level of intent required to render a party liable for an intentional tort has been described as "substantial certainty" that the result would occur.
Intentionality The term intentionality is often simplistically summarized as "aboutness" or the relationship between mental acts and the external world. Originally intentionality was a concept from scholastic philosophy.
Inter arma enim silent leges Inter arma enim silent leges is a Latin phrase meaning "In the face of arms, the law falls mute," although it is more popularly rendered as "In time of war, the laws fall silent." This maxim was likely first written in these words by Cicero in his published oration Pro Milone, although Cicero's actual wording was "Silent enim leges inter arma.
Inter caetera Inter caetera was a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, 1493, which granted to Spain all lands to the "west and south" of a pole-of-pole line 100 leagues (418 km) west and south of any of the islands of the Azores or the Cape Verde Islands.A single meridian is excluded because no lands can be south of it.
Inter City Firm The Inter City Firm ('ICF') was a UK football firm affiliated to West Ham United, so called because they used the InterCity train network to get to away games. They were extremely active in the 1970s and 1980s.
Inter City Football League The Inter City Football League was formed in 1899 in Scotland as one of several 'supplementary' football leagues that were created in order to increase the number of fixtures for Scottish Football League clubs.
Inter County Football League The Inter County Football League was formed in 1904 in Scotland as one of several 'supplementary' football leagues that were created in order to increase the number of fixtures for Scottish Football League clubs. Member clubs included Abercorn (1904-06), Albion Rovers (1904-06), Arthurlie (1904-05), Ayr (1904-06) and Vale of Leven (1905-06).
Inter Mirifica Inter Mirifica is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Media of Social Communications. It was approved by a vote of 1,960 to 164 of the bishops assembled, and promulgated on December 4, 1963 by Pope Paul VI.
Inter Rail An Inter Rail (or Inter-Rail) pass is a train ticket that allows unlimited 2nd class passage throughout the "Inter Rail Community" (IRC) for a defined period of time; as of April 2005, the IRC includes 30 countries, organized into eight zones:
Inter standard roaming Inter Standard Roaming is a general term in wireless telecommunications that refers to roaming between two standards. This term is now widely used in mobile communnications where especially CDMA customers want to use their phone in areas where there is no CDMA network or there is no roaming agreement in place to support roaming on the used standard.
Inter valence charge transfer In spectrometry, the inter valence charge transfer (IVCT) band is a characteristic band for organic metal complexes that show valence tautomerization. Valence tautomers are a set of compounds that have almost the same chemical structure but different electronic structures.
Inter vivos trust An inter vivos trust (sometimes also called a living trust) is an express trust created by the settlor during his or her lifetime, as distinguished from a testamentary trust which arises upon the testator's death, usually under his will.
Inter Varsity Dance Association The Inter Varsity Dance Association (IVDA) is a non profit student, administrative organisation, which promotes dancing amongst UK university students. Its main concern is dancesport (competitive Ballroom & Latin American dancing), but it is increasingly assisting those who compete in other dance styles, with plans to host the inaugural British Universities Dance Competition (BUDC) for dancers who compete in other dance styles.
Inter- and Intra-Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy Inter- and Intra-Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy is the title of the second report published by a legal team lead by Professor Mark P. Denbeaux, based on documents the US Department of Defense about the captives held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
Inter-Academic League The Inter-Academic League, or Inter-Ac, is a high school sports league among private schools in the Philadelphia area and surrounding suburbs. Founded in 1887, the Inter-ac remains the country's oldest inter-scholastic athletic conference.
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the IACHR or, in the three other official languages – Spanish, French, and Portuguese – CIDH) is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture The Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (IACPPT) is an international human rights instrument, created within the Western Hemisphere Organization of American States and intended to prevent torture and other similar activities.
Inter-American Defense Board The Inter-American Defense Board is an international committee of nationally appointed defense officials who develop collaborative approaches on common defense and security issues facing countires in North, Central, and South America. The IADB provides technical advice and services to the Organization of American States (OAS).
Inter-American Defense Board Medal The Inter-American Defense Board Medal is an international military award which was created on December 11, 1945, by the 91st session of the Inter-American Defense Board, a Pan-American defense group devoted to the security of the member countries of the Organization of American States.
Inter-American Defense College The Inter-American Defense College (IADC) is an international educational institution operating under the Organization of American States (OAS), and the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB). The course provides a professionally oriented, multidisciplinary, graduate-level course of study.
Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (preferred abbreviation IDB, although sometimes found as IADB), was established and headquartered in Washington, DC in 1959 to support Latin American and Caribbean economic/social development and regional integration by lending mainly to governments and government agencies (including State corporations).
Inter-American Dialogue The Inter-American Dialogue (IAD, and also known as "the Dialogue") is a non-profit organization located in Washington, DC. The IAD was begun over 10 years ago and its website bills the organization as the "premier center for policy analysis, exchange, and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs.
Inter-American Economic Council The Inter-American Economic Council is the foremost business and public policy organization headquartered in Washington DC, USA, that focuses on promoting economic development in the nations of the Western Hemisphere with special emphasis on the Caribbean and Latin America. The Centerpiece of the Council's activities is its Business Roundtable which take place during the General Assembly Meeting of the Organization of American States.
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research is an intergovernmental organization supported by 19 countries in the Americas dedicated to pursuing the principles of scientific excellence, sharing of environmental scientific research, international cooperation, and the open exchange of scientific information to increase the understanding of global change phenomena and their socio-economic implications. The IAI pursues the principle of scientific excellence, international cooperation and the full and open exchange of scientific information relevant to global change.
Inter-American League The Inter-American League was a high-level circuit in minor league baseball that played only three months before folding during the 1979 season. Conceived as an official Class AAA minor league composed of six clubs unaffiliated with Major League Baseball farm systems, the Inter-American loop was headed by the respected Roberto Maduro, former owner of the AAA Havana Sugar Kings and a longtime scout and front-office executive active in Latin American and major league baseball.
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission or ComisiĂłn Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones (CITEL), is an entity of the Organization of American States. It coordinates telecommunications related mandates of the OAS General Assembly and those enacted during the Summits of the Americas.
Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (commonly known as the Rio Treaty, the Rio Pact, or by the Spanish-language acronym TIAR from Tratado Interamericano de Asistencia RecĂ­proca) was an agreement ratified on 1947 in Rio de Janeiroamong many American] countries. The central principle contained in its articles is that an attack against one is to be considered an attack against them all; this was known as the "hemispheric defense" doctrine.
Inter-Asterisk eXchange IAX is the Inter-Asterisk eXchange protocol used by Asterisk, an open source PBX server from Digium. It is used to enable VoIP connections between Asterisk servers, and between servers and clients that also use the IAX protocol.
Inter-connected Stock Exchange of India Inter-connected Stock Exchange (ISE) started its operation in 1998 in Vashi, Mumbai. It was envisaged by its founders as an alternative to the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) for brokers/members from the regional stock exchanges.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1970. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supreme, Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barrasi from Italy and the English FA general secretary, Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials at FIFA.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958-60 The second Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place between 1958 and 1960 and was won by FC Barcelona for the second consecutive time in a two-legged final against Birmingham City. Once again, a number of countries sent a representative team for one of their main cities, although London sent Chelsea FC instead.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963-64 The sixth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1963-'64 season. The competition was won by Real Zaragoza in a one game final at the Nou Camp in Barcelona against fellow Spaniards and defending champions Valencia CF.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy Play-Off The last Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was contested in the 1970-71 season before it was replaced by the UEFA Cup, and a new trophy. The old trophy had not been won by any club permanently, so a one-off play-off game was arranged between FC Barcelona, who were the original winners and had held the trophy a total of three times with one final defeat, and Leeds United, who were the current holders and had won the competition twice and had been runners-up once.
Inter-City League The Inter-City League, also known as the English League South, was the top-flight ice hockey league in southern England from 1978, when it alongside the English League North it replaced the Southern League. In 1982, when it was replaced by the British Hockey League, running on a national basis.
Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual In computing, the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (almost universally referred to by its initials, ICCCM) is a standard for X Window System clients to interoperate on the same server. It was put together by the MIT X Consortium over 1988.
Inter-Collegiate policy debate Inter-Collegiate Policy Debate is a form of speech competition involving two teams of two debaters from different colleges or universities based on a resolution phrased as something the United States federal government "should" do. Policy debate also exists as a high school activity, with a very similar format, but different leagues & tournaments, speech times, resolutions, and, to a small extent, argument styles.
Inter-Community School ZĂĽrich The Inter-Community School ZĂĽrich (ICSZ or ICS) is a private, independent, international, co-educational day school and offers a comprehensive educational programme in English for children from ages of 3 to 18. The school is international in character and welcomes students of all nationalities.
Inter-Cooperative Council at the University of Michigan The Inter-Cooperative Council at the University of Michigan (ICC) is a student owned and operated housing cooperative serving students and community members in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area. The ICC is an active member of NASCO.
Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee (or Inter-Factory Strike Committee, , MKS) was a action strike committee formed in Gdańsk Shipyard, People's Republic of Poland on 16 August 1980. It was led by Lech Wałęsa and othersand is famous for issuing the 21 demands of MKS]on 17 August, that eventually led to the [[Gdańsk Agreement] and cration of [[Solidarity.
Inter-Entity Boundary Line The Inter-Entity Boundary Line (IEBL) divides Bosnia and Herzegovina into two entities, the Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The total length of the Inter-Entity Boundary Line is 1,080 km.
Inter-generational contract An inter-generational contract is a dependency between different generations based on the assumption that future generations, in honoring the contract, will provide a service to a generation that has previously done the same service to an older generation.
Inter-Language Unification Inter-Language Unification or ILU is a multi-language object interface system. The object interfaces provided by ILU hide implementation distinctions between different languages, between different address spaces, and between operating system types.
Inter-material.com inter-material.com LLC is the first American electronic commerce company specializing in internet search and online advertising of architectural product manufacturers from developed countries to a Latin American audience.
Inter-parliamentary institution An inter-parliamentary union is an organization of more than one national legislatures. Many assemblies referred to as parliamentary assemblies, such as the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, fall into this category.
Inter-processor interrupt An inter-processor interrupt (IPI) is a special type of interrupt by which one processor may interrupt another processor in a multiprocessor system. IPIs are typically used to implement a cache coherency synchronization point.
Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union is an international organization established in 1889 by William Randal Cremer (United Kingdom) and Frédéric Passy (France). It was the first permanent forum for political multilateral negotiations.
Inter-racial confidence circle An inter-racial confidence circle (IRCC) is a group composed of leaders of different races and religions from a particular constituency in Singapore. The primary purpose of IRCCs is to provide a regular platform for leaders of various racial and religious communities to interact and get to know one another better, in order to build confidence, friendship and trust among them.
Inter-range instrumentation group time codes Inter-range instrumentation group time codes, commonly known as "IRIG" timecodes, were created by the TeleCommunications Working Group of the Inter-Range Instrumentation Group, the standards body of the Range Commanders Council. Work on these standards started in October 1956, and the original standards were accepted in 1960.
Inter-Regional Research Project Number 4 Inter-Regional Research Project Number 4 (usually abbreviated as the IR-4 Project) has been conducted since 1963 by the United States Department of Agriculture in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency to assist in the collection of residue and efficacy data in support of the registration or reregistration of minor use pesticides and the determination of tolerances for residues of minor use chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities. It is the primary program for establishing what pesticides are safe and effective for use on fruits, vegetables, ornamental plants, and other specialty crops in the United States.
Inter-service decorations of the United States military Inter-service decorations of the United States military are military awards which are issued by the United States armed forces to members of all five branches of military service. Such medals are thus considered "inter-service" and are awarded under the same criteria to all military branches.
Inter-Scholastic Sailing Association The Inter-Scholastic Sailing Association (ISSA) is the organization that serves as the governing authority for all sailing competition between both public and private secondary schools throughout the United States.
Inter-State Commission The Inter-State Commission, or Interstate Commission, is a defunct constitutional body under Australian law. The envisaged chief functions of the Inter-State Commission were to administer and adjudicate matters relating to interstate trade.
Inter-Tribal Environmental Council Inter-Tribal Environmental Council (ITEC) was set up to protect the health of Native Americans, their natural resources and environment. To accomplish this the ITEC provides technical support, training and environmental services in a variety of disciplines.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, was established in 1962. An integral part of the infrastructure of social science research, ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction (over 6300 discrete studies/surveys), and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use.
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) is an autonomous institution set up by the University Grants Commission to promote nucleation and growth of active groups in astronomy and astrophysics in Indian universities. IUCAA is located in the University of Pune campus next to the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, which operates the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope.
Inter-University Council for East Africa The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), based in Kampala, Uganda, is an institution of the inter-governmental organisation, the East African Community. IUCEA aims to foster collaboration between universities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada, or IVCF Canada, is a Christian organisation which ministers to youth and university students through a variety of ministries, including Pioneer Camps of Canada, high school, college and university ministries such as Acadia Christian Fellowship or ACF. IVCF Canada is a member organization of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students.
Inter-working Function The Inter-working Function (IWF) contains both the hardware and software elements that provide the rate adaptation and protocol conversion between a landline destination Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the network for both data and fax services. The IWF is required as a network element to support circuit switched data.
Inter@ctive Pager The Inter@ctive Pager, introduced in 1995 by Research In Motion (RIM), allowed users to receive and send messages over the internet via a wireless data network known as Mobitex. The US Operator of Mobitex, RAM Mobile Data operated the network and introduced the Inter@ctive Pager service as RAMfirst Interactive Paging(sm).
Interac Interac Association is a Canadian organization linking enterprises that have proprietary networks so that they may communicate with each other for the purpose of exchanging electronic financial transactions. The Association was founded in 1984 as a cooperative venture between five financial institutions: Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, Scotiabank, Toronto-Dominion Bank, and Desjardins.

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