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Web Hosting Glossary - I

IP
(Internet Protocol) is tha main protocol used on the Internet.

IP packet
IP packet is the basic data chunk that can be sent over the Internet. All the data is partitioned into IP packets on the sending computer and reassembled on the receiving computer.

IPX
Internet Packet Exchange. A Novell's proprietary network protocol.

ISO
(International Organisation for Standardisation). An Geneva-based international organization that develops and publishes various international standards.

ITU
(International Telecommunication Union). (Formerly CCITT). Another international standards body concerned with telecommunications.

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