Interactive voice response (IVR) is a technology that allows a computer to interact with humans through the use of voice and DTMF tones input via keypad.  IVR systems can respond with prerecorded or dynamically generated audio to further direct users on how to proceed. IVR applications can be used to control almost any function where the interface can be broken down into a series of simple interactions. IVR systems deployed in the network are sized to handle large call volumes.

A generic term for a language that lets a program or object written in one language communicate with another program written in an unknown language. It requires a program's interfaces be described in a stub of the program that is compiled into it. 

A protocol for exchanging routing information between gateways (hosts with routers) within an autonomous network. The routing information can then be used by the Internet Protocol (IP) or other network protocols to specify how to route transmissions.

A cathode-ray tube (CRT) display in which the lines are scanned alternately in two interwoven rasterized lines. There are several hundred horizontal lines in a frame. These lines are scanned from left to right, and from top to bottom. 

A protocol based on a routing method known as DECnet Phase V routing, in which routers known as intermediate systems exchange data about routing using a single metric to determine the network topology.

An encryption algorithm developed at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. It uses a block cipher with a 128-bit key, and is generally considered to be very secure. It is considered among the best publicly known algorithms.

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to serve several billion users worldwide.

A banking service that allows customers of a financial institution to conduct financial transactions such as viewing account informations and transferring funds etc. on a secure website.

A message control and error-reporting protocol between a host server and a gateway to the Internet. ICMP uses Internet Protocol (IP) datagrams, but the messages are processed by the IP software and are not directly apparent to the application user.   

The most widely used World Wide Web browser. It is bundled with the Microsoft Windows operating system and can also be downloaded from Microsoft's Web site.

A product from Microsoft that enables an organization to centrally manage the customizing, deployment, and maintenance of Microsoft's Web browser, Internet Explorer, for users on different computer platforms.

Internet fax, e-fax, or online fax is a general term which refers to the use of the Internet to send a document fax, rather than using only phone networks (traditional faxing) with a fax machine. Internet fax achieves a dramatic reduction in communication costs especially when long faxes are frequently exchanged with overseas or distant offices.

An emerging standard for extending Fibre Channel storage networks across the Internet. iFCP provides a means of passing data to and from Fibre Channel storage devices in a local storage area network (SAN) or on the Internet using TCP/IP. 

An Internet protocol that provides a way for an Internet computer to report its multicast group membership to adjacent routers. Multicasting allows one computer on the Internet to send content to multiple other computers.

A group of Internet servers with additional capabilities for Microsoft's Windows NT and Windows 2000 Server operating systems. IIS is Microsoft's entry to compete in the Internet server market that is also addressed by Apache, Sun Microsystems, etc.

A protocol that makes it possible for distributed programs written in different programming languages to communicate over the Internet. IIOP is a critical part of a strategic industry standard, the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).