empty suit

A derisive term for an anonymous business executive or bureaucrat lacking in both individ-

uality and substance, i.e., a phony. Such a person is little more than a suit of clothes.As we used to say when

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• ICEA (Insulated Cable Engineers Association)
• ICE (In Case of Emergency)
• icky-pic (icky–plastic insulated cable)
• ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
• ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
• ICST (Information and Communication Science and Technology)
• ID
• IDDD (International Direct Distance Dialing)
• IDF (Intermediate Distribution Frame)
• IDSL (ISDN Digital Subscriber Line)
• IDU (Interface Data Unit)
• IEC
• IEC
• IEEE
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
• i.e. (id est)
• IE (Internet Explorer)
• IESG (Internet Engineering Steering Group)
• IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)
• I/F (Inter/Face)
• IFP (Internet Fax Protocol)
• IGF (International Gateway Facility)
• IGP (Interior Gateway Protocol)
• I-hold
• III (International Information Infrastructure)