intercom

An abbreviation of intercommunication, an intercom system is a closed (i.e., not networked)

system that allows members of a group to converse with each other. An intercom system can be standalone, although Centrex systems, key telephone systems (KTSs), and PBXs commonly feature intercom capabilities. See also Centrex, KTS, and PBX.

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• incremental redundancy (IR)
• incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC)
• Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)
• independent telephone company
• index-matching gel
• index of refraction (IOR)
• inductance (L)
• inductive reactance (X )
• inductor
• Industrial/Scientific/Medical (ISM)
• InfiniBand
• InfiniBand
• InfiniBand
• InFLEXion
• infobahn
• .info (information)
• Information and Communication Science and Technology (ICST)
• information service
• Information Superhighway
• information technology (IT)
• infralow frequency (ILF)
• infrared (IR)
• infrastructure mesh
• infrastructure mode
• In-house BPL (In-house Broadband over Power Line)