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IDE: An abbreviation for Integrated Drive Electronics, which is a peripheral connection standard used in IBM compatibles and some models of Macintosh. IDE drives have the same spinning disk mechanism as their SCSI counterparts (see WFTD archive SCSI), but use a different electronic interface. IDE has been a less expensive and easier technology to implement over the years. This is one of many reasons why PC's have always been on the lower end of the price curve as compared to Macintosh, which primarily use SCSI drives and have SCCI interface busses built in (SCSI is almost always an upgrade option for a PC). SCSI drives and buss systems generally outperform IDE systems in most tests for speed, especially where extremely large files are used (like in digital audio workstations).

I/O	IAC	Interaural Cross Correlation (IACC)
IC	Icon	IDC
IDE	Idiophone	IEC
IEC958	IEC958 Part-3	IEC958 Part-4
IEEE	IEM	IEM
IF	II-V Progression	IIR Filter
iLok	Image Copy	Image File
Image frequency	Imaging	Intermodulation Distortion (IMD)
iMIDI	Impedance	Impedance Balancing
Import	Impulse	Impulse Response
In-Line Monitoring	Inductance	Inductor
Inertia Block	Infantile Failure - (a.k.a. infant failure mode)	Infrasonic
Initialize	Inlay	In Line Mixer
Input Sensitivity	Insert	Installer
Instantiate	Insulator	Intellectual Property
Intelligibility	Intensity stereo	Inter-Application MIDI
Interaural Intensity Difference (IID)	Interaural Intensity Difference (IID)	Interaural Phase Differences (IPD)
Interaural Time Difference (ITD)	Interface	Interlace
Interleaved Stereo	Interleaving	Internet
Interpolate	Intersymbol Interference	Interval
Interval	Intonation	Inverse Square Law
Inversion	Inverter	IP (Internet Protocol)
IPS	Interrupt/Interrupt Request (IRQ)	ISA
ISDN	ISO	ISO 9660
Isochronous	Isolation Booth	Isolation Transformer
ISP	ISRC	ISRC
ITD	ITU-T	ITU 775 Surround