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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9

Initialize
Very similar in meaning to a hard reset. It is basically a procedure that puts an electronic device into a default state and removes, resets, or "initializes" any user data or parameters that may have been changed by its operation. Technically the word initialize pertains to the first time the device is operated, where it will run through a routine to set itself up and put all settings to their default values. After this the same procedure is known as "reinitialize." A true reinitialization will fully return a device to its default initial state, however not all reinitialization procedures actually do this in practice. Sometimes the software for the machine has to be reinstalled from scratch to fully reinitialize it.

I/O

IAC

Interaural Cross Correlation (IACC)

IC

IC Chip

Icon

IDC

IDE

Idiophone

IEC

IEC958

IEC958 Part-3

IEC958 Part-4

IEEE

IEM

IEM

IF

II-V Progression

IIR Filter

iLok

iLok (2nd Generation)

Image Copy

Image File

Image frequency

Imaging

Intermodulation Distortion (IMD)

iMIDI

Impedance

Impedance Balancing

Import

Import

Improvisation

Improvise

Improvised

Impulse

Impulse Response

In

In-Line Monitoring

Inductance

Inductive Load

Inductor

 Inertia Block

Infantile Failure - (a.k.a. infant failure mode)

Infinite Baffle

Infrasonic

Initialize

Initial Time-Delay Gap

Inlay

In Line Mixer

In Phase

Input

Input Jack

Input Sensitivity

Insert

Insert Cable

Insert Edit

Insert Point

Install

Installer

Instance

Instantiate

Instrument Level

Insulator

Integrated Circuit

Intellectual Property

Intelligibility

Intensity stereo

Inter-Application MIDI

Interaural Intensity Difference (IID)

Interaural Intensity Difference (IID)

Interaural Phase Differences (IPD)

Interaural Time Difference (ITD)

Interconnect

Interface

Interlace

Interleaved Stereo

Interleaving

Intermodular Distortion

Internal Hard Drive

Internal Hard Drive

Internal Speaker

Internet

 Interpolate

Intersymbol Interference

Interval

Interval

In The Box

In The Box

Intonate

Intonation

In Tune

Inverse Square Law

Inversion

Inverter

iOS

iOS Device

IP (Internet Protocol)

IPS

IR

Interrupt/Interrupt Request (IRQ)

ISA

ISA

ISDN

ISO

ISO 9660

Iso Cab

Isochronous

Isolated Power Supply

Isolation Booth

Isolation Box

Isolation Cabinet

Isolation Transformer

ISP

ISRC

ISRC

ITB

ITD

ITU-T

ITU 775 Surround

Ivoroid

Ivory

     
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