ICT
Acronym standing for Information and Communication Technology. Technologies for gathering, storing, retrieving, processing, analysing and transmitting information.
Illuminations
Historical manuscripts and early books decorated with ornamental letters or colored illustrations.
Index
List of names, topics and so on found in a book or other information resource, with an indication of where the terms occur. Indexes can help you find the information you are looking for.
Information society
Society based around information and its creation, distribution and manipulation.
Interloan
Abbreviation of interlibrary loan. Libraries lend or copy items and send them to other libraries so users can borrow them (sometimes this service is charged for).
Interoperability
Ability of two or more systems to interact (or 'interoperate') in a meaningful way.
Iwi
Māori word for a set of people bound together by descent from a common ancestor or ancestors. Literally: bone. Modern meaning: tribe.
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