Direct Memroy Access (DMA): This is a method of bypassing the central processing unit (CPU) and handling data transfers between the memory and peripheral devices. Systems having DMA channels can transfer data much more quickly than those without.

 

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Japanese Total Access Communication (JTAC): Like the European TACS, JTAC is the Japanese analog cellular system.

Interlocking Directorate: Describes cross-memberships of directors on each other's company Board of Directors.

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Indirect Management Costs: Expenses in a budget of a real estate agency or parent company the are partially attributable to the operation of a management department.

Indirect Pulp Cap: A procedure in which the nearly exposed pulp is covered with a protective dressing to protect the pulp from additional injury and to promote healing and repair via formation of secondary dentin.

Indirect Quote: The expression in a graph of a utility function, where the horizontal axis measures risk and the vertical axis measures expected return. The curve connects all portfolios with the same utility.

Lighting Direction: The positioning of lights relative to the object being shot. The norm for lighting direction is three-point lighting.

Magnetic Direction: Direction as indicated by a magnetic compass after correction for deviation but without correction for variation.