interface message processor. Old name for ARPANET packet switches. An IMP is now referred to as a PSN (packet-switch node). See also PSN (packet-switch node).
( nternet essaging rogram) The newer webmail system on campus, which offers a user interface that is more efficient and therefore faster in some situations (e.g. if you have a very large number of messages in your inbox).
The Interface Message Processor, the packet switch of the ARPANET.
Interface Messaging Processor - these were the minicomputers that connected each node on the ARPAnet to the network. Built by BBN, each was a refrigerator-sized Honeywell DDP-516 computer with a whopping 12k of memory. more of the story...
interface message processor. Old name for ARPANET packet switches. See also ARPANET and packet switch.
Information Module Profile A subset of the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) for devices that don't need the user interface classes defined by MIDP.