Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a device partially or totally controlled by one or more processors integral to the device.

ETYM Latin intelligens, intellegens, -entis, p. pr. of intelligere, intellegere, to perceive; inter between + legere to gather, collect, choose: cf. French intelligent. Related to Legend.
1. Endowed with the capacity to reason; SYN. reasoning, thinking.
2. Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree.
3. Possessing sound knowledge; SYN. well-informed.

See agent (definition 2).

A cable that incorporates circuitry to do more than simply pass signals from one end of the cable to the other, such as to determine the characteristics of the connector into which it is plugged. Also called: smart cable.

A technology owned by Excite, Inc., for searching indexed databases to retrieve documents from the World Wide Web. Intelligent Concept Extraction is like other search technologies in being able to locate indexed Web documents related to one or more key words entered by the user. Based on proprietary search technology, however, it also matches documents conceptually by finding relevant information even if the document found does not contain the key word or words specified by the user. Thus, the list of documents found by Intelligent Concept Extraction can include both documents containing the specified search term and those containing alternative words related to the search term. Acronym: ICE.

A database that manipulates stored information in a way that people find logical, natural, and easy to use. An intelligent database conducts searches relying not only on traditional data-finding routines but also on predetermined rules governing associations, relationships, and even inferences regarding the data. See also database.

A type of hub that, in addition to transmitting signals, has built-in capability for other network chores, such as monitoring or reporting on network status. Intelligent hubs are used in different types of networks, including ARCnet and 10Base-T Ethernet. See also hub.

See I2O.

In computing, a terminal with its own processor which can take some of the processing load away from the main computer.
A terminal with its own memory, processor, and firmware that can perform certain functions independently of its host computer, most often the rerouting of incoming data to a printer or video screen.

A system of automated urban and suburban highway and mass transit control and management services proposed in 1996 by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena. Acronym: ITI.

In an intelligent manner; SYN. showing intelligence.

An educated and intellectual elite; SYN. clerisy.
Intellectual persons; “highbrows”.
In 19th-century Russia, a section of the middle class, including lawyers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and some officers, who advocated the adoption of Western ideas as a cure for the country's backwardness. They also supported political and social reform but were baulked by an autocratic tsarist regime. This group eventually provided much of the leadership for the revolutionary movements of the early 20th century.