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Image map: Picture or graphic on a Web page in which hyperlinks are embedded.

Input: Any method by which information is entered into a computer.

Internet: Computer network connecting government, education, commercial, other organization and individual computer systems.

Intermodalism: The use of multiple modes of transportation to reach one destination; includes combining the use of trains, buses, automobiles, bicycles, and walking into a given trip.

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA): Federal legislation authorizing highway, highway safety, transit, and other surface transportation programs from 1991 through 1997. It provided new funding opportunities for sidewalks, shared-use paths, and recreational trails. ISTEA was superseded by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21).

Interpreter: Interpreters translate between two different languages, spoken or signed. In the USA, the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) certifies professional interpreters who facilitate communication between deaf and hearing people. The provision of interpreters to provide for “effective communication” is covered under the ADA. Although sometimes deaf people are willing to have a hearing family member or friend who knows sign language interpret for them, they are legally entitled, when providing advance notice (48 hours is usually the minimum) to receive the services of a paid certified professional interpreter in public services.

Intersection: An area where two or more pathways or roadways join together.

Island: A pedestrian refuge within the right-of-way and traffic lanes of a highway or street; also used as a loading stop for light rail or buses.

Java: Programming language used to create programs or applets that work with some World Wide Web browsers to include features with animation or other characteristics not available through standard HTML.

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