It is important to distinguish between an ism and a mere generalization about group differences. Generalizations that have statistical validity are not isms. An ism assumes that the generalization applies to an individual.
ICAP Shared Memory ISM is a block of memory that the IPEs on a quadnode share The ISR database, among other things, resides in ISM
Internet Service Manager ISM is the administration tool for IIS that installs the client for managing Internet services, such as SMTP, POP3, World Wide Web, Gopher, FTP, and others
Instrumentation, Scientific, and Medical band Instrumentation, Scientific, and Medical band
ISM stands for Industrial, Scientific and Medical Radio frequencies reserved for radiation by various equipment Available for use by communication equipment without license if that complies with maximum emitted power limits Equipment which uses the ISM band must tolerate interference from other such equipment
A suffix indicating an act, a process, the result of an act or a process, a state; also, a characteristic as a theory, doctrine, idiom, etc
The Industrial, Scientific, and Medicine (ISM) frequency bands were allocated by the FCC in the mid 1980s The bands encompass the frequency ranges 902 - 928 MHz, 2400 - 2483 5 MHz, and 5725 - 5850 MHz The advantage of the ISM bands is that they are unlicensed As long as a device operating in the ISM bands meets special FCC regulations, it does not require a license Many devices operating in the ISM bands use spread spectrum modulation However, the FCC does permit narrowband modulation techniques to be used, provided that the respective device meets stringent power requirements
used to describe a set of ideas or beliefs whose name ends in 'ism', especially when you think that they are not sensible or practical (-ism)