IAB

www.iab.org) Founded in 1983 as the Internet Activities Board, it is a volunteer organization that provides architectural guidance to and adjudicates conflicts for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It appoints the IETF Chair and all other Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) candidates. It also advises the Internet Society (ISOC) relating to technical and procedural matters.

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Global not-for-profit association founded in 1996 devoted exclusively to maximizing the use and effectiveness of advertising on the Internet. More than 300 members comprise the association, whose activities include evaluating and recommending standards and practices, fielding research to document the effectiveness of the Internet, educating the advertising industry about the use of Internet advertising, and issuing reports of Internet advertising revenue. Members include companies actively engaged in the sale of Internet advertising and companies that support advertising, such as interactive advertising agencies, measurement companies, research suppliers, technology suppliers, and other organizations from related industries.

IAB may refer to:

• Internal affairs, Internal Affairs Bureau
• Internet Architecture Board, committee charged with oversight of the technical and engineering development of the Internet by the Internet Society
• IATA airport code: McConnell Air Force Base – Wichita, Kansas, United States
• Interactive Advertising Bureau, advertising business organization that develops industry standards, conducts research, and provides legal support for the online advertising industry
• Individual Address Block (computers and computer networking)
• Infantry Assault Badge, German war badge awarded to Waffen SS and Wehrmacht Heer soldiers during WWII
• Internet Advertising Bureau, is a global collection of trade association for digital advertising

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