IA
Encyclopedia
Places
- Ia or Oia, GreeceOia, GreeceOia is a former community on the islands of Thira and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Santorini, of which it is a municipal unit. It covers the whole island Therasia and the northwesternmost part of Santorini, which it...
, a small town on the island of Santorini - IowaIowaIowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, U.S. (postal abbreviation) - Iá RiverIá RiverIá River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.-References:*...
, a river in Brazil
Companies and organizations
- Indian Airlines, a domestic air carrier in India
- Indian ArmyIndian ArmyThe Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
, part of the Military of India - Intact AmericaIntact AmericaIntact America is a registered non-governmental organization that was created in 2008 in order to advance the view that the circumcision of non-consenting minors is unethical and medically unnecessary. They also claim that circumcision reduces sexual sensation in males and that it is a violation...
, a non-profit organization against routine infant circumcision - International AcademyInternational AcademyThe International Academy, or IA, is a high school located in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Michigan, with additional campuses in White Lake Township, Michigan and Troy, Michigan. It is a public, tuition-free school of choice for students across Oakland County...
, a public high-school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S. - International ArtistsInternational ArtistsInternational Artists was an independent record label based in Houston, Texas that originally existed from 1965 to 1970.During its existence IA released 12 albums and 39 singles and was owned by a group of businessmen in Houston. Among its staff were producer Lelan Rogers, brother of country...
, a record label - Inuit AtaqatigiitInuit AtaqatigiitInuit Ataqatigiit is a leftist and separatist political party in Greenland. The party was born out of the increased youth radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s. The party strives to make Greenland an independent state.In the 2005 elections, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and seven out of...
, a left-wing party in Greenland - Iraqi AirwaysIraqi AirwaysIraqi Airways Company, operating as Iraqi Airways , is the national carrier of Iraq, headquartered on the grounds of Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad. One of the oldest airlines in the Middle East, Iraqi Airways operates domestic and regional service...
, in IATA airline designator - Iraqi ArmyIraqi ArmyThe Iraqi Army is the land component of the Iraqi military, active in various forms since being formed by the British during their mandate over the country after World War I....
, US military abbreviation for Iraqi Army
Language
- Insha'AllahInsha'AllahInsha'Allah is an Arabic term to indicate hope for an aforementioned event to occur in the future. The phrase translates into English as "God willing" or "If it is God's will", sometimes spoken as DV; the Latin abbreviation for Deo volente or simply "God willing"...
, an Arabic word meaning "If God wills" - InterlinguaInterlinguaInterlingua is an international auxiliary language , developed between 1937 and 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association...
(ISO 639 alpha-2, ia) - Inappropriate, Short of inappropriate.
People
- Ia of Persia (4th century), martyr of Persia in the 4th century
- Ia of CornwallIa of CornwallSaint Ia of Cornwall was a 5th or 6th century Cornish evangelist and martyr.Ia was said to have been an Irish princess, the sister of Saint Erc. She was a spiritual student of Saint Baricus and travelled as a missionary to Cornwall where she joined Saints Fingar and Piala...
(5th or 6th century), saint of Cornwall - Mattias EklundhMattias EklundhMattias "IA" Eklundhtou de meme' is a guitarist and vocalist, known for his work with the bands Freak Kitchen, Frozen Eyes, Fate, The Jonas Hellborg Trio, and Art Metal; he has also released several noted solo albums...
, Swedish guitarist
Science
- Ia (genus)Ia (genus)Ia is a genus of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It belongs to the subfamily Vespertilioninae and has been placed in the tribe Vespertilionini. In the past, it has also been considered a synonym or subgenus of the genera Pipistrellus or Eptesicus, which used to contain many more species than...
, of vespertilionid bats - Ia or I-a, a subtype of Type I supernovaSupernovaA supernova is a stellar explosion that is more energetic than a nova. It is pronounced with the plural supernovae or supernovas. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months...
; see Type Ia supernovaType Ia supernovaA Type Ia supernova is a sub-category of supernovae, which in turn are a sub-category of cataclysmic variable stars, that results from the violent explosion of a white dwarf star. A white dwarf is the remnant of a star that has completed its normal life cycle and has ceased nuclear fusion... - Interactions of actors theory
Internet and information technology
- Intelligence amplificationIntelligence amplificationIntelligence amplification refers to the effective use of information technology in augmenting human intelligence...
, the process of enhancing human intelligence through the use of technology - Information architectureInformation ArchitectureInformation architecture is the art of expressing a model or concept of information used in activities that require explicit details of complex systems. Among these activities are library systems, Content Management Systems, web development, user interactions, database development, programming,...
, the practice of structuring information (knowledge or data) - Information assuranceInformation AssuranceInformation assurance is the practice of managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information or data and the systems and processes used for those purposes...
, dealing with trust aspects of information - Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
, a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining an archive of web and multimedia resources - InstallAnywhereInstallAnywhereInstallAnywhere is a Java-based software tool for creating installers or software packages, for multiple platforms. InstallAnywhere was originally made by Zero G Software until it was acquired by Macrovision in mid-June 2005. With Macrovision's sale of their software group, InstallAnywhere is now...
, a Java-based software tool for creating installers or software packages, for multiple platforms - IA-32IA-32IA-32 , also known as x86-32, i386 or x86, is the CISC instruction-set architecture of Intel's most commercially successful microprocessors, and was first implemented in the Intel 80386 as a 32-bit extension of x86 architecture...
, Intel Architecture, 32-bit - IA-64, Intel Architecture, 64-bit
Fiction
- Irken Armada, alien invaders in the 2001-launched TV series Invader ZimInvader ZimInvader Zim is an American animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez. It was produced by and subsequently aired on Nickelodeon. The series revolves around an extraterrestrial named Zim from the planet Irk, and his ongoing mission to conquer and destroy Earth...
- Invasion AmericaInvasion AmericaInvasion America is an animated science fiction miniseries that aired in the prime time lineup on The WB Television Network and later as a part of the Kids' WB programming block...
, a 1998 TV series - Invasion America (board wargame)Invasion America (board wargame)Invasion: America was a wargame designed by Jim Dunnigan and published by SPI in 1976. It depicted a hypothetical invasion of North America by a coalition of three invaders. The game was played on a 35 inch by 42 inch map, with 400 cardboard pieces representing the armed forces in the war...
, a 1976 game - Ia, an 1892 novelette by Arthur Quiller-CouchArthur Quiller-CouchSir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900 , and for his literary criticism...
- "Iä", a fictional greeting in the works of H. P. LovecraftH. P. LovecraftHoward Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
Other
- Individual augmenteeIndividual augmenteeAn Individual Augmentee is a United States military member assigned to a unit as a TAD/TDY status. Individual Augmentees can be used to fill shortages or can be used when an individual with specialized knowledge or skill sets is required. As a result, Individual Augmentees can include members...
, a U.S. military program for augmenting units with personnel from other organizations or branches of service - Industrial archaeologyIndustrial archaeologyIndustrial archaeology, like other branches of archaeology, is the study of material culture from the past, but with a focus on industry. Strictly speaking, industrial archaeology includes sites from the earliest times to the most recent...
, an archaeological discipline - Initial appearance in a court of law, of a person charged with a crime
- Internal affairs (law enforcement)Internal affairs (law enforcement)The internal affairs division of a law enforcement agency investigates incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force...
, a division of a law enforcement agency which investigates incidents and suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force - Internal auditInternal auditInternal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk...
, a business profession specializing in the removal of impediments to organizational objectives - International ArbiterInternational ArbiterIn chess, International Arbiter is a title awarded by FIDE to individuals deemed capable of acting as arbiter in important chess matches . The title was established in 1951....
, a chess title awarded by the World Chess Federation - IntraarterialInjection (medicine)An injection is an infusion method of putting fluid into the body, usually with a hollow needle and a syringe which is pierced through the skin to a sufficient depth for the material to be forced into the body...
injection - inter alia, a Latin phrase meaning "among other things"
- The prefix for aircraft manufactured in the Argentinian "Fabrica Argentina de Aviones" (formerly "Fabrica militar de Aviones") since 1952.