IPA (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
IPA can stand for:
- India Pale AleIndia Pale AleIndia Pale Ale or IPA is a style of beer within the broader category of pale ale. It was first brewed in England in the 19th century.The first known use of the expression "India pale ale" comes from an advertisement in the Liverpool Mercury newspaper published January 30, 1835...
, a style of beer - Indigenous Protected Area, Australia
- Informaticien professionnel agréé, French Canadian for Information Systems ProfessionalInformation Systems ProfessionalThe Information Systems Professional , or Informaticien professionnel agréé , is a professional designation issued by the Canadian Information Processing Society . Introduced in 1989, the professional designation is recognised by legislation in most provinces of Canada...
- Information Practices Act of 1977, a California privacy law
- Information Processing Architecture, networking software from International Computers Limited, UK.
- Instrument for Pre-Accession AssistanceInstrument for Pre-Accession AssistanceThe Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, or simply IPA, is a new funding mechanism of the European Union. As of 2007, it replaced previous programmes such as the PHARE programme and CARDS...
, funding assistance programme of the EU - Intermediate power amplifierIntermediate Power AmplifierAn Intermediate power amplifier is one stage of the amplification process in a radio transmitter which usually occurs prior to the final high power amplification. The IPA provides lower power RF energy necessary to drive the final...
, a part of a radio transmitter - International Phonetic AlphabetInternational Phonetic AlphabetThe International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
, a system of phonetic notation - Interpretative phenomenological analysisInterpretative phenomenological analysisInterpretative Phenomenological Analysis is an approach to psychological qualitative research with an idiographic focus, which means that it aims to offer insights into how a given person, in a given context, makes sense of a given phenomenon...
- Interprocedural analysis or interprocedural optimizationInterprocedural optimizationInterprocedural optimization is a collection of compiler techniques used in computer programming to improve performance in programs containing many frequently used functions of small or medium length...
, in computer science an optimization technique - Invasion, Planeshift, ApocalypseInvasion (Magic: The Gathering)Invasion is the 21st expert level set, and the first set in the Invasion block of cards of Magic: The Gathering. The rest of the block is Planeshift and Apocalypse. It contains 350 cards.-Set History:...
, an expansion-block for the card-game Magic: the Gathering - IP addressIP addressAn Internet Protocol address is a numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing...
on the internet - iPhoneIPhoneThe iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
application (file extension .ipa.ipa (file extension)-Overview:An .ipa file is an iPhone application archive file which stores an iPhone app. It is usually encrypted with Apple's FairPlay DRM technology. Each .ipa file is compressed with a binary for the ARM architecture and can only be installed on an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad...
) - Isopropyl alcoholIsopropyl alcoholIsopropyl alcohol is a common name for a chemical compound with the molecular formula C3H8O. It is a colorless, flammable chemical compound with a strong odor...
, or rubbing alcohol
Organizations
- International Phonetic AssociationInternational Phonetic AssociationThe International Phonetic Association is an organization that promotes the scientific study of phonetics and the various practical applications of that science. The IPA’s major contribution to phonetics is the International Phonetic Alphabet—a notational standard for the phonetic...
, publishing the International Phonetic Alphabet - Independent Pilots AssociationIndependent Pilots AssociationThe Independent Pilots Association is the collective bargaining unit for the more than 2800 airline pilots of United Parcel Service.-IPA Foundation:...
(United States) - Independent Pilots Association (UK)
- International Play AssociationInternational Play AssociationThe International Play Association is an international, non-governmental organization founded in Scandinavia in 1961.Its purpose is to protect, preserve and promote children's right to play as a fundamental human right, according to the Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
- International Publishers AssociationInternational Publishers AssociationThe International Publishers Association is an international publishing industry federation of national Publisher associations representing book and journal publishing. It is a non-profit and non-governmental organization, founded in 1896 to promote and protect publishing and to raise awareness...
- International Psychoanalytical AssociationInternational Psychoanalytical AssociationThe International Psychoanalytical Association is an association including 12,000 psychoanalysts as members and works with 70 constituent organizations. It was founded in 1910 by Sigmund Freud, on an idea proposed by Sándor Ferenczi...
- Independent Psychiatric AssociationIndependent Psychiatric Association of RussiaThe Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia is a non-state professional human rights organization.- History :The IPA was established in Moscow in March 1989 and became the first psychiatric association in the USSR which was not controlled by the State...
- Russia - International Permafrost AssociationInternational Permafrost AssociationThe International Permafrost Association , founded in 1983, has as its objectives to foster the dissemination of knowledge concerning permafrost and to promote cooperation among persons and national or international organisations engaged in scientific investigation and engineering work related to...
- International Polka AssociationInternational Polka AssociationThe International Polka Association, IPA is located in Chicago, Illinois and dedicated to the study and preservation of polka music and the cultural heritage of Polish Americans who have made this music tradition part of their heritage. The IPA hosts an annual festival and convention as well as its...
- International Police Academy, operated by the Office of Public SafetyOffice of Public SafetyThe Office of Public Safety was a US government agency, established in 1957 by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower to train police forces of US allies. It was officially part of USAID , and was close to the Central Intelligence Agency . Police-training teams were sent to South Vietnam, Iran, Taiwan,...
- International Police AssociationInternational Police AssociationThe International Police Association is the largest organisation for police officers in the world.The founder Arthur Troop , a police sergeant, was born in Lincoln, in the English county of Lincolnshire....
- Institute of Practitioners in AdvertisingInstitute of Practitioners in AdvertisingThe Institute of Practitioners in Advertising is the trade body and professional institute for 250 leading agencies in the UK's advertising, media and marketing communications industry, covering the creative, digital, direct marketing, healthcare, media, outdoor, sales promotion and sponsorship...
- UK - Institute of Public Accountants - Australia
- Institute of Public Administration (disambiguation) (similarly named bodies in various countries)
- Institute of Public AffairsInstitute of Public AffairsThe Institute of Public Affairs is a public policy think tank based in Melbourne, Australia. It advocates free market economic policies such as privatisation and deregulation of state-owned enterprises, trade liberalisation and deregulated workplaces, climate change skepticism , and the...
- Australia - Institute of Public Affairs, PolandInstitute of Public Affairs, PolandInstitute of Public Affairs is an independent, non-partisan public policy think tank in Poland. The IPA was established in 1995 to support modernization reforms and to provide a forum for informed debate on social and political issues...
- Independence Party of AmericaIndependence Party of AmericaThe Independence Party of America is a political party in the United States, founded on September 23, 2007 by activists from the Independence Party of New York. Its current National Chairman is Frank MacKay...
- Information Technology Promotion Agency - Japan
- International Pediatric Association
- Insolvency Practitioners AssociationInsolvency Practitioners AssociationThe Insolvency Practitioners Association is a professional body whose purpose is to inform and regulate insolvency practitioners within the UK and Ireland. There is a similar organization in Australia.-History:...
of the UK and Ireland - Institute for Propaganda AnalysisInstitute for Propaganda AnalysisThe Institute for Propaganda Analysis was a U.S.-based organization composed of social scientists, opinion leaders, historians, educators, and journalists. Created in 1937 by Kirtley Mather, Edward A. Filene, and Clyde R. Miller, the IPA formed with the general concern that increased amounts of...
- United States - Institute for Public AccuracyInstitute for Public AccuracyThe Institute for Public Accuracy is a Washington, D.C.-based organization that encourages mainstream news media to interview alternative sources. It was founded in 1997 by Norman Solomon, who serves as executive director; its communications director is Sam Husseini....
- United States - Indian Pharmaceutical Association
- Island Pacific AcademyIsland Pacific AcademyIsland Pacific Academy is a college preparatory school operating in Kapolei, Hawaii. The school was founded in 2003 and enrolled its first students in preparation for the 2004-2005 school year. The combined enrollment for the 2010-11 school year is approximately 660 for grades from Junior...
, a school in Hawaii - Illinois Psychological Association
- Intercollegiate Prohibition AssociationIntercollegiate Prohibition AssociationThe Intercollegiate Prohibition Association was established in Chicago, Illinois, in 1901 and by 1903 was reported to be the largest college organization in the United States. It conducted “an inquiry” among 158 colleges and universities in 1923 and reported that 136 institutions were in favor of...
, a prohibitionist organization - Independent practice associationIndependent practice associationAn independent practice association is an association of independent physicians, or other organization that contracts with independent physicians, and provides services to managed care organizations on a negotiated per capita rate, flat retainer fee, or negotiated fee-for-service basis...
, a group of medical doctors - Instituto Superior Autónomo de Estudos PolitécnicosInstituto Superior Autónomo de Estudos PolitécnicosInstituto Superior Autónomo de Estudos Politécnicos is a private polytechnic institution, located in Lisbon, that offers practical, interdisciplinary and collaborative learning experience in the fields of arts, technology and innovation....
- Portugal