Ida

Ida or IDA may refer to:

People

• Ida (given name), including people so named
• Ida (surname), a list of people so named

Science

• IDA*, iterative deepening depth-first search algorithm
• Industrial Denatured Alcohol
• 243 Ida, a main-belt asteroid
• Incremental Dynamic Analysis, a method for assessing the seismic behavior of structures
• Iron deficiency anemia
• Iminodiacetic acid, a dicarboxylic acid amine
• Ida (orchid), a genus in the family Orchidaceae
• Isotope dilution analysis
• Ida, nickname of the only known fossil of the early primate genus Darwinius, species Darwinius masillae
• International Docking Adapter, a docking adapter for the International Space Station

Computing

• Intel Dynamic Acceleration, a technology for increasing single-threaded performance on multi-core processors
• Interactive Disassembler (now IDA Pro), a popular software disassembler tool for reverse engineering
• Internet Download Accelerator, a download accelerator software created by WestByte
• Interchange of Data between Administrations, a predecessor programme to the IDABC (Interoperable Delivery of European eGovernment Services to public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens) in European eGovernment

Organizations

Internationally:

• International Development Association of the World Bank
• International Dark-Sky Association, a U.S.-based non-profit organization
• International Desalination Association, a global organization dedicated to desalination, desalination technology and water reuse
• International Disability Alliance, an international alliance of individuals to defend the rights of those with disabilities
• International Documentary Association, a non-profit organization promoting documentary film, video and new media
• International Dyslexia Association, a non-profit education and advocacy organization
• International Depositary Authority, established by the Budapest Treaty for the deposit the biological material for the recognition of patents

In Asia:

• Indian Dental Association
• Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, a statutory board of the Singapore government

In Europe:

• Danish Society of Engineers (Danish: Ingeniørforeningen i Danmark), an association for engineers and others in technology
• IDA Ireland, formerly the Industrial Development Authority
• Information Design Association

In North America:

• Investment Dealers Association of Canada, now part of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
• Institute for Defense Analyses, a U.S. non-profit corporation that administers three federally funded research and development centers
• In Defense of Animals, a non-profit organization for animal rights activism

Places

United States:

• Ida, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
• Ida, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Ida, Louisiana, a village
• Ida County, Iowa
• Ida Township, Michigan
• Ida Township, Douglas County, Minnesota
• Ida Lake, Shelby Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
• Ida, Virginia, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere:

• Ida, a community in Cavan–Monaghan Township, Ontario, Canada
• Ida Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
• Barony of Ida, County Kilkenny, Ireland
• Ida, Russia, several rural localities
• Ida (river), Slovakia
• Ida, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Ida, Nigeria
• Mount Ida (disambiguation)
• Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter
• 243 Ida, an asteroid

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

• ID:A, a 2011 Danish film
• Ida (film), a 2013 Polish film, which won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and other prestigious awards

Music

• Ida (band), a U.S. indie rock group
• Ida (singer), a Danish singer on X Factor

Fictional characters

• Princess Ida, the comic opera's eponymous fictional heroine
• Ida (Middleverse), a fictional android librarian in comic books
• Ida Galaxy, a fictional galaxy in the Stargate TV series

Other uses

• Tropical Storm Ida (disambiguation), various storms
• I.D.A. (drug store), originally Independent Druggists' Alliance, a Canadian drug store now part of the Katz Group of Companies
• Ida (sword), a type of sword used by the Yoruba people of West Africa
• Ida (yoga), a main Nadi in Indian medicine and yoga
• USS Ida (1863), a Union Navy steamer of the American Civil War
• Idaho Falls Regional Airport IATA airport code
• ISO 639-3 code for the Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki language spoken by the Luhya people of Kenya
• Ila (Hinduism) or Idā, a Vedic goddess

See also

• Idas (disambiguation)
• Ita (disambiguation)
• Itta (592–652), wife of Pepin of Landen and mother of Saint Begga