Ida

Ida or IDA may refer to:

• Ida (given name), a female name
• Ida of Bernicia (died 559), 6th Century king in Northern England
• Ida (goddess), a Vedic goddess

Science

• IDA*, Iterative deepening depth-first search algorithm
• Industrial Denatured Alcohol
• Incremental Dynamic Analysis, a method for assessing the seismic behavior of structures
• Iron deficiency anemia
• Iminodiacetic acid, a dicarboxylic acid amine
• Ida (orchid), is a genus in the family Orchidaceae
• Ida, nickname of the only known fossil of the early primate genus Darwinius, species Darwinius masillae
• 243 Ida, an asteroid

Acronyms

• Danish Society of Engineers (Danish: Ingeniørforeningen i Danmark), an association for engineers and others in technology
• I.D.A. (drug store), originally Independent Druggists' Alliance, a Canadian drug store now part of the Katz Group of Companies
• IDA Ireland, formerly the Industrial Development Authority
• Idaho Falls Regional Airport, IATA airport code:IDA
• In Defense of Animals, a non-profit organisation for animal rights activism
• Indian Dental Association
• Individual Development Accounts
• Influence diagrams approach in human risk and reliability assessment
• Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, a statutory board of the Singapore Government
• Institute for Defense Analyses, a U.S. non-profit corporation that administers three federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs)
• Interactive Disassembler (now IDA Pro), a popular software disassembler tool for reverse engineering
• International Dark-Sky Association, a U.S.-based non-profit organization
• International Depositary Authority, established by the Budapest Treaty for the deposit the biological material for the recognition of patents
• International Design Excellence Awards, an award program co-sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine and Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
• International Desalination Association, a global organization dedicated to desalination, desalination technology and water reuse
• International Development Association of the World Bank
• 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
• Internet Download Accelerator, a download accelerator software created by WestByte
• Russian IDA71 military and naval rebreather, are makes of Russian frogman's rebreather
• Investment Dealers Association of Canada, now part of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada

Place names

Canada

• Ida, Ontario
• Ida Ridge, in British Columbia, Canada

Slovakia

• Ida (river), a river in Slovakia
• Veľká Ida
• Malá Ida

United States

• Ida, Louisiana
• Ida County, Iowa
• Ida Grove, Iowa
• Ida Township, Michigan
• Ida Township, Minnesota
• Mount Ida, Arkansas

Other uses

• Barony of Ida, Ireland
• Ida (band), an American independent rock band
• Ida Galaxy, a fictional galaxy in the Stargate fictional universe, home galaxy to the Asgard
• Ida (Middleverse), a soulless android from outer space masquerading as a librarian in the Middleverse
• Ida (sword), an African type of sword
• Ida (yoga), a main Nadi in Indian medicine and yoga
• Idavoll, in Scandinavian mythology the plain on which Asgard is built
• Princess Ida, eponymous heroine of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera
• The Idu Mishmi language spoken among many Idu Mishmis
• Tropical Storm Ida (disambiguation), a list of storms named Ida
• "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider", 1903 song written by Eddie Leonard and Eddie Munson

See also

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