Impact

Impact may refer to:

In science:

• Impact (mechanics), a high force or shock (mechanics) over a short time period
• Impact crater, a meteor crater caused by an impact event
• Impact event, the collision of a meteoroid, asteroid or comet with Earth
• Impact factor, a measure of the citations to a science or social science journal

In development:

• Impact evaluation, a way of evaluating changes from an intervention or development programme.

In computing:

• IMPACT (computer graphics), a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations

In film, television and radio:

• Impact, a BBC World News weekday programme.
• Impact (1949 film), a 1949 film noir starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines
• Impact (1963 film), a 1963 crime thriller starring Conrad Phillips
• Impact (mini-series), a 2008 television mini-series starring Natasha Henstridge and David James Elliott
• Impact Wrestling, the primary weekly television program of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

In literature:

• Bath Impact, the student newspaper for the University of Bath Students' Union, England
• Impact (action entertainment magazine), a monthly action entertainment magazine that focus on Asian action cinema and anime
• Impact (EC Comics), a 1955 EC Comics comic book
• Impact (Image Comics), an Image Comics comic book character
• Impact (novel), a 2010 novel by Douglas Preston
• Impact (student magazine), a student magazine for the University of Nottingham, England
• Impact Comics, a DC Comics imprint
• Impact Press, an Orlando, Florida-based magazine
• Impact Magazines, a UK magazine publisher

In music:

• Impact Records, an American record label
• Impact, an album by thrash metal band Dew-Scented
• Impact (1972 Charles Tolliver album), a live album by Charles Tolliver released on Enja Records
• Impact (1975 Charles Tolliver album), a studio album by Charles Tolliver released on Strata-East Records
• Impact (Robbie Gold album), an album by Robbie Gold
• Impact (Eye Empire album)

Organisations:

• IMPACT (organisation), a charitable organization focusing on public and preventative interventions to stop preventable disability
• Impact! Miniatures, a company producing 28mm wargaming figures
• International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats
• Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union
• Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust

In sports:

• Montreal Impact, a soccer (football) team in Major League Soccer, the top tier of North American professional soccer
• Montreal Impact (1992–2011), predecessor to the above team, that played in several second-level North American leagues during its history

Other:

• Impact (typeface), a sans-serif typeface
• Impact, Texas, a town in Taylor County, Texas, USA
• Impact Confections, a candy company founded in 1981.

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Impact
• All pages with titles containing Impact
• Impaction (disambiguation)
• Influence (disambiguation)
• Effect (disambiguation)
• Collision (disambiguation)