IFA or Ifa may refer to:
Organisations
Economics
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Independent financial adviser, a type of financial services professional in the UK
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Index Fund Advisors
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Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, representing actuaries in the UK
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Institute of Actuaries, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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Faculty of Actuaries, in Scotland
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Institute of Financial Accountants, representing accountants in the UK
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International Fiscal Association
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International Forfaiting Association
In trade finance, forfaiting is a service providing medium-term financial support for export/import of capital goods. The third party providing the support is termed the forfaiter. The forfaiter provides medium-term finance to, and will commonl ...
Sports
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Indian Football Association, West Bengal, India
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Indoor Football Alliance
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Intercollegiate Fencing Association
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Intercollegiate Football Association
The Intercollegiate Football Association (IFA), also known as the American Intercollegiate Football Association, was one of the earliest college football rules-making and scheduling organizations in existence; it was active from the 1873 to 1893 ...
, college football organization, 1873–1893
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International Fistball Association
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Iraq Football Association
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Irish Football Association, in Northern Ireland
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Islamabad Football Association
The Islamabad Football Association (IFA) is the regional governing body of :association football and futsal in Islamabad, Pakistan. Its headquarters are located in Jinnah Sports Stadium. IFA is responsible for the organization and governance ...
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Israel Football Association
Other organizations
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Illinois Family Action, the lobbying arm of the Illinois Family Institute in the US
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India Foundation for the Arts, a philanthropic organization
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Indo-GDR Friendship Association Indo-GDR Friendship Association was an organisation based in India, working for strengthening relations between India and the German Democratic Republic. It appears to have been supported or led by members of the then ruling Congress party in India, ...
, in India
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Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau, East German vehicle manufacturer
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Institute for Archaeologists, in the UK
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Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii group that maintains the Mauna Kea Observatory
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Institute for Astronomy (Edinburgh)
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Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance, a German research institute near Bonn
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International Federation on Ageing
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International Fertilizer Industry Association, represents the global fertilizer industry
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International of Anarchist Federations, L'international des Federations Anarchistes
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Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, a consumer electronics trade fair
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Irish Farmers' Association
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New York University Institute of Fine Arts, a graduate school of New York University
Other uses
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Ifá
Ifá is a Yoruba religion and system of divination. Its literary corpus is the ''Odu Ifá''. Orunmila is identified as the Grand Priest, as he revealed divinity and prophecy to the world. Babalawos or Iyanifas use either the divining chain kno ...
, a system of divination that originated in West Africa
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Inter-Island Ferry Authority The Inter-Island Ferry Authority (IFA) is a ferry service in the U.S. state of Alaska with its headquarters in Hollis, Alaska on Prince of Wales Island.
History
The Inter-Island Ferry Authority was created in 1997 by the Prince of Wales Island com ...
, a ferry service in Alaska
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Interconnexion France-Angleterre
The HVDC Cross-Channel (french: Interconnexion France Angleterre IFA 2000) is the 73 km long high-voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector that operates since 1986 under the English Channel between the continental European grid at Bonningues- ...
, the
HVDC Cross-Channel interconnector for the transfer of electricity between France and England
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Interest Flooding Attack An Interest Flooding Attack (IFA) is a denial-of-service attack
In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by t ...
, a denial-of-service attack
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Interferometer
Interferometry is a technique which uses the ''interference'' of superimposed waves to extract information. Interferometry typically uses electromagnetic waves and is an important investigative technique in the fields of astronomy, fiber op ...
, a device to measure the interference pattern caused by differing waves
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Indirect Fluorescent Antibody
Immunofluorescence is a technique used for light microscopy with a fluorescence microscope and is used primarily on microbiological samples. This technique uses the specificity of antibodies to their antigen to target fluorescent dyes to specifi ...
, test
* Incomplete
Freund's adjuvant, an antigen solution to boost the immune system
* In-Flight Abort, test in spaceflight industry
See also
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Aífe, a character in Irish mythology
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Aoife, an Irish given name
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Ivar F. Andresen
Ivar Frithiof Andresen (27 July 1896 – 6 November 1940) was a Norwegian opera singer who pursued a successful international career in Europe and the United States.
Andresen was the first Norwegian to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New Yo ...
(1896–1940), Norwegian opera singer
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