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Imp IMP or imp may refer to: * Imp, a fantasy creature Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Imp (She-Ra), a character in ''She-Ra: Princess of Power'' * Imp a character in '' Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony'' * Imp, a character in the '' Clan ...

, a fantasy creature

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Imp (She-Ra) This is a list of characters that appear in ''She-Ra: Princess of Power'' and ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power''. Overview The Rebellion The Great Rebellion is a faction on Etheria that fights the occupation of Etheria by the Horde. While ...

, a character in ''She-Ra: Princess of Power'' * Imp a character in '' Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony'' * Imp, a character in the '' Clan Destine'' series of Marvel Comics * Imp, nickname of Tyrion Lannister, a character from ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series

Games

International Match Points International match points (IMP) within the card game of contract bridge is a measurement for conversion of the absolute contract bridge scores. The total point difference between two scores is compared to a scale ranging from 1 to 24. IMP scor ...

, in contract bridge * Imp, a small Zombie that can appear randomly in ''

Plants vs. Zombies ''Plants vs. Zombies'' is a video game franchise developed by PopCap Games, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts (EA). The series follows the affiliates of David "Crazy Dave" Blazing as they use his plants to defend against a zombie invasion, led b ...

'' * Imp (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a type of fictional lower level devil in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game * Imp (''Shattered Galaxy''), an infantry Unit in the MMORPG ''Shattered Galaxy'' * Imp, fire and ice enemies in the video game '' Hexen II'' * Imp, enemy in the video game ''

Doom Doom is another name for damnation. Doom may also refer to: People * Doom (professional wrestling), the tag team of Ron Simmons and Butch Reed * Daniel Doom (born 1934), Belgian cyclist * Debbie Doom (born 1963), American softball pitcher * L ...

'' series * Imp, popular pet used by Warlocks in ''

World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the ''Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azeroth ...

'' * Imp, monster enemy in ''

Geist ''Geist'' () is a German noun with a significant degree of importance in German philosophy. Its semantic field corresponds to English ghost, spirit, mind, intellect. Some English translators resort to using "spirit/mind" or "spirit (mind)" to he ...

'' * Imp, worker units in RTS '' Dungeon Keeper'' and its sequel * Imp, short for members of the Empire ("Imperials") from ''

Star Wars Galaxies ''Star Wars Galaxies'' was a ''Star Wars'' themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows, developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts. Released on June 26, 2003, to much critical acc ...

'' and various Star Wars games * Midna, a main character from ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'', who resembles an imp for most of the game * Implementer (video games), a term for developers in the Zork series and in DikuMUDs *

International Match Point While a deal of bridge is always played following a unique set of rules, its scoring may vary depending on the type of event the deal is played on. There are two main categories of scoring: rubber and duplicate. Rubber scoring, and its popular va ...

, one form of scoring in duplicate bridge * Imps, the cursor in the UGC game

Dreams_(video_game) ''Dreams'' is a game creation system video game developed by Media Molecule and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 in February 2020. Players can create and play user-generated content in the forms of games, audi ...

Science and technology

Research Institute of Molecular Pathology The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) is a biomedical research center, which conducts curiosity-driven basic research in the molecular life sciences. The IMP is located at the Vienna Biocenter in Vienna, Austria. The institute emplo ...

, a molecular biology research institute in Vienna * Imager for Mars Pathfinder, a camera on board the

Mars Pathfinder ''Mars Pathfinder'' (''MESUR Pathfinder'') is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, and a lightweight, wheeled robot ...

lander *

imipenem/cilastatin Imipenem/cilastatin, sold under the brand name Primaxin among others, is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. It is made from a combination of imipenem and cilastatin. Specifically it is used for pneumonia, ...

, an antibiotic combination *

Interplanetary Monitoring Platform Interplanetary Monitoring Platform was a program managed by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, as part of the Explorers program, with the primary objectives of investigation of interplanetary plasma and the interplanetary ...

, a series of NASA space science missions within the Explorer program, launched between 1966 and 1973 *

Investigational medicinal product Clinical study design is the formulation of trials and experiments, as well as observational studies in medical, clinical and other types of research (e.g., epidemiological) involving human beings. The goal of a clinical study is to assess the saf ...

, medication used in a clinical trial * Inosine monophosphate, a nucleotide * Integral membrane protein, a class of proteins attached to cell membranes * blaIMP (IMP), a type of metallo- beta-lactamase conferring resistance against carbapenem antibiotics * ''N''-Isopropyl-(¹²³I)-''p''-iodoamphetamine, or iofetamine (¹²³I), a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical * Irregular mare patch, a smooth area in the lunar maria. * Imp, a baby

Tasmanian devil The Tasmanian devil (''Sarcophilus harrisii'') (palawa kani: purinina) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. Until recently, it was only found on the island state of Tasmania, but it has been reintroduced to New South Wales in ...

Computing

* Interface Message Processor, a packet-switching node for connecting computers to ARPANET (modern term: router) *

IMP programming language IMP is an early systems programming language that was developed by Edgar T. Irons in the late 1960s through early 1970s, at the National Security Agency (NSA). Unlike most other systems languages, IMP supports syntax-extensible programming. Eve ...

, a systems programming language for the CDC 6600 *

Edinburgh IMP Edinburgh IMP is a development of Atlas Autocode, initially developed around 1966-1969 at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a general-purpose programming language which was used heavily for systems programming. Expressively, IMP is hi ...

, a systems programming language used in the EMAS operating system * Internet Messaging Program, a webmail client *

Intercept Modernisation Programme The Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP) was a UK government initiative to extend the government's capabilities for lawful interception and storage of communications data. It was widely reported that the IMP's eventual goal was to store detai ...

, a proposal by the UK government to centralise the storage electronic communications traffic data *

Integrated Middleware Platform IMP is an integrated middleware platform for external system aiming to service logic communication. The IMP receives the messages from outside and translates into messages understandable by SCS. By this way, IMP isolates the external platform and ...

, for external system aiming to service logic communication *

Information Module Profile IMP stands for the ''Information Module Profile''. It is a specification put out by Sun Microsystems for the use of Java on embedded devices with very limited displays. It is a subset of the Mobile Information Device Profile. IMP is part of the Jav ...

, a subset of the Mobile Information Device Profile *

Interactive Media Player BBC iPlayer (stylised as iPLAYER or BBC iPLAYER) is a video on demand service from the BBC. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers and smart televisions. iPlayer services del ...

(iMP), the former name of the BBC iPlayer

Organizations

* Imparja Television (callsign IMP), an Australian television broadcaster * Independent Moving Pictures, an early movie studio absorbed by Universal in 1912 *

International Music Publications International Music Publications (better known as ''IMP'') is a British publisher of popular sheet music. History It began as the European arm of Warner Brothers Publications' sheet music business, and was one of the UK's largest sheet music publi ...

, a British sheet music publisher *

IMP Society The IMP Society is a secret society at the University of Virginia that is notable for combining philanthropy and public mischief. It was founded in 1902 as a society called the Hot Feet. The society was known primarily for its public ceremonies ...

, a secret society at the University of Virginia *

Incentive Mentoring Program Thread (formerly known as Incentive Mentoring Program or IMP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded by Sarah and Ryan Hemminger as a partnership between students at Johns Hopkins University and two Baltimore City High Schools: ...

, a non-profit organization aiming to transform the lives of Baltimore teenagers failing high school *

Institute of Modern Politics Institute of Modern Politics is an independent policy institute based in Sofia, Bulgaria, EU. It is registered under Bulgarian legislation as a public benefit, non-profit foundation. Its team is multidisciplinary and consists of legal practition ...

, a Bulgarian think-tank * Israeli Military Police or Investigating Military Police (Criminal Investigations Division/CID) *

, a basic biomedical research center at the Campus Vienna Biocenter

Transportation

Hillman Imp The Hillman Imp is a small economy car that was made by the Rootes Group and its successor Chrysler Europe from 1963 until 1976. Revealed on 3 May 1963, after much advance publicity, it was the first British mass-produced car with the engine blo ...

, a British car of the 1960s-1970s * Subaru Impreza, a Japanese car, nicknamed Imp * Thiokol 1404 IMP, a 1970s snowcat made by

Thiokol Thiokol (variously Thiokol Chemical Corporation(/Company), Morton Thiokol Inc., Cordant Technologies Inc., Thiokol Propulsion, AIC Group, ATK Thiokol, ATK Launch Systems Group; finally Orbital ATK before becoming part of Northrop Grumman) was an ...

Other uses

* Interactive Mathematics Program, a Key Curriculum Press Interactive Math curriculum *

Isle of Man pound The pound (; abbreviation: IMP; sign: £) is the currency of the Isle of Man, at parity with sterling. The Manx pound is divided into 100 pence. Notes and coins, denominated in pounds and pence, are issued by the Isle of Man Government. Par ...

, or Manx pound * Imp (horse), American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse * "IMP", Latin abbreviation used on British coins up to 1947, such as the

British two shilling coin The United Kingdom, British florin, or two-Shilling (British coin), shilling piece (2/– or 2''s''.) was a Coins of the pound sterling, coin worth of one Pound (currency), pound, or 24 Penny (British pre-decimal coin), pence. It was issued fr ...

Individual Meal Pack The Individual Meal Pack or IMP is one type of field ration used by the Canadian Forces. The IMP is designed so that a continuous diet provides all the nutrition needed to sustain a service-person in the field. The IMP meets Canada's nutrition r ...

, a ration used by the Canadian Armed Forces *

Integrated master plan In the United States Department of Defense, the Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) are important program management tools that provide significant assistance in the planning and scheduling of work efforts in larg ...

, a part of project planning *

Brown University International Mentoring Program The International Mentoring Program (IMP) is a student-based program at Brown University that offers social, academic, and educational support to incoming international students.http://www.browndailyherald.com/features/for-chinese-students-culture ...

, a student-based program at

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

Imping Imping is the practice of replacing a broken feather of a bird with another one, referred to as a donor feather, from a previous molt of the same animal or from another animal of the same or of a different species. Imping is mostly done on birds ...

, the practice of fixing a broken feather of a bird