Ida or IDA may refer to:

Astronomy

Ida Facula Ida Facula is a bright mountain on Amalthea, one of Jupiter's smallest moons. It is known to be about 15 kilometers in width, somewhat smaller than the neighboring mountain Lyctos Facula. It was discovered by ''Voyager 1'' in 1979 and in the same ...

, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter *

243 Ida Ida, minor planet designation 243 Ida, is an asteroid in the Koronis family of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 29 September 1884 by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at Vienna Observatory and named after a nymph from Greek mythology. ...

, an asteroid * 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 *Interactive Data Analysis, a software package for SPSS *Interchange of Data across Administrations (IDA), a predecessor programme to the IDABC in European eGovernment

Film and television

*'' ID:A'', a 2011 Danish film * ''Ida'' (film), a 2013 Polish film * Ida Galaxy, a fictional galaxy in the ''Stargate'' TV series

Greek mythology

Ida (mother of Minos) In Greek mythology, Ida ( Ancient Greek: Ἴδη means 'wooded mountain') or Idê was the daughter of Corybas, who gave his name to the Corybantes. Her possible mother was Thebe, daughter of Cilix.Diodorus Siculus5.49.3/ref> Ida married Lycast ...

, daughter of Corybas, the wife of Lycastus king of Crete, and the mother of the "second" king Minos of Crete * Ida (nurse of Zeus), who along with her sister Adrasteia, nursed Zeus on Crete *

Mount Ida In Greek mythology, two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida, the "Mountain of the Goddess": Mount Ida in Crete, and Mount Ida in the ancient Troad region of western Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey), which was also known as the '' Phrygian Ida'' ...

, a sacred mountain

Music

Ida (band) Ida is an indie rock band from New York City. They are known for their three-part harmonies; sparse, minimal, often quiet arrangements; and their three singer-songwriters. Their music shows strong folk, pop, punk, world, R&B, and American roots ...

, a U.S. indie rock group *

Ida (singer) Ida Østergaard Madsen (born 1994) better known by her first name, Ida, is a Denmark, Danish singer who won season 5 of the Danish ''X Factor (Danish TV series), X Factor''. After she won, she was signed to Sony BMG, Sony Music and her debut sin ...

, a Danish singer on ''X Factor''

Names

Ida (given name) Ida is a feminine given name found in Europe and North America. It is popular in Scandinavian countries, where it is pronounced Ee-da. The name has an ancient Germanic etymology, according to which it means ‘industrious’ or ‘prosperous’. ...

, including people so named *

Ida (surname) Ida is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (born 1985), French-Cameroonian heptathlete *, Japanese cricketer * Ibrahim M. Ida (born 1949), Nigerian politician *James Ida (born 1940), New York gangster *Jo ...

, a list of people so named

Organizations

* In Defense of Animals, a non-profit organization for animal rights activism *

Indian Dental Association Indian Dental Association (IDA) represents dental professionals in India. Established in 1949, The association currently has more than 75,000 members, 450 local branches, 28 state branches and 8 Union Territory branches and 1 Defence branch acros ...

* IDA Ireland, formerly the Industrial Development Authority * Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, a statutory board of the Singapore government *

Information Design Association The Information Design Association (IDA) was launched at a meeting chaired by Nick Ross at the Royal Society of Arts in London on 14 May 1991. in the belief that 'Good information design results in the clear and effective presentation of information ...

* or Danish Society of Engineers, an association for engineers and others in technology *

Institute for Defense Analyses The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is an American non-profit corporation that administers three federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) – the Systems and Analyses Center (SAC), the Science and Technology Policy Institute ...

, a U.S. non-profit corporation that administers three federally funded research and development centers *

International Dark-Sky Association The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) is a United States-based non-profit organization incorporated in 1988 by founders David Crawford, a professional astronomer, and Tim Hunter, a physician/amateur astronomer. The mission of the IDA is " ...

, a U.S.-based non-profit organization *

International Depositary Authority International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

, established by the Budapest Treaty for the deposit the biological material for the recognition of patents, such as the

Microbial Culture Collection The Microbial Culture Collection, (Now called as National Centre for Microbial Resource, NCMR) in Pune, is India's microbial culture collection centre, recognized by World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC), and has a status of Internationa ...

International Desalination Association The International Desalination Association (IDA) is the world's leading resource for information and professional development for the global desalination industry – and the only global association focused exclusively on desalination and desalinat ...

, a global organization dedicated to desalination, desalination technology and water reuse *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...

of the World Bank *

International Disability Alliance The International Disability Alliance (IDA), created in 1999, is an umbrella organization focused on improving awareness and rights for individuals with disabilities around the globe. The IDA works with Non Governmental Organizations (NGO's), sup ...

, an international alliance of individuals to defend the rights of those with disabilities *

International Dispensary Association Foundation The International Dispensary Association Foundation (IDA Foundation) was created in 1972 in Amsterdam. Its goal is to improve access to important medications and health care equipment in the developing world. It works to achieve this by directly sel ...

a NGO dedicated to improving access to medications in the developing world *

International Documentary Association International Documentary Association (IDA), founded in 1982, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that promotes nonfiction filmmakers, and is dedicated to increasing public awareness for the documentary genre. Their major program areas are: Advocacy, Filmm ...

, a non-profit organization promoting documentary film, video and new media * International Dyslexia Association, a non-profit education and advocacy organization * Investment Dealers Association of Canada, now part of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada * Issues Deliberation Australia/America, a public policy think tank based in South Australia and Texas

Places

* Ida Ridge, British Columbia, Canada *Ida, a community in

Cavan–Monaghan Cavan Monaghan (known as Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan until 2007) is a township in Peterborough County in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, southwest of the city of Peterborough. History The original townships of Cavan and Monaghan were survey ...

Township, Ontario, Canada *

Ida (barony) Ida () is a barony in the south-east of County Kilkenny, Ireland. Ida is made up of 16 civil parishes containing 191 townlands, it is one of 12 baronies in the County. The barony is in size, with highest point at Tory Hill. The chief town is ...

, a barony in County Kilkenny, Ireland * Ida, Nigeria, a railway station in Nigeria * Ida (river), Slovakia * Ida, Eastern Cape, a town in South Africa near

Otto Du Plessis Pass Otto du Plessis pass monument

Otto Du Plessis Pass is si ...

Ida Valley The Ida Valley lies east of the Manuherikia Valley in Central Otago, New Zealand. At an altitude of around , the 40 km long flat and wide valley is a relatively dry region with cold winters and hot summers, much like the rest of Centra ...

, a locality in Central Otago, New Zealand *

Ida, Vologda Oblast This is a list of rural localities in Vologda Oblast. Vologda Oblast ( rus, Вологодская область, p=vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Vologodskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center i ...

, Russia *

Ida, Russia Ida (russian: Ида) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: * Ida, Irkutsk Oblast, a settlement in Bokhansky District of Irkutsk Oblast *Ida, Vologda Oblast, a settlement in Idsky Selsoviet of Gryazovetsky District of Vologda Oblast ...

, a list of rural localities

United States

* Ida, Arkansas, an unincorporated community *

Ida, Kentucky Ida is an unincorporated community within Clinton County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders ...

, an unincorporated community *

Ida, Louisiana Ida is a village in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 221 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ida and nearby Rodessa are the most northwesterly communitie ...

, a village *

Ida County, Iowa Ida County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the population was 7,005, making it the state's eighth-least populous county. The county seat is Ida Grove, Iowa, ...

* Ida Township, Michigan **

Ida, Michigan Ida ( ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 790 at the 2020 census. The community is mostly within Ida Township with a smaller portion ext ...

Ida Township, Douglas County, Minnesota Ida Township is a township in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,057 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (21.47%) is wate ...

*Ida Lake, Shelby Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota *

Ida, Virginia Ida is an unincorporated community in Page County, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coa ...

, an unincorporated community *Ida., one of the abbreviations of Idaho

Science

* ''Ida'' (plant), a genus in the family Orchidaceae *

IDA* Iterative deepening A* (IDA*) is a graph traversal and path search algorithm that can find the shortest path between a designated start node and any member of a set of goal nodes in a weighted graph. It is a variant of iterative deepening depth ...

, an iterative deepening depth-first search algorithm * Iminodiacetic acid, a dicarboxylic acid amine * Incremental Dynamic Analysis, a method for assessing the seismic behavior of structures *

Industrial Denatured Alcohol Denatured alcohol (also called methylated spirits in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom; wood spirit; and denatured rectified spirit) is ethanol that has additives to make it poisonous, bad-tasting, foul ...

Intradural anesthesia Spinal anaesthesia (or spinal anesthesia), also called spinal block, subarachnoid block, intradural block and intrathecal block, is a form of neuraxial regional anaesthesia involving the injection of a local anaesthetic or opioid into the subara ...

or spinal anaesthesia * Iron-deficiency anemia * Isotope dilution analysis *Ida, a fossil of the early primate genus '' Darwinius'', species ''Darwinius masillae''

Other uses

List of storms named Ida The name Ida has been used for a total of nineteen tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean, thirteen in the Western Pacific Ocean, one in the Southwest Indian Ocean and two in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean. Atlantic Ocean: Ida re ...

, disambiguation page *

I.D.A. (drug store) Rexall Pharmacy Group ULC is a chain of retail Pharmacy, pharmacies in Canada. Rexall is owned by McKesson Canada Corporation, which is a subsidiary of McKesson Corporation, a U.S.-based public company. With a history dating back to 1904, Rexal ...

, originally Independent Druggists' Alliance, a Canadian drug store * Ila (Hinduism) or

Idā Ila ( sa, इल) or Ilā ( sa, इला) is a deity in Hindu legends, known for their sex changes. As a man, he is known as Ila or Sudyumna and as a woman, is called Ilā. Ilā is considered the chief progenitor of the Lunar dynasty of Indian ...

, a Vedic goddess *

Ida (Middleverse) ''The Middleman'' is a comic book series written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach with art by Les McClaine and published by Viper Comics. The series was initially intended to be a television pilot that went on to be published as a comic, before being ...

, a fictional android librarian in comic books * Ida (sword), a type of sword used by the Yoruba people *

Ida (yoga) ( sa, नाडी, lit=tube, pipe, nerve, blood vessel, pulse) is a term for the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine and spiritual theory, the energies such as prana of the physical body, the subtle body and the causal body a ...

, a Nadi in Indian medicine and yoga * USS ''Ida'' (1863), a Union Navy steamer of the American Civil War * Individual Development Account, an asset building tool for low-income families * Princess Ida, the comic opera's eponymous fictional heroine * Idaho Falls Regional Airport's IATA airport code * Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki language's ISO 639-3 code