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Impact (mechanics) In mechanics, an impact is a high force or shock applied over a short time period when two or more bodies collide. Such a force or acceleration usually has a greater effect than a lower force applied over a proportionally longer period. The ...

, a high force or shock (mechanics) over a short time period *

Impact, Texas Impact is a town in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 35 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Impact is located at (32.500573, –99.744790). According to the Unit ...

, a town in Taylor County, Texas, US

Science and technology

Impact crater An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact craters ...

, a meteor crater caused by an impact event *

Impact event An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have physical consequences and have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or me ...

, the collision of a meteoroid, asteroid or comet with Earth *

Impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...

, a measure of the citations to a science or social science journal

Books and magazines

* ''Impact'' (novel), a 2010 novel by Douglas Preston *''

Impact Press ''IMPACT press'' was an Orlando, Florida-based magazine started in 1996 by Craig Mazer. IMPACT press ran for 10 years, printing its last issue in Spring 2006. Most of the articles were political in nature and usually supported the left and far lef ...

'', a former Orlando, Florida-based magazine *

Impact Magazines Europress was a British magazine and software publisher based in Adlington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire. Their magazine publishing business was previously known as Database Publications. The software division was renamed in 1999 to Actualize. His ...

, a former UK magazine publisher * ''Impact'' (conservative magazine), a British political magazine * ''Impact'' (British magazine), a British action film magazine * ''Impact'', a French action film magazine spun off from ''

Mad Movies ''Mad Movies'' is a French magazine created in 1972 by Jean-Pierre Putters, dedicated to fantastic and science-fiction film, science-fiction cinema. History ''Mad Movies'' started as a fanzine and put out 21 issues between 1972 and 1981. In 197 ...

'' * ''Impact'' (UNESCO magazine), a former UNESCO quarterly titled ''IMPACT of science on society'' * ''Impact'' (student magazine), a student magazine for the University of Nottingham, England * ''

Bathimpact ''Bathimpact'' (stylised as "bathimpact") is the student newspaper for the University of Bath Students' Union, England. History and format ''Student Impact'' was created from the merger of two former publications at the University of Bath, '' ...

'', the student newspaper for the University of Bath Students' Union, England * Vice Impact, a channel of

Vice Media Vice Media Group LLC is an American-Canadian digital media and broadcasting company. , the Vice Media Group included five main business areas: VICE.com (digital content); VICE STUDIOS (film and TV production) VICE TV (also known as VICELAND); V ...

Comics

Impact Comics Impact Comics was an imprint of DC Comics that was aimed at younger audiences. It began in 1991 and ended in 1993. The initial "I" in the logo was stylized as an exclamation point, but the official name of the imprint was not ''!mpact''. Impact ...

, a DC Comics imprint * ''Impact'' (EC Comics), a 1955 EC Comics comic book *

Impact (Image Comics) ''Cyber Force'' (sometimes stylized as ''CyberForce'' or ''CYBERFORCE'') is a comic book series created by writer and artist Marc Silvestri in 1992 through his publishing studio, Top Cow Productions, and published by Image Comics. Publication his ...

, an Image Comics comic book character

Film and television

* ''Impact'' (TV programme), 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!'' (TV series), the flagship television broadcast of the American professional wrestling promotion Impact Wrestling * ''Impact'' (2002 British TV series), a two-part British television miniseries

Record labels

Impact Records Impact Records was an American record label founded in 1989 by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. It was once a subsidiary of MCA Records. Today, its back catalog remains part of Universal Music Group. Acts on the label are and/or have included: Sas ...

, an American record label *

Impact Records (California) Impact Records was a California based record label run by CT Records creator, Anthony J. Hilder, Tony Hilder in the 1960s. This label released some surf records by The Crestwoods, Dave Myers and The Surftones,45 CaImpact (Calif.) - Label Discogra ...

, a California record label in the 1960s *

Impact (record label) ''For other record labels named Impact Records, see Impact Records (disambiguation)'' Impact was a New Zealand record label which released records by, among others, Erana Clark, Ray Columbus, Allison Durbin, Gerry Merito, Lew Pryme, Bunny Walt ...

, a New Zealand record label

Albums

* ''Impact'', an album by thrash metal band

Dew-Scented Dew-Scented was a German thrash and death metal band. They have released eight studio albums and were last signed to Metal Blade Records (Europe) and Prosthetic Records (USA/North America). Their name is inspired by the writings of Edgar Allan P ...

* ''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'' (Eye Empire album)

Businesses and organisations

Impact Confections Impact Confections is a candy company founded in 1981. Impact Confections is a U.S. based manufacturer of candies marketed under the WARHEADS and Melster Candies Brands. WARHEADS is a brand of sour candies. Melster Candies, established in 1919, i ...

, a candy company founded in 1981 *

Impact! Miniatures Impact! Miniatures is a company started in April 2006 by members of the Blood Bowl online community with the aim of producing figures suitable for use with Fantasy Football games such as Elfball, Blood Bowl, Street Brawl, Street Bowl and Deathba ...

, a company producing 28mm wargaming figures * IMPACT

International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats The International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) is the first United Nations-backed cybersecurity alliance. Since 2011, IMPACT serves as a key partner of the United Nations' (UN) specialised agency for ICTs – the Inte ...

* IMPACT,

Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union The Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union (IMPACT) was a trade union in the Republic of Ireland. It primarily organised workers in education, health, local government and the civil service. It also had members who worked for voluntary an ...

* IMPACT,

Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust The Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) is a joint, labor-management, non-profit trust formed under Section 302(c) (9) of Labor-Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act which includes contributing Local Unions of the ...

IMPACT (British organisation) IMPACT is an international initiative which focusses on preventive and social health and promote awareness and intervention to prevent avoidable disability. Founded in 1980s by Sir John Wilson, IMPACT was formed as a part of the UN's ''Decade o ...

, a charity focusing on public and preventative interventions to stop preventable disability *

IMPACT (Canadian organization) IMPACT, formerly known as Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) until October 2017, is a non-governmental organization which attempts to control the sourcing of minerals in regions of conflict and campaign against "blood diamonds". Zimbabwe IMPACT ...

, a charity focusing on natural resources in conflict areas *

IMPACT (computer graphics) IMPACT (sometimes spelled Impact) is a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations. IMPACT Graphics was developed in 1995 and was available as a high-end graphics option on workstations released during the mid-1990s. I ...

, a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations *

Impact Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...

, a professional wrestling organization founded in 2002

Sport

CF Montréal CF Montréal is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1992 as the Montreal Impact (french: Impact de Montréal, links=no), ...

, formerly known as Montreal Impact, a soccer (football) team in Major League Soccer, the top tier of North American professional soccer *

Montreal Impact (1992–2011) The Montreal Impact (french: Impact de Montréal) was a Canadian professional association football, soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1993, the team played in the United Soccer League. Later, the Impact played in the North Ameri ...

, predecessor to the above team, that played in several second-level North American leagues during its history

Other uses

Impact (gamer) Jeong Eon-yeong ( ko, 정언영), better known as Impact, is a South Korean ''League of Legends'' player for FlyQuest of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS). Impact won the Season 3 League of Legends World Championship as a member of ...

(born 1995), South Korean League of Legends player *

Impact (typeface) Impact is a sans-serif typeface in the industrial or grotesk style designed by Geoffrey Lee in 1965 and released by the Stephenson Blake foundry of Sheffield. It is well known for having been included in the core fonts for the Web Core fonts f ...

, a sans-serif typeface *

Impact evaluation Impact evaluation assesses the changes that can be attributed to a particular intervention, such as a project, program or policy, both the intended ones, as well as ideally the unintended ones. In contrast to outcome monitoring, which examines whe ...

, a way of evaluating changes from an intervention or development programme * ''Impact'' (custom car), a custom-built 1934 Ford roadster