Isa or ISA may refer to:

Places

Isa, Amur Oblast Isa (russian: Иса) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a settlement) in Isinsky Selsoviet of Selemdzhinsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. The population was 433 as of 2018. There are 11 streets. Geography Isa is loca ...

, Russia * Isa, Kagoshima, Japan *

Isa, Nigeria Isa is a town and Local Government Area of Sokoto state, Nigeria. It shares borders with Shinkafi in Zamfara State, Goronyo and Sabon Birni from west and north respectively in Sokoto and the Republic of Niger in the east. It has an area of 2, ...

* Isa District, Kagoshima, former district in Japan * Isa Town, middle class town located in Bahrain * Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia *

Mount Isa Airport Mount Isa Airport is an airport serving the western Queensland city of Mount Isa, Australia. It is served by a variety of scheduled regional airlines, with flights to Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns as well as several other regional centres. T ...

, IATA airport code "ISA" *

Isa (river) The Isa ( be, Іса) is a river of Belarus. It is a right tributary of the Shchara The Shchara ( be, Шчара, Ščara, ; russian: Щара) is a river in Belarus, and is the left tributary of the Neman. It is in length, its catchment area be ...

, a river in Belarus

People

* Īsā, the name of Jesus in Islam * Isa (name), an Arabic name corresponding to Jesus in English * Isa, stage name of Lee Chae-young, member of K-Pop group

STAYC STAYC (; , acronym for Star to a Young Culture) is a South Korean girl group formed by High Up Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Sumin, Sieun, Isa, Seeun, Yoon, and J. They debuted on November 12, 2020, with the release of t ...

* Isa, female given name, short for

Isabel Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popul ...

or similar names beginning with Isa- such as

Isadora Isidora or Isadora is a female given name of Greek origin, derived from Ἰσίδωρος, ''Isídōros'' (a compound of Ἶσις, ''Ísis'', and δῶρον, ''dōron'': "gift of he goddessIsis"). The male equivalent is Isidore. The name surviv ...

Isa Tengblad Isa Sanna Mattiasdotter Tengblad (born 25 April 1998), known professionally as simply Isa (stylized as ISA) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and producer. She participated in Småstjärnorna, which was broadcast on TV4, where she imitated singer ...

(born 1998), Swedish singer using the mononym Isa

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* ISA (''Days of Our Lives''), spy agency in TV series * Isa the iguana, in TV series ''

Dora the Explorer ''Dora the Explorer'' is an American children's animated television series and multimedia franchise created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, went on hiatus on June 5, 20 ...

'' *Interplanetary Strategic Alliance (ISA), military alliance in videogame saga ''

Killzone ''Killzone'' is a series of first-person shooter video games for Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) video game consoles. The main series and the PlayStation Portable (PSP) installment were developed by Guerrilla Games, a subsidiary of SI ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Isa'' (album), a 2004 album by Enslaved * ''Isa'' (film), a 2014 television film * Isa, a dance in

music of the Canary Islands The music of the Canary Islands reflects its cultural heritage. The islands used to be inhabited by the Guanches which are related to Berbers; they mixed with Spaniards, who live on the islands now. A variant of Jota is popular, as is Latin musi ...

Computing

* Industry Standard Architecture, a PC computer bus standard * Instruction set architecture, the specification for data types, registers, instructions, etc. for a given computer hardware architecture *

Is-a In knowledge representation, object-oriented programming and design (see object-oriented program architecture), is-a (is_a or is a) is a subsumption relationship between abstractions (e.g. types, classes), wherein one class ''A'' is a subclass ...

, a relationship between abstractions in programming *

Internet Security and Acceleration Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG), formerly known as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server), is a discontinued network router, firewall, antivirus program, VPN server and web cache from Mic ...

, a network router, firewall, antivirus program, VPN server and web cache from Microsoft Corporation *

Initialisation and Support Application Initialization may refer to: * Booting, a process that starts computer operating systems * Initialism, an abbreviation formed using the initial letters of words or word parts * In computing, formatting a storage medium like a hard disk or memory. ...

, a real-time system which provides the soft functionality for the Node Support Computer of the ICL SX Node

Education

Indian Squash Academy Indian Squash Academy (also known as ICL-TNSRA Squash Academy) is a squash training facility established by the Squash Racquets Federation of India (SRFI) in Chennai, India. The India Cements was one of the sponsors it had initially sponsored ...

, Chennai, India *

Independent Schools Association (Australia) The Independent Sporting Association (ISA) is a grouping of independent schools located in New South Wales, Australia, generally within of the Sydney central business district, that are associated for the purposes of sporting competitions. Memb ...

, mainly for sports *

Independent Schools Association (UK) The Independent Schools Association (ISA) is an organisation for independent schools in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1878, it is one of the country's oldest such groups. It is a constituent association of the Independent Schools Council, and h ...

, organisation for independent schools in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

Iniciativa de Salud de las Americas The Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA; Spanish: ''Iniciativa de Salud de las Américas'', ISA) is a Latino program focusing mainly on migrant and immigrant health issues. It is part of the School of Public Health at the University of Califo ...

, Spanish name for Health Initiative of the Americas *

Institute for the Study of the Americas The Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) was established in 2004 following a merger of the Institute of Latin American Studies and the Institute of United States Studies. ISA formed part of the University of London’s School of Advanc ...

, University of London, England *

Instituto Superior de Agronomia Instituto Superior de Agronomía (ISA), School of Agronomy – University of Lisbon, is a national and international renowned faculty of excellence for graduate and post-graduate studies in Agronomy, Forestry, Food Science, Landscape Architectu ...

, an agronomy faculty in Lisbon, Portugal *

Instituto Superior de Arte The University of Arts of Cuba / Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) was established on September 1, 1976, by the Cuban government as a school for the arts. Its original structure had three schools: Music, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts. History ...

, an art school in Havana, Cuba *

International School Amsterdam The International School of Amsterdam (founded in 1964) is a private school, private international school located in the city of Amstelveen, over away from the city centre of Amsterdam.International School Augsburg The International School Augsburg (ISA) is an English-speaking private all-day school in Gersthofen, a town near Augsburg. As an “IB World School” the ISA belongs to a worldwide network of international co-educative schools which offer the Int ...

* International School of Aleppo, Syria * International School of Athens, Greece * International School of the Americas, San Antonio, Texas *

International Studies Association The International Studies Association (ISA) is a US-based professional association for scholars and practitioners in the field of international studies. Founded in 1959, ISA has been headquartered at the University of Connecticut in Storrs sin ...

Islamic Saudi Academy The Islamic Saudi Academy of Washington ( ar, الاكاديمية الاسلامية السعودية) was an International Baccalaureate (IB) World university preparatory school in Northern Virginia, accredited with the Southern Association ...

Finance

* Income share agreement, a borrowing agreement sometimes used for tuition loans in the United States *

Individual savings account An individual savings account (ISA; ) is a class of retail investment arrangement available to residents of the United Kingdom. First introduced in 1999, the accounts have favourable tax status. Payments into the account are made from after-tax i ...

, class of retail investment arrangement available in the United Kingdom *

International Standards on Auditing International Standards on Auditing (ISA) are professional standards for the auditing of financial information. These standards are issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB). According to Olung M (CAO - L), ISA g ...

, professional standards for the auditing of financial information. *

Israel Securities Authority The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) is the national securities regulator of Israel. Established by law in 1968, the Israel Securities Authority sees its mandate as a way to ensure an efficient capital market based on transparency and fairness. ...

, Israel's national securities regulator

Government

Independent Safeguarding Authority The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) was a non-departmental public body for England, Northern Ireland and Wales, that existed until 1 December 2012, when it merged with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) to form the Disclosure and Barrin ...

, former UK child protection agency *

Intelligence Services Act 1994 The Intelligence Services Act 1994 (c. 13) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act, sometimes abbreviated as ISA, is introduced by the long title which states: An Act to make provision about the Secret Intelligence Service ...

, UK *

Intelligence Support Activity The United States Army Intelligence Support Activity (USAISA), frequently shortened to Intelligence Support Activity (ISA), also known at various times as Joint Reconnaissance Evaluation Group (JREG), Mission Support Activity (MSA), Office of Mi ...

, of the US Army * Internal Security Agency, secret service and counter-espionage agency in Poland *

International Seabed Authority The International Seabed Authority (ISA) (french: Autorité internationale des fonds marins) is a Kingston, Jamaica-based intergovernmental body of 167 member states and the European Union established under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of ...

, for mineral-related activities *

International Searching Authority The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed un ...

, for patents *

International Solar Alliance The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of 123 signatory countries, most being sunshine countries, which lie either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The primary objective of the allia ...

Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations All European countries show eGovernment initiatives, mainly related to the improvement of governance at the national level. Significant eGovernment activities also take place at the European Commission level as well. There is an extensive list ...

, EU *

Invention Secrecy Act The Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 (, codified at ) is a body of United States federal law designed to prevent disclosure of new inventions and technologies that, in the opinion of selected federal agencies, present a possible threat to the n ...

Iranian Space Agency The Iranian Space Agency (ISA, Persian: ''Sāzmān-e Fazāi-ye Irān'') is Iran's governmental space agency. Iran became an orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009. Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on th ...

Israel Security Agency Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

or Shin Bet, Israel *

Israel Space Agency The Israel Space Agency (ISA; he, סוכנות החלל הישראלית, ''Sokhnut heKhalal haYisraelit'') is a governmental body, a part of Israel's Ministry of Science and Technology, that coordinates all Israeli space research programs wi ...

Israel State Archives Israel State Archives (ISA; he, ארכיון מדינת ישראל ''Arkhiyon Medinat Yisra'el'') is the national archive of Israel, located in Jerusalem. The archive houses some 400 million documents, maps, stamps, audio tapes, video clips, pho ...

, the national archive of Israel *

Italian Space Agency The Italian Space Agency ( it, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana; ASI) is a government agency established in 1988 to fund, regulate and coordinate space exploration activities in Italy. The agency cooperates with numerous national and international enti ...

Organizations and brands

* Industry Super Australia, the peak body for

Industry superannuation fund An industry superannuation fund (or, simply, 'industry fund') is an Australian superannuation fund originally established to provide for the retirement of workers from a specific industry. While industry funds are no longer tied to specific in ...

s in Australia *

Information Systems Associates FZE Information Systems Associates FZE (commonly known as ISA) is an aviation software house serving airlines, airports and travel agents. ISA is a privately owned company formed in 2005. The company produces a computer reservation system 'under the n ...

, an aviation software house * Innovative Software Applications, a company taken over by Sorcim in 1982 * International Federation of the National Standardizing Associations *

International Socialist Alternative International Socialist Alternative is an international association of Trotskyist political parties. The group was founded in 1974 as the Committee for a Workers' International, by supporters of Militant from 12 countries. In August 2019, a f ...

, an international association of Trotskyist political parties. * International Society of Arboriculture, a non-profit botanical organization *

International Society of Automation The International Society of Automation (ISA), formerly known as The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society, is a non-profit technical society for engineers, technicians, businesspeople, educators and students, who work, study or are int ...

, a non-profit professional organization for engineers, technicians, and students *

International Sociological Association The International Sociological Association (ISA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences. It is an international sociological body, gathering both individuals and national sociolo ...

International Soling Association The International Soling Association, ISA, was founded as soon as the Soling became an International class in 1967. Originally an "Owners Club" became a very self-supporting organization who provided great support for the whole Soling community and ...

* International Surfing Association, the world governing authority for the sport of surfing *

Irish Sailing Association The Irish Sailing Association, also known as Irish Sailing, ( ga, Cumann Seoltóireachta na hÉireann) is the national governing body for sailing, powerboating and windsurfing in Ireland. Mission The association's aim is to develop, support ...

, the governing body for sailing in Ireland * International Slackline Association

Science

Isosaccharinic acid Isosaccharinic acid (ISA) is a six-carbon sugar acid which is formed by the action of calcium hydroxide on lactose and other carbohydrates. It is of interest because it may form in intermediate-level nuclear waste stores when cellulose is degra ...

, a six-carbon sugar acid *

Intrinsic sympatheticomimetic activity Beta blockers, also spelled β-blockers, are a class of medications that are predominantly used to manage cardiac arrhythmia, abnormal heart rhythms, and to protect the heart from a second myocardial infarction, heart attack after a first heart ...

, a term used with beta blockers that are partial agonists *

Infectious salmon anemia Infectious salmon anemia (ISA) is a viral disease of Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') caused by ''Salmon isavirus''. It affects fish farms in Canada, Norway, Scotland and Chile, causing severe losses to infected farms. ISA has been a World O ...

, a viral disease of salmon *

International Standard Atmosphere The International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) is a static atmospheric model of how the pressure, temperature, density, and viscosity of the Earth's atmosphere change over a wide range of altitudes or elevations. It has been established to provide a ...

, an atmospheric model of the Earth *

International Seismological Association International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) is an international organization promoting the study of earthquakes and other seismic sources, the propagation of seismic waves, and the internal structure, prop ...

, former name of the ''International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI)''

Entomology

Isa (moth) ''Isa'' is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae. It has 5 species. List of species * '' Isa brusha'' Dyar, 1927 * '' Isa diana'' Druce, 1887 * '' Isa obscura'' Dyar, 1905 * '' Isa schaefferana'' Dyar, 1905 * ''Isa textula ''Isa tex ...

, a genera of moths.

Other uses

Intelligent speed adaptation Intelligent speed assistance (ISA), or intelligent speed adaptation, also known as ''alerting'', and ''intelligent authority'', is any system that ensures that vehicle speed does not exceed a safe or legally enforced speed. In case of potentia ...

, systems to automatically enforce vehicle speed limits *

International Symbol of Access The International Symbol of Access (ISA), also known as the (International) Wheelchair Symbol, denotes areas where access has been improved, mostly for those with disabilities. It consists of a usually blue square overlaid in white with a stylize ...

, blue and white wheelchair symbol *

ISA Brown The ISA Brown is a crossbreed of chicken, with sex-linked coloration. It is thought to have been the result of a complex series of crosses including but not limited to Rhode Island Reds and Rhode Island Whites, and contains genes from a wide ...

, type of chicken *

Ideological state apparatus "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes Towards an Investigation)" (French: "Idéologie et appareils idéologiques d'État (Notes pour une recherche)") is an essay by the French Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser. First published in 197 ...

, a theory by Louis Althusser