IFS may refer to:

Companies

Industrial and Financial Systems IFS AB (Industrial and Financial Systems) is a multinational enterprise software company headquartered in Linköping, Sweden. The company develops and delivers enterprise software for customers worldwide who manufacture and distribute goods, ...

- IFS AB, a Swedish company and creator of enterprise software * International Financial Services Centre - the IFSC is also known as the International Financial Sector (IFS) * International Film Service - Short-lived animation studio owned by Hearst Communication.

Computer Science

Iterated function system In mathematics, iterated function systems (IFSs) are a method of constructing fractals; the resulting fractals are often self-similar. IFS fractals are more related to set theory than fractal geometry. They were introduced in 1981. IFS fractals, ...

, a method of constructing fractals in mathematics and computer science *

Internal field separator For many command line interpreters (“shell”) of Unix operating systems, the input field separators or internal field separators or shell variable holds characters used to separate text into tokens. The value of , (in the bash shell) typically ...

, a special set of characters in Unix shells * Interference (intensity) fluctuation spectroscopy, related to dynamic light

scattering Scattering is a term used in physics to describe a wide range of physical processes where moving particles or radiation of some form, such as light or sound, are forced to deviate from a straight trajectory by localized non-uniformities (including ...

* Installable File System, a filesystem API in IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows NT * InfoPath Forms Services - a component of SharePoint Server that allows Microsoft Office InfoPath forms to be hosted in a SharePoint web site and serve and fill them using a browser-based interface

Geographical

* Integrated Forecast System a global meteorological model developed by European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts * Irish Free State, a state in Ireland which existed in the early part of the 20th century *

Ifs, Calvados Ifs () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population Administration Mayors of Ifs International relations Ifs is twinned with: * Ilfracombe, Devon, England * Niederwerrn, Germany Not ...

, a commune of the ''département'' of Calvados, in the Normandie ''région'', in France

Organisations

* ifs University College, a UK-based, non profit making body providing financial education * Indian Forest Service, an All India Service with the cadre controlling authority as Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change * Indian Foreign Service * Institut für Sexualwissenschaft * Institute for Fiscal Studies, a UK-based independent economic research institute * Institutt for Forsvarsstudier, the

Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies The Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies ( no, Institutt for forsvarsstudier, IFS) is a defence research institute based in Oslo, Norway. It was established in 1980 and is part of the Norwegian Defence University College, itself part of the Norwe ...

* Institut für Sozialforschung, the University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research * International Foundation for Science * International French School Singapore * International Futures * International Sumo Federation *

Internationale Filmschule Köln The ifs internationale filmschule köln gmbh (''international film school cologne'') is a privately funded film school in Cologne, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. The film school was founded by Filmstiftung NRW. In the German film school ranking ...

, a filmschool in Cologne, Germany *

Islamic Foundation School The Islamic Foundation School or IFS is a Preschool to 12th grade mosque/private school in Villa Park, Illinois. It was established in 1986, by the Islamic Foundation, Villa Park. Students are taught about Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإ� ...

Science

* Integral field spectroscopy, a technique for astronomical observations * The Intermediate Frontal Sulcus in Neuroscience *

Isoflavonoid synthase 2-hydroxyisoflavanone synthase (, ''CYT93C'', ''IFS'', ''isoflavonoid synthase'') is an enzyme with systematic name ''liquiritigenin,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (hydroxylating, aryl migration)''. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reac ...

, an enzyme

Technology

* Independent Front Suspension, an early type of front-end

independent suspension Independent suspension is any automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same axle to move vertically (i.e. reacting to a bump on the road) independently of the others. This is contrasted with a beam axle or deDion axle system in w ...

on many passenger vehicles *

Initial Flight Screening Initial Flight Training (IFT) is a preliminary flight training course for U.S. Air Force officers, to include active-duty Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard, who have been selected for Pilot training. Attendance cons ...

, flight screening used as a prerequisite for Air Force Flight School * Intelligent Front-lighting System is a technology to ensure the visibility of the driver on the road ahead without blinding oncoming drivers with the partial light control capability.

Other

Internal Family Systems Model The Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) is an integrative approach to individual psychotherapy developed by Richard C. Schwartz in the 1980s. It combines systems thinking with the view that the mind is made up of relatively discrete subperson ...

, a school of psychotherapy *

International Financial Statistics The IMF International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a compilation of financial data collected from various sources, covering the economies of 194 countries and areas worldwide, which is published monthly by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Me ...

, a database maintained by the International Monetary Fund * Importer Security Filing, or

10 + 2 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, documentation required to import containerized goods into the United States {{disambig