IGA or IgA may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
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IGA (supermarkets)
IGA, Inc. is an international chain of grocery stores. Unlike chain stores, IGA Franchising, franchises are independently owned and operated. Many of these stores operate in small-town markets and belong to families that manage them. IGA was foun ...
(initially Independent Grocers Alliance), a name used by many independent supermarkets throughout the world
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IGA (Australian supermarket group)
Independent Grocers of Australia is an Australian chain of supermarkets. The IGA brand is owned by Australian conglomerate Metcash under their Food & Grocery division, but individual IGA stores are owned and operated independently. Its main co ...
, the local Australian variant of the international IGA
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Indian Gaming Association, a nonprofit organization for Native American gaming interests founded in 1986
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International Island Games Association
The International Island Games Association (IIGA) is the organising body for the Island Games, a friendly biennial multi-sport competition between teams from several European islands and other small territories (24 members from 8 nations). The ...
, an organization that organizes the Island Games (a friendly competition between teams from several islands and other small territories)
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International Grenfell Association, an organization providing health care, education, religious and other services to the fishermen and coastal communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Interscope-Geffen-A&M
Interscope Geffen A&M Records (IGA) is an American umbrella label operating as a unit of Interscope Capitol Labels Group, owned by Universal Music Group. It currently consists of record labels Interscope Records (with its subsidiary, A&M Records) ...
, an American record label
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Irish Games Association, a non-profit body which is dedicated to promoting gaming in Ireland
* International Gay Association, the original name of the
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA, Spanish: ''Asociación internacional de lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, trans e intersexuales'') is a LGBTQ+ rights organization.
It participates in a multitude of a ...
In government
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Illinois General Assembly
The Illinois General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. It has two chambers, the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. The General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in ...
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Indiana General Assembly
The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature, or legislative branch, of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house, the Indiana House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Indiana Sena ...
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Iowa General Assembly
The Iowa General Assembly is the legislative branch of the state government of Iowa. Like the federal United States Congress, the General Assembly is a bicameral body, composed of the upper house Iowa Senate and the lower Iowa House of Repre ...
In science and technology
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Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin A (IgA, also referred to as sIgA in its secretory form) is an antibody that plays a role in the immune function of mucous membranes. The amount of IgA produced in association with mucosal membranes is greater than all other ty ...
(IgA), an antibody playing a critical role in mucosal immunity
* Intergranular attack, another term for
intergranular corrosion
In materials science, intergranular corrosion (IGC), also known as intergranular attack (IGA), is a form of corrosion where the boundaries of crystallites of the material are more susceptible to corrosion than their insides. (''Cf.'' transgranu ...
(a form of corrosion where the boundaries of crystallites of the material are more susceptible to corrosion than their insides)
Other uses
* Identity Governance and Administration, the organisational policies, processes and procedures controlling
identity management
Identity and access management (IAM or IdAM) or Identity management (IdM), is a framework of policies and technologies to ensure that the right users (that are part of the ecosystem connected to or within an enterprise) have the appropriate acce ...
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In-game advertising
In-game advertising (IGA) is advertising in electronic games. IGA differs from advergames, which refers to games specifically made to advertise a product. The IGA industry is large and growing.
In-game advertising generated $34 million in 2004 ...
, the use of computer and video games as a medium in which to deliver advertising
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International Gamers Award
The International Gamers Awards (IGAs) is an award for strategy board games and historical simulation games.
The IGAs "were created to recognize outstanding games and designers, as well as the companies that publish them. The awards are truly i ...
, an award for strategy board games and historical simulation games
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Islamic Golden Age
The Islamic Golden Age was a period of scientific, economic, and cultural flourishing in the history of Islam, traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 13th century.
This period is traditionally understood to have begun during the reign o ...
, a period in the history of the Muslim world
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Koji Igarashi
is a Japanese video game producer, programmer, writer, and creative director. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.
Often credited as IGA, he began his career by joining Konami in 1990 as a programmer ...
, a Japanese video game producer, nicknamed IGA
See also
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Iga (disambiguation)
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