IMP or imp may refer to: * Imp, a fantasy creature

Arts and entertainment

Music

IMP (band) , formerly known as Impactors (stylized as IMPACTors), is a Japanese boy band associated with Tobe. They made their official debut on 18 August 2023 with the digital release of their first single "Cruisin'". The group colors are black and m ...

a Japanese boy band

Fictional characters

* Imp (She-Ra), a character in ''She-Ra: Princess of Power'' * Imp a character in '' Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony'' * Imp, a character in the '' Clan Destine'' series of Marvel Comics * Imp, nickname of Tyrion Lannister, a character from ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series

Games

* International Match Points, in contract bridge * Imp, a small Zombie that can appear randomly in ''

Plants vs. Zombies ''Plants vs. Zombies'' is a video game Media franchise, franchise developed by PopCap Games, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts (EA). The series follows the affiliates of David "Crazy Dave" Blazing as they use his plants to defend against a zombi ...

'' * Imp (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a type of fictional lower level devil in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game * Imp (''Shattered Galaxy''), an infantry Unit in the MMORPG ''Shattered Galaxy'' * Imp, fire and ice enemies in the video game '' Hexen II'' * Imp, enemy in the video game '' Doom'' series * Imp, popular pet used by Warlocks in ''

World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing (MMORPG) video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows and Mac OS X. Set in the '' Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of War ...

'' * Imp, monster enemy in ''

Geist ''Geist'' () is a German noun with a significant degree of importance in German philosophy. ''Geist'' can be roughly translated into three English meanings: ghost (as in the supernatural entity), spirit (as in the Holy Spirit), and mind or int ...

'' * Imp, worker units in RTS ''

Dungeon Keeper ''Dungeon Keeper'' is a strategy video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and released by Electronic Arts in June 1997 for MS-DOS and Windows 95. In ''Dungeon Keeper'', the player builds and manages a dungeon, protecting it from invading ' ...

'' and its sequel * Imp, short for members of the Empire ("Imperials") from ''

Star Wars Galaxies ''Star Wars Galaxies'' (''Galaxies'') is a discontinued '' Star Wars-''themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows, developed by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and published by LucasArts. The open worl ...

'' and various Star Wars games * Midna, a main character from ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'', who resembles an imp for most of the game * Implementer (video games), a term for developers in the Zork series and in DikuMUDs * International Match Point, one form of scoring in duplicate bridge * Imps, the cursor in the UGC game Dreams_(video_game)

Science and technology

* Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, a molecular biology research institute in Vienna * Imager for Mars Pathfinder, a camera on board the

Mars Pathfinder ''Mars Pathfinder'' was an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a rover (space exploration), roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a Lander (spacecraft), lander, renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, and a ligh ...

lander * imipenem/cilastatin, an antibiotic combination *

Interplanetary Monitoring Platform Interplanetary Monitoring Platform was a program managed by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, as part of the Explorers program, with the primary objectives of investigation of interplanetary space, interplanetary plas ...

, a series of NASA space science missions within the Explorer program, launched between 1966 and 1973 * Investigational medicinal product, medication used in a clinical trial * Inosine monophosphate, a nucleotide *

Integral membrane protein An integral, or intrinsic, membrane protein (IMP) is a type of membrane protein that is permanently attached to the biological membrane. All transmembrane proteins can be classified as IMPs, but not all IMPs are transmembrane proteins. IMPs comp ...

, a class of proteins attached to cell membranes * blaIMP (IMP), a type of metallo-

beta-lactamase Beta-lactamases (β-lactamases) are enzymes () produced by bacteria that provide multi-resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillins, cephalosporins, cephamycins, monobactams and carbapenems ( ertapenem), although carbapene ...

conferring resistance against carbapenem antibiotics * ''N''-Isopropyl-(¹²³I)-''p''-iodoamphetamine, or iofetamine (¹²³I), a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical * Irregular mare patch, a smooth area in the lunar maria. * Imp, a baby

Tasmanian devil The Tasmanian devil (''Sarcophilus harrisii''; palawa kani: ''purinina'') is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It was formerly present across mainland Australia, but became extinct there around 3,500 years ago; it is now con ...

Computing

Interface Message Processor The Interface Message Processor (IMP) was the packet switching node used to interconnect participant networks to the ARPANET from the late 1960s to 1989. It was the first generation of gateways, which are known today as routers. An IMP was a r ...

, a packet-switching node for connecting computers to ARPANET (modern term: router) * IMP programming language, a systems programming language for the CDC 6600 *

Edinburgh IMP Edinburgh IMP is a development of Atlas Autocode, initially developed around 1966-1969 at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a general-purpose programming language which was used heavily for systems programming. Expressively, IMP is h ...

, a systems programming language used in the EMAS operating system * Internet Messaging Program, a webmail client * Intercept Modernisation Programme, a proposal by the UK government to centralise the storage electronic communications traffic data * Integrated Middleware Platform, for external system aiming to service logic communication * Information Module Profile, a subset of the Mobile Information Device Profile * Interactive Media Player (iMP), the former name of the BBC iPlayer

Organizations

Imparja Television Imparja Television (IMP) is an independent Australian television station servicing over , across six states and territories: Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. It is based in Alice Spri ...

(callsign IMP), an Australian television broadcaster * IMP Group International, a Canadian investment corporation, operator of Cascade Aerospace *

Independent Moving Pictures The Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP) was a motion picture studio and production company founded in 1909 by Carl Laemmle. The company was based in New York City, with production facilities in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1912, IMP merged ...

, an early movie studio absorbed by Universal in 1912 * Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group, a European research initiative in the field of Industrial marketing * International Music Publications, a British sheet music publisher * IMP Society, a secret society at the University of Virginia * Incentive Mentoring Program, a non-profit organization aiming to transform the lives of Baltimore teenagers failing high school *

Mihajlo Pupin Institute Mihajlo Pupin Institute () is an institute based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is named after Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin and is part of the University of Belgrade. It is notable for manufacturing numerous computer systems used in SFR Yugoslavia - especia ...

(), an electronics institute based in Belgrade, Serbia * Institute of Modern Politics, a Bulgarian think-tank * Israeli Military Police or Investigating Military Police (Criminal Investigations Division/CID) * Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, a basic biomedical research center at the Campus Vienna Biocenter

Transportation

* Hillman Imp, a British car of the 1960s-1970s * Subaru Impreza, a Japanese car, nicknamed Imp * Thiokol 1404 IMP, a 1970s snowcat made by

Thiokol Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. Its name is a portmanteau of the Greek words for sulfur () and glue (), an allusion to the company ...

Other uses

* Interactive Mathematics Program, a Key Curriculum Press Interactive Math curriculum * Isle of Man pound, or Manx pound * Imp (horse), American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse * "IMP", Latin abbreviation used on British coins up to 1947, such as the British two shilling coin * Individual Meal Pack, a ration used by the Canadian Armed Forces * Integrated master plan, a part of project planning * Brown University International Mentoring Program, a student-based program at

Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...

* Imping, the practice of fixing a broken feather of a bird