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Impact (mechanics) In mechanics, an impact is when two bodies Collision, collide. During this collision, both bodies decelerate. The deceleration causes a high force or Shock (mechanics), shock, applied over a short time period. A high force, over a short durat ...

, a large force or mechanical shock over a short period of time *

Impact, Texas Impact is a town in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 22 as of the 2020 census, down from 35 at the 2010 census, making it the second least populated municipality in Texas. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan ...

, a town in Taylor County, Texas, US

Science and technology

Impact crater An impact crater is a depression (geology), depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact event, impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal c ...

, 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 been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or meteoroids and have minimal effe ...

, 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 type of journal ranking. Journals with higher impact factor values are considered more prestigious or important within their field. The Impact Factor of a journa ...

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

Impact wrench An impact wrench (also known as an impactor, impact gun, air wrench, air gun, rattle gun, torque gun, windy gun) is a socket wrench power tool designed to deliver high torque output with minimal exertion by the user, by storing energy in a ro ...

, a socket wrench power tool capable of high torque

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 le ...

'', 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. Hi ...

, 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 cinema. History ''Mad Movies'' started as a fanzine and put out 21 issues between 1972 and 1981. In 1979, Putters opened Mov ...

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

Vice Media Vice Media Group LLC is a Canadian-American digital media and broadcasting company. Vice Media encompasses four main business areas: Vice Studios Group (film and TV production); Vice TV (a joint venture with A&E Networks, also known as Vicelan ...

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''. Impa ...

, a DC Comics imprint * ''Impact'' (EC Comics), a 1955 EC Comics comic book * Impact (Image Comics), 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 * "Impact" (''Doctors''), a 2003 television episode

Record labels

Impact Records Impact Records was an American record label founded in 1989 by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers.https://www.discogs.com/label/41671-Impact-Records-3?page=1 It was once a subsidiary of MCA Records. Today, its back catalog remains part of Universal ...

, an American record label *

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

, a California record label in the 1960s *

Impact (record label) Impact was a New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller is ...

, 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, active from 1992 to 2018. They released eight studio albums and were last signed to Metal Blade Records (Europe) and Prosthetic Records (USA/North America). Their name was inspired by the ...

* ''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, a candy company founded in 1981 * Impact! Miniatures, 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) specialized agency for ICTs – the Intern ...

* 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 *

IMPACT (British organisation) IMPACT is an international initiative which focusses on Preventive medicine, preventive and Public health, social health and promote awareness and intervention to prevent avoidable disability. Founded in 1980s by Sir John Wilson, IMPACT was forme ...

, 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 IMPA ...

, 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. ...

, a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations *

Impact Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busine ...

, a professional wrestling organization founded in 2002

Sport

CF Montréal Club de Foot Montréal () is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Montreal. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. Founded in 1992 as the Mo ...

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

Montreal Impact (1992–2011) The Montreal Impact () was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1993, the team played in various leagues in the second tier of the United States soccer league system, beginning with the American Profession ...

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

Other uses

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

Impact (typeface) Impact is a sans-serif typeface in the Sans-serif#Grotesque, industrial or grotesque 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 fo ...

, 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