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Imp IMP or imp may refer to: * Imp, a fantasy creature Arts and entertainment Music * IMP (band) a Japanese boy band Fictional characters * Imp (She-Ra), a character in ''She-Ra: Princess of Power'' * Imp a character in '' Artemis Fowl: The L ...

, 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 Clandestine may refer to: * Secrecy, the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups, perhaps while sharing it with other individuals * Clandestine operation, a secret intelligence or military activity Music and entertainmen ...

'' series of Marvel Comics * Imp, nickname of

Tyrion Lannister Tyrion Lannister is a fictional character in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation ''Game of Thrones'', where he is portrayed by American actor Peter Di ...

, a character from ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series

Games

International Match Points International match points (IMP) within the card game of contract bridge is a measurement Measurement is the quantification of attributes of an object or event, which can be used to compare with other objects or events. In other words, measur ...

, 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 ''Hexen II'' is a dark fantasy first-person shooter (FPS) video game developed by Raven Software and published by id Software in 1997. It is the third game in the '' Hexen''/''Heretic'' series, and the last in the ''Serpent Riders'' trilogy. Usi ...

'' * Imp, enemy in the video game ''

Doom Doom is another name for damnation. Doom may also refer to: People * Doom (professional wrestling), the tag team of Ron Simmons and Butch Reed * Daniel Doom (1934–2020), Belgian cyclist * Debbie Doom (born 1963), American softball pitche ...

'' 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 is a fictional character in Nintendo's ''The Legend of Zelda'' series, introduced as one of the main protagonists in '' Twilight Princess''. She is a member of the magic-wielding Twili who joins forces with Link to prevent the kingdom of Hyru ...

, a main character from ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'', who resembles an imp for most of the game *

Implementer (video games) Infocom, Inc., was an American software company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of interactive fiction. They also produced a business application, a relational database called ''Cornerstone''. Infocom was found ...

, a term for developers in the Zork series and in DikuMUDs *

International Match Point While a deal of bridge is always played following a unique set of rules, its scoring may vary depending on the type of event the deal is played on. There are two main categories of scoring: rubber and duplicate. Rubber scoring, and its popular va ...

, one form of scoring in duplicate bridge * Imps, the cursor in the UGC game

Dreams_(video_game) ''Dreams'' is a 2020 game creation system video game developed by Media Molecule and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Players can create and play user-generated content in the forms of games, audiovisual expe ...

Science and technology

Research Institute of Molecular Pathology The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) is a biomedical research center, which conducts curiosity-driven basic research in the molecular life sciences. The IMP is located at the Vienna Biocenter in Vienna, Austria. The institute empl ...

, 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 Imipenem/cilastatin, sold under the brand name Primaxin among others, is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. It is made from a combination of imipenem and cilastatin. Specifically it is used for pneumonia, ...

, 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 Clinical study design is the formulation of clinical trials and other experiments, as well as observational studies, in medical research involving human beings and involving clinical aspects, including epidemiology . It is the design of experime ...

, medication used in a clinical trial *

Inosine monophosphate Inosinic acid or inosine monophosphate (IMP) is a nucleotide (that is, a nucleoside monophosphate). Widely used as a flavor enhancer, it is typically obtained from chicken byproducts or other meat industry waste. Inosinic acid is important in met ...

, 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 An irregular mare patch also known as an IMP, is a smooth, rounded, slightly mounded area, generally about 500 meters wide, occurring in the lunar maria.Wood, Charles. "Strange Little IMPs." ''Sky and Telescope,'' February 2015 issue. Discovery ...

, 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 IMP is an early systems programming language that was developed by Edgar T. Irons in the late 1960s through early 1970s, at the National Security Agency (NSA). Unlike most other systems languages, IMP supports syntax-extensible programming. Even ...

, 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 The Internet Messaging Program or IMP is a webmail client. It can be used to access e-mail stored on an IMAP server. IMP is written in PHP and a component of the collaborative software suite Horde. It is included with cPanel and Plesk installa ...

, 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 BBC iPlayer (stylised as iPLAYER or BBC iPLAYER) is a video on demand service from the BBC. The service is available Over-the-top media service, over-the-top on a wide range of devices, including Mobile phone, mobile phones and Tablet computer ...

(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 Cascade Aerospace Inc. of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, is a specialty aerospace and defence contractor, focused on providing long-term integrated aircraft support programs for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), military, governm ...

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 The Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group or International Marketing and Purchasing Group (abbreviated IMP Group) is a European research initiative in the field of Industrial marketing established in 1976 by researchers from different countries ...

, a European research initiative in the field of Industrial marketing *

International Music Publications International Music Publications (better known as ''IMP'') is a British publisher of popular sheet music. History It began as the European arm of Warner Brothers Publications' sheet music business, and was one of the UK's largest sheet music pub ...

, 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 The Military Police Corps of the Israel Defense Forces (, ''Cheyl HaMishtara HaTzva'it'' (shortened to ''Mishtara Tzvait''), commonly called "Mem Tzadik" or "Mem Tzadi", is the Israeli military police and provost. The military police serves the M ...

or Investigating Military Police (Criminal Investigations Division/CID) *

, a basic biomedical research center at the Campus Vienna Biocenter

Transportation

Hillman Imp The Hillman Imp is a small economy car that was made by the Rootes Group and its successor Chrysler Europe from 1963 until 1976. Revealed on 3 May 1963, after much advance publicity, it was the first British mass-produced car with the engine b ...

, a British car of the 1960s-1970s *

Subaru Impreza The is a compact car that has been manufactured by the Japanese automaker Subaru since 1992. It was introduced as a replacement for the Leone, with the predecessor's EA series engines replaced by the new EJ series. It is now in its sixth g ...

, 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 The Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP) is a four-year, problem-based mathematics curriculum for high schools. It was one of several curricula funded by the National Science Foundation and designed around the 1989 National Council of Teachers o ...

, a Key Curriculum Press Interactive Math curriculum *

Isle of Man pound The pound (abbreviation: IMP; sign: £), or Manx pound (; in order to distinguish it from other similar-named currencies), is the currency of the Isle of Man, at parity with sterling. The Manx pound is divided into 100 pence. Notes and coins, ...

, or Manx pound *

Imp (horse) Imp (1894–1909) was a pure black Thoroughbred racing filly with a white, diamond-shaped star between her eyes. She was sired by Wagner (GB) out of Fondling (by Fonso) and was foaled on March 5, 1894. Owned and bred by Daniel R. Harness of C ...

, American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse * "IMP", Latin abbreviation used on British coins up to 1947, such as the

British two shilling coin The British florin, or two- shilling piece (2/– or 2''s''.), was a coin worth of one pound, or 24 pence. It was issued from 1849 until 1967, with a final issue for collectors dated 1970. It was the last coin circulating immediately prior to ...

* 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