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International Longshore and Warehouse Union
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a labor union of dockworkers, clerks, and warehouse workers in 29 West Coast ports, born from the 1934 Big Strike.
International Longshoremen's Association
The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is a North American labor union of dockworkers affiliated with the AFL-CIO, representing ports from Maine to Texas and in Canada.
International Lunar Research Station
The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) is a planned lunar base proposed by China and Russia in 2021, targeting a basic station at the lunar south pole by 2035.
International MaxxPro
The International MaxxPro, or Navistar MaxxPro, is an American mine-resistant, ambush-protected armored vehicle built by Navistar Defense, one of the most widely fielded MRAPs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
International Micro Air Vehicle Competition and Conference
The International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition (IMAV) is an annual research event combining indoor and outdoor autonomous micro air vehicle competitions with a scientific conference.
International Miniature Aerobatic Club
The International Miniature Aerobatic Club (IMAC) is a non-profit organization governing radio-controlled scale aerobatic competition, founded in 1974 and affiliated with the full-scale International Aerobatic Club since 1976.
International Mobile Equipment Identity
The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a 15-digit number that uniquely identifies a phone, tablet, or modem on cellular networks, unlike the SIM, which identifies the subscriber.
International mobile subscriber identity
The international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) is a permanent, globally unique number identifying a mobile subscriber, stored on the SIM card and used in GSM through 5G networks.
International Music Score Library Project
The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), also known as the Petrucci Music Library, is a wiki-based online library of public domain music scores launched in 2006.
International MV Series
The International MV Series is a Class 6/7 medium-duty commercial truck from International Motors, introduced in 2018 to replace the DuraStar, offered with Cummins B6.7 and L9 engines.
International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale
The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) is a logarithmic scale from 0 to 7, created in 1990 by the IAEA and the OECD/NEA to communicate the safety significance of nuclear and radiological events.
International numbering administration
International numbering administration is the ITU's governance of shared telecommunication numbering resources, chiefly E.164 country codes, assigned by its Telecommunication Standardization Bureau under Recommendation E.190.
International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers
The International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), a Paris-based federation of national automobile trade associations founded in 1919, represents the industry before the United Nations and compiles world production statistics.
International Packet Communications Consortium
The International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) was an industry association in San Ramon, California, formed in 2003 from the International Softswitch Consortium and later transitioned into the IMS Forum.
International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol
The International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) is a framework of definitions and four options for verifying energy and water savings, maintained by the Efficiency Valuation Organization.
International Petroleum Corporation
International Petroleum Corporation is a Canadian oil and gas exploration and production company in the Lundin Group, created in 2017 from a Lundin Petroleum spin-off.
International Photonics & Electronics Consortium
The International Photonics & Electronics Consortium (IPEC) is a Geneva-based standards organization, founded in 2020, that develops open standards for optical chips, components, and modules used in 5G, IoT, and AI networks.
International Radiation Protection Association
The International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), formed in 1965, is an association of radiation protection practitioners joining through 53 national and regional societies in 68 countries, holding an international congress about every four years.
International Radiotelegraph Convention (1912)
The International Radiotelegraph Convention was a treaty signed at London in 1912 that governed ship-to-shore radio, setting distress priority and wavelength rules after the Titanic disaster.
International Railway Congress Association
The International Railway Congress Association (IRCA; French: Association Internationale du Congrès des Chemins de Fer) is an international body founded in Brussels in 1885 to promote railway progress through periodical congresses.
International recognition of engineering heritage
International recognition of engineering heritage is the formal identification of historic tunnels, dams, and industrial works through national registers and bodies like ICOMOS and UNESCO.
International Reference Alphabet
The International Reference Alphabet (ITU-T T.50) is the default version of ISO/IEC 646, a 7-bit code of 128 characters that has been identical to ASCII since 1991.
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs) are a maritime treaty adopted in 1972 that sets the rules of the road for vessels, covering conduct, lights, and signals.
International Renewable Energy Agency
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organization founded in Bonn in 2009 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi that supports countries in switching to renewable energy.
International Requirements Engineering Conference
The IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (IEEE RE) is an annual IEEE conference on requirements engineering, formed in 2002 by merging two series begun in 1993 and 1994.
International Road Assessment Programme
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) is a UK charity, founded in 2006, whose Star Ratings and risk assessments of road infrastructure have influenced projects in 140 countries.
International Road Federation
The International Road Federation (IRF), founded in 1948, is a global not-for-profit membership organization promoting road development and sustainable mobility, with members in over 118 countries.
International Road Traffic and Accident Database
The International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD) is an OECD database of validated road safety data by country from 1970 onwards, maintained by the International Transport Forum.
International Road Transport Union
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is the global association for road transport operators, founded in Geneva in 1948 and known for administering the TIR customs system.
International Robot Exhibition
The International Robot Exhibition (iREX) is a biennial robotics trade show in Tokyo, organized by the Japan Robot Association and described as the biggest robotics trade show in the world.