Idea (disambiguation)

An idea is an image existing or formed in the mind.

Idea or IDEA or similar may also refer to:

Agencies and organizations

• Idea (political party), a political party in Slovakia
• Identity and Action (IDEA), a political party in Italy
• IDEA – List for Veneto, a former political party in Veneto, Italy
• IDEA League, a loose alliance of five European universities
• Improvement and Development Agency, is the old name of a United Kingdom local government organisation (rebranded as Local Government Improvement and Development in July 2010)
• Innovation, Development and Employment Alliance, a business coalition aiming to secure intellectual property rights
• Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement, an organization promoting computer-based learning
• Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness Center
• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
• International Diving Educators Association, a scuba diver training agency
• International Design Excellence Awards
• Idea Cellular - a wireless telephony company in India
• Ieros Desmos Ellinon Axiomatikon (ΙΔΕΑ, Sacred Bond of Greek Officers), a right-wing group of officers in the Greek army in the 1940s–1960s whose members led the Greek military junta of 1967–74
• International Deaf Education Association (IDEA), an organization focused on the program of educating the deaf in Bohol, Philippines initiated by the United States Peace Corps
• IDEA (supermarkets), a retail chain in Serbia.

Computing and software

• International Data Encryption Algorithm, a block cipher
• IntelliJ IDEA, a development application for the Java programming language
• IDEA Architectural, a 3D CAD software for architectural design.
• IdeaPad, a line of consumer-oriented laptop computers from Lenovo

Other meanings

• IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review
• Fiat Idea, a compact car
• IDEA (van), a high-mileage plug-in hybrid electric van produced by Bright Automotive
• Idea (genus), a genus of butterflies
• Idea (album), by the Bee Gees
• Idea (TV special), about the Bee Gees
• Idea Records, a record label
• I.DE.A Institute, an automobile design and engineering company
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a United States federal law
• Industrial Design Excellence Awards
• International Dialogue for Environmental Action
• Musical idea
• The Idea (musical) an 1893 Broadway musical
• Idea, the Serbian brand for the Konzum supermarket chain
• Eyedea, rapper and part of the hip-hop duo Eyedea & Abilities

See also

• IDEAS (disambiguation)