3-letter words starting with i
- idp — integrated data processing
- ids — a means of identification, as a card or bracelet containing official or approved identification information.
- iea — International Energy Agency
- iec — International Electrotechnical Commission
- ied — An IED is a simple bomb that is made and used by someone who is not in the army, often using materials that are not usually used for making bombs. IED is an abbreviation for 'improvised explosive device'.
- iee — Institution of Electrical Engineers
- ief — Advantage Gen
- ien — Internet Experiment Note
- ies — (rare) Plural form of i, the name of the letter I.
- if1 — (language) A graph language used as an intermediate language for dataflow hardware. Used by the OSC SISAL compiler.
- if2 — (language) S graph language used by the OSC SISAL compiler, a superset of IF1.
- ifa — independent financial adviser
- ifc — Internet Foundation Classes
- ife — a town in SW Nigeria.
- iff — If and only if.
- ifp — Illinois Functional Programming
- ifr — instrument flying regulations
- ifs — a supposition; uncertain possibility: The future is full of ifs.
- ifx — ["Type Reconstruction with First-Class Polymorphic Values", J. O'Toole et al, SIGPLAN Notices 24(7):207-217 (Jul 1989)].
- igc — Institute for Global Communications
- igg — To deliberately ignore.
- igl — Interactive Graphic Language. Used primarily by Physics Dept at Brooklyn Poly, uses numerical methods on vectors to approximate continuous function problems that don't have closed form solutions.
- igm — International Grandmaster
- ign — ignition
- igo — a Japanese game for two persons, played on a board having 361 intersections on which black and white stones or counters are alternately placed, the object being to block off and capture the opponent's stones and control the larger part of the board.
- igp — Interior Gateway Protocol
- igs — Internet Go Server.
- igu — (chat) I Give Up. Often found appended to documents, e-mail, programs that don't work, etc.
- igy — International Geophysical Year
- ihc — Intellectually Handicapped Children
- ihn — Initialism of I hope not.
- ihp — indicated horsepower
- ihs — the first three letters of the name Jesus in Greek (ΙΗΣΟΥΣ), often used as a Christian emblem
- iid — independent identically distributed (of random variables)
- iir — Infinite Impulse Response
- iis — 1. (web) Internet Information Server. 2. (language) Idealized Instruction Set.
- iit — Integrated Information Technology
- ijc — International Joint Commission
- ijo — a member of an indigenous people of the Niger delta in southern Nigeria.
- ike — Dwight David ("Ike") 1890–1969, U.S. general and statesman: Chief of Staff 1945–48; 34th president of the U.S. 1953–61.
- il- — Il- is added to words that begin with the letter 'l' to form words with the opposite meaning.
- ila — a town in SW Nigeria.
- ile — (obsolete) Ear of corn.
- ilf — Independent Logical File
- ilk — family, class, or kind: he and all his ilk.
- ill — of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
- ilo — International Labour Organisation
- ilr — indefinite leave to remain: an immigration status permitting a person to work or study in the UK without limit of time
- ils — instrument landing system
- ilu — I love you