IMP or imp may mean:-

• An imp, a fantasy creature.
  • An imp is a fictional lower level devil in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

Modern uses

• An archiving format by Technelysium [1]
• Imparja Television (callsign IMP), an Australian television broadcaster
• IMP programming language, a systems programming language for the CDC 6600
• Edinburgh IMP, a systems programming language used in the EMAS operating system
• Hillman Imp, a British car of the 1960/70s
• Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP), a Key Curriculum Press Interactive Math program
• The IMP Society, a secret society at the University of Virginia
• On British coins up to 1947, "IND IMP" is short for Latin Indiae Imperator = "Emperor of India" (Indiae Imperatrix = "Empress of India" for a reigning queen).

In videogames

• Imp, one of the enemies in Doom.
• The Imp is also a popular pet used by Warlocks in World of Warcraft. In particular a Horde Imp would be a pet belonging to an Undead or Orc warlock.
• Members of the Empire from Star Wars Galaxies and various Star Wars games are called Imps for short.
• One type of monster enemies in Geist is called Imps.
• An Imp is an infantry Unit in the MMORPG Shattered Galaxy.
• Imps serve as worker unit in RTS Dungeon Keeper and its successor Dungeon Keeper 2, being summoned by the Keeper (the player) and thus of magic nature, feeding from mana alone.

In fiction

• Imp, a Marvel Comics character
• Imp (She-Ra), a character from She-Ra: Princess of Power

As an acronym

• International Masters Publishers, a Swedish based publisher
• International Music Publications, a British sheet music publisher
• IMP Group (Industrial Marine Products), a Canadian company.
• IMPS The Relentless (Imperial Military Personnel Stories), a series of fan films produced by Star Wars fans, portraying the lives of Imperial soldiers.
• Independent Motion Picture Company, an early film studio.
• Individual Meal Pack, a ration used by the Canadian Armed Forces.
• Information Module Profile, a subset of the Mobile Information Device Profile.
• Integral membrane protein, a class of proteins attached to cell membranes.
• Interactive Media Player (iMP), a peer-to-peer media player from the BBC; now renamed iPlayer
• Interface Message Processor, a packet-switching node for connecting computers to ARPANET (modern term: router).
• International Match Points, one form of scoring in Duplicate bridge.
• International Moron Patrol, a popular internet cartoon series featured on Newgrounds and Deviantart.
• Internet Messaging Program, a webmail client.
• Ion Metal Plasma, used in Semiconductor manufacturing.
• Isle of Man pound
• An unofficial abbreviation of the Israeli Military Police.
• Inosine monophosphate, a nucleotide.
• Isopropylmethoxypyrazine a component of the scent of cut grass and of peas, and a tobacco additive.

Other

• Imp American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse
• Also a called a Individual Meal Packet, The Canadian Forces Version of the MRE
• In falconry, 'imping' means mending broken flight feathers.

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