ICA

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ICA can refer to:

• Language
  • Ica language, a Magdalenic Chibchan language related to Ijca spoken in Colombia, South America

• Locations
  • The Ica Region of Perú
  • Ica (city), a city in Perú
  • Ica stones allegedly found in a cave near Ica, Peru
  • Içá (also known as "Putumayo"), a river, a tributary of the Amazon River of South America

• Organizations
  • Boston Institute of Contemporary Art [1], a museum in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Empresas ICA Sociedad Controladora - Mexican construction company.
  • ICA AB - a retail grocery chain in Scandinavia.
  • Immigration and Checkpoints Authority in Singapore
  • Infrastructure Consortium for Africa, an international non-profit organisation aiming to improve the urgent infrastructure needs of Africa in support of economic growth and development
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts, a centre for modern arts in London, England
  • Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, an art museum at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Institute of Cultural Affairs - international non-profit organisation
  • Intercontinental A, a kart racing class for top drivers aged 15 and up
  • International Cartographic Association
  • International Center of Austin is a partnership of business, education and culture.
  • International Chaplains Association, a Christian chaplains organization
  • International Christian Academy, Côte d'Ivoire - an American boarding school in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.
  • International Congress of Actuaries
  • International Co-operative Alliance - the worldwide umbrella body for co-operatives.
  • International Communication Association
  • International Contract Agency (fictional) - the organisation responsible for arranging hits for 47 in the hitman series of games
  • International Council on Archives
  • Investment Company of America
  • Irish Citizens Army - an organisation which lasted up to 1916 to rid Ireland of British rule and protect workers.
  • Irish Country-women's Association

• Standards and Regulations:
  • Individual Capital Assessment - The requirement for UK life insurance companies to follow the Individual Capital Adequacy Standards (ICAS) regime. Under ICAS a firm is required to undertake regular assessments of the amount and quality of capital which in its view is adequate for the size and nature of its business – their ICA.
  • Interstate Commerce Act, United States legislation establishing the regulatory Interstate Commerce Commission

• Science and Technology:
  • Independent Computing Architecture, a proprietary protocol for an application server system, designed by Citrix Systems
  • Identity Centric Architecture
  • Indene Carboxylic Acid - Organic acids containing one carboxylic acid group and at least one indene dimer. Such acids are often products of photochemical reactions in photoresist.
  • Independent component analysis (signal processing and statistical data analysis)
  • Independent Computing Architecture, a cross-platform environment for running Windows programs
  • Isotropic Conductive Adhesive