Indy

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Indy can refer to:

• The SGI Indy workstation from SGI
• Indy (software), a music discovery system using collaborative filtering conceived by Ian Clarke
• Indy (gene), found in Drosophila melanogaster, which makes the fly live twice as long. Here, 'INDY' stands for "I'm not dead yet!"
• Indy grab, a skateboarding trick
• Internet Direct for Borland Delphi and FreePascal.

Indy is also a common abbreviation and nickname:

• A variation of the term indie as an abbreviation of "independent"
• A common nickname for Indianapolis, Indiana. It often substitutes for "Indianapolis" in phrases, such as "Indy 500", "Indy Racing League", or as a nickname for the "Indianapolis Motor Speedway". It should be noted that Indy is not an appropriate nickname for the state of Indiana.
• The nickname for the fictional character Indiana Jones
• The nickname of an incoherent deluded character from Clanplay
• "Indy Media" is a nickname for the Independent Media Center
• "The Indy" is a nickname for the British newspaper The Independent and a Providence-based college newspaper The College Hill Independent