IRD
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IRD may refer to the following:
- Inland Revenue Department in some countries
- Integrated receiver/decoder
- Institut de recherche pour le développement ("Institute of research for development"), a French scientific institution dedicated to the development of tropical countries
- Intelligent Resource Director, IBM Mainframes
- International Relief and Development, a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization, focuses its operations in regions of the world that present social, political and technical challenges.
- The Institute on Religious Democracy, a conservative religio-political 'watchdog group' in the United States that seeks to counter liberal and activist agendas within mainline denominations using small groups and issue oriented mass communications.
- Image Replacement Document- another name for Substitute Check as defined in the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21).
- Ird is a Bedouin honor code for women