IRD

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IRD or irdmay refer to the following:

• Ird (Bedouin), a Bedouin honor code for women

Abbreviations

• 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.
• Internet radio device.
• The Institute on Religion and Democracy, a conservative religio-political 'watchdog group' in the United States that seeks to reduce the public influence of the mainline Protestant Christian churches in the United States.
• The Information Research Department (1948-1977), a department of the British Foreign Office set up to counter Russian propaganda and infiltration.
• Image Replacement Document- another name for Substitute Check as defined in the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21).
• Interest rate derivative, a financial instrument
• Ice rafted debris
• IRD asset