Moi

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Moi, MOI, or other variations, can refer to: Memorandum of Instruction

In language,

• French for "me" (first person, singular, reflexive pronoun) and used idiomatically and informally by English speakers to ironically indicate mock humility. ("Surely you weren't referring to moi?")

For people,

• Daniel arap Moi (born 1924), President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002

For places,

• Moi International Sports Centre, a multi-use stadium in Kasarani, outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.
• Moi University, a university in Eldoret, western Kenya.
• Moi, Norway, the administrative centre of the Lund Municipality, in Rogaland County in Norway.
• Alii Aimoku of the island of Maui during ancient Hawaii was also known by the title of mo'i of Maui.
• Alternate spelling for Moai, the statues on Easter Island

For animals,

• The Moi is species of threadfin cultivated in Hawaiian waters.

In computing,

• MOI is the file extension for the index file accompanying the MOD video file format used on many camcorders, such as the JVC Everio, and the Panasonic D-Snap SD-card camcorders.

As an abbreviation, it can mean:

• Moment of inertia, also called mass moment of inertia and, sometimes, the angular mass, quantifies the rotational inertia of an object, i.e. its inertia with respect to rotational motion, in a manner somewhat analogous to how mass quantifies the inertia of an object with respect to translational motion.
• Multiplicity of infection, the ratio of infectious agents to infection targets (e.g. virus per cell, or bacteria per cell).
• Mechanism of injury
• Mars orbit insertion, modifying the trajectory of an interplanetary spacecraft to enter a Martian orbit
• Master of Illusion, a 2007 Nintendo DS game
• Ministry of Interior, a governmental ministry for internal affairs