IFS

IFS could stand for

Geographical

• Irish Free State, a state in Ireland which existed in the early part of the 20th century
• Ifs, Calvados, a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France
• Ifs (river), a river in Francehello

Agencies

• International Futures
• Indian Forest Service
• Indian Foreign Service

Computer Science

• Iterated function system a method of constructing fractals in mathematics and computer science.
• Integrated File System - on IBM midrange & mainframe systems (e.g. OS/400, MVS, VM/CMS), the POSIX compatible filesystem provided by the operating system, as opposed to the traditional non-POSIX filesystem it also supplies
• Internal field separator, a special set of characters in Unix shells
• Internet File System, an Oracle java-based File System
• Interference (intensity) fluctuation spectroscopy, related to dynamic light scattering, see Scattering
• Installable File System, a filesystem API in IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows NT.
• InfoPath Forms Services - a component of SharePoint Server that allows Microsoft Office InfoPath forms to be hosted in a SharePoint web site and serve and fill them using a browser-based interface.

Commercial

• Industrial and Financial Systems - IFS AB, a Swedish company and author of ERP software

Other

• ifs School of Finance, a UK based, non profit making body providing financial education.
• Independent Front Suspension, an early type of front-end independent suspension on many passenger vehicles
• Initial Flight Screening, flight screening used as a prerequisite for Air Force Flight School
• Initiative on Financial Security a business-driven, policy program working to create a comprehensive savings policy for America.
• Institute for Fiscal Studies, a UK based independent economic research institute.
• Insurance and Financial Services Cluster, an insurance and financial services initiative in Connecticut.
• Intensive Freshman Seminar, a program at Indiana University. see http://www.ifs.indiana.edu
• Interactive Fitness Software, an Australian based company (with offices in the UK) that specializes in computer based employee assistance programs.
• Internal family systems, a school of psychotherapy, see Internal Family Systems Model
• internationale filmschule köln, a filmschool in Cologne, Germany
• International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres
• International Financial Statistics, a database maintained by the IMF
• International Foundation for Science, gives research grants to young scientists in the developing world.
• International Food Standard, a European standard for retail food products
• Integrated Forecast System a global meteorological model developed by ECMWF.
• Islamic Foundation School
• Institutt for Forsvarsstudier, the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies