MPI

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MPI or Mpi may refer to:

Ethnic group

• Mpi language, a Loloish language of Thailand
• Mpi people, an ethnic group from Thailand

Science, information technology and engineering

• Magnetic particle imaging, an imaging technique still being developed
• Magnetic particle inspection, a non-destructive method used to detect defects in ferrous materials
• Mannose phosphate isomerase
• Maximum potential intensity, a meteorology term associated with tropical cyclones
• Merchant plug-in, software used to help prevent credit card fraud on e-commerce sites
• Message Parsing Interpreter, a Lisp-like language on TinyMUCK
• Message Passing Interface, a communications protocol for parallel computation
• Multi point injection, fuel injection system for automobile engines
• Multi-Point Interface, an automation programming protocol from Siemens
• Multipath interference, a physical effect which causes signal degradation in communication systems
• Multiple precision integer, a programming language type supporting arbitrary precision

Medicine

• Mass psychogenic illness, the rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group
• Master Patient Index, an index referencing all patients
• Mental Performance Index, first ever (ca. 2010) mental scoring system in sport by Dr. John F. Murray
• Multidimensional Pain Inventory, a pain medicine assessment questionnaire
• Myocardial perfusion imaging, a nuclear medicine procedure that illustrates the function of the heart muscle (myocardium)

Research institutes

• The Materials Processing Institute, a not-for-profit company, providing industrial R & D services based in Teesside, UK
• Max Planck Institute, scientific research institutes in Germany
• Migration Policy Institute, a human migration research institute based in Washington, DC
• Mihajlo Pupin Institute, an ICT research institute based in Belgrade, Serbia
• The Moving Picture Institute, an American non-profit organization and film production company

Other

• MPI Media Group, an American home entertainment company, which also owns MPI Pictures and MPI Home Video
• Macroprudential Indicator, in finance
• Manitoba Public Insurance, a non-profit Crown corporation based in Manitoba
• Mariposa-Yosemite Airport: FAA location identifier
• Mean Point of Impact, in NATO terminology for artillery and small arms fire
• Meeting Professionals International, a professional community for the global meetings industry
• Middle Powers Initiative, a program of the Global Security Institute
• Milanka Price Index, one of the principal stock indices of the Colombo Stock Exchange in Sri Lanka
• Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand), a government agency in New Zealand
• Ministry of Planning and Investment (Vietnam)
• Missing Persons International, an organisation that assists individuals in their search for missing persons including adoptees, natural parents, adoptive parents, missing relatives, runaways, rape victims, kidnap victims, MIAs, POWs, and abandoned children
• Mission Pictures International, a foreign sales, finance, and distribution company
• Motive Power, Inc., locomotive manufacturer based in Boise, ID
• Movimiento Pro-Independencia, the Puerto Rican Pro-independence Movement
• Multidimensional Poverty Index, used by the UNDP