ISA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "isa"

English

Noun

ISA (countable and uncountable, plural ISAs)

1. (computing) Initialism of instruction set architecture.
2. (UK, finance) Initialism of individual savings account, a financial account for investment with special tax rules.
3. (accounting) Initialism of International Standard on Auditing, one of a set of professional standards for the performance of audits of financial information issued by the IAASB.
4. (Europe, transport) Initialism of intelligent speed assistance / adaptation.
5. (organic chemistry) Initialism of isosaccharinic acid.
6. (Marxism) Initialism of ideological state apparatus.
   • 2018 September 29, Roger Burrows, “On Neoreaction”, in The Sociological Review Magazine‎^[1]:

     They have come to think of the universities, the civil service, and the media – the old Althusserian ISAs – with its orthodoxy of egalitarianism, democracy and social constructionism, as the Cathedral; a quasi-religious structure that functions hegemonically to supress dissent.

Proper noun

ISA

1. (computing) Initialism of Industry Standard Architecture, an early type of personal computer expansion slot bus.

Coordinate terms

(expansion slot type):

• AGP
• EISA
• MCA
• PCI
• PCIe
• VLB

Anagrams

• A. S. I., A.S.I., AIS, AIs, ASI, Asi, IAS, IAs, Sia, a-Si, ais, sai