International Phonetic Alphabet IPA <text, human language> (IPA) A system of symbols for representing pronunciation. There is no commonly agreed way to represent IPA in {ASCII} characters though it can be represented in {Unicode}. [Reference?] (1998-12-30)
IPA [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Produktionstechnik und Automation (org., Stuttgart, Germany)
IPA Information Processing promotion Agency (org., MITI, Japan)