An imp is a mythological being similar to a demon or fairy.

Imp or IMP may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

IMP (band) a Japanese boy band

Fictional characters Imp (She-Ra), a character in She-Ra: Princess of Power Imp, a character in Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony Imp, a character in the Clan Destine series of Marvel Comics Imp, nickname of Tyrion Lannister, a character from A Song of Ice and Fire series Imp, or Impie, a character from the Little Nemo comic strip

Games International Match Points, in contract bridge Imp, a small Zombie that can appear randomly in Plants vs. Zombies Imp (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of fictional lower level devil in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game Imp (Shattered Galaxy), an infantry Unit in the MMORPG Shattered Galaxy Imp, fire and ice enemies in the video game Hexen II Imp, enemy in the video game Doom series Imp, popular pet used by Warlocks in World of Warcraft Imp, monster enemy in Geist Imp, worker units in RTS Dungeon Keeper and its sequel Imp, short for members of the Empire ("Imperials") from Star Wars Galaxies and various Star Wars games Midna, a main character from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, who resembles an imp for most of the game Implementer (video games), a term for developers in the Zork series and in DikuMUDs International Match Point, one form of scoring in duplicate bridge Imps, the cursor in the UGC game Dreams_(video_game)

Science and technology Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, a molecular biology research institute in Vienna Imager for Mars Pathfinder, a camera on board the Mars Pathfinder lander imipenem/cilastatin, an antibiotic combination Interplanetary Monitoring Platform, a series of NASA space science missions within the Explorer program, launched between 1966 and 1973 Investigational medicinal product, medication used in a clinical trial Inosine monophosphate, a nucleotide Integral membrane protein, a class of proteins attached to cell membranes blaIMP (IMP), a type of metallo-beta-lactamase conferring resistance against carbapenem antibiotics N-Isopropyl-(123I)-p-iodoamphetamine, or iofetamine (123I), a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical Irregular mare patch, a smooth area in the lunar maria. Imp, a baby Tasmanian devil

Computing Interface Message Processor, a packet-switching node for connecting computers to ARPANET (modern term: router) IMP programming language, a systems programming language for the CDC 6600 Edinburgh IMP, a systems programming language used in the EMAS operating system Internet Messaging Program, a webmail client

Intercept Modernisation Programme, a proposal by the UK government to centralise the storage electronic communications traffic data Integrated Middleware Platform, for external system aiming to service logic communication Information Module Profile, a subset of the Mobile Information Device Profile Interactive Media Player (iMP), the former name of the BBC iPlayer

Organizations Imparja Television (callsign IMP), an Australian television broadcaster IMP Group International, a Canadian investment corporation, operator of Cascade Aerospace Independent Moving Pictures, an early movie studio absorbed by Universal in 1912 Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group, a European research initiative in the field of Industrial marketing International Music Publications, a British sheet music publisher IMP Society, a secret society at the University of Virginia Incentive Mentoring Program, a non-profit organization aiming to transform the lives of Baltimore teenagers failing high school Mihajlo Pupin Institute (), an electronics institute based in Belgrade, Serbia Institute of Modern Politics, a Bulgarian think-tank Israeli Military Police or Investigating Military Police (Criminal Investigations Division/CID) Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, a basic biomedical research center at the Campus Vienna Biocenter

Transportation Hillman Imp, a British car of the 1960s-1970s Subaru Impreza, a Japanese car, nicknamed Imp Thiokol 1404 IMP, a 1970s snowcat made by Thiokol

Other uses Interactive Mathematics Program, a Key Curriculum Press Interactive Math curriculum Isle of Man pound, or Manx pound Imp (horse), American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse "IMP", Latin abbreviation used on British coins up to 1947, such as the British two shilling coin Individual Meal Pack, a ration used by the Canadian Armed Forces Integrated master plan, a part of project planning Brown University International Mentoring Program, a student-based program at Brown University Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, a Pakistani alliance of Islamist militant groups Imping, the practice of fixing a broken feather of a bird “I.M.P” (Immediate Murder Professionals), a fictional organisation of demonic assassins from the Helluva Boss series

See also

IMPS (disambiguation) The Imp (disambiguation)