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Isa

//ˈaɪsə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Industry Standard Architecture, an early type of personal computer expansion slot bus. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.

    "Even "Liz" brought little to his memory; though he said: "The name does recall the fact of a sister. But why call her Isa?" "Just as easy as Liz, or any of the lot, Eliza, Elizabeth, Betsy and Bess. Isa, that's, I think, a sort of a city name," Lee said, with a shadow of a smile."

  3. 3
    Jesus, a rasul of Islam.
  4. 4
    Initialism of International Seabed Authority, an intergovernmental body set up to regulate deep seabed mining and ensure the marine environment is protected from any harmful effects. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "If this compromised the expedition, it wasn’t exactly a shock – corporate sponsorship always seemed to lurk in the small print, and ISA had been authorising seafloor surveys for years."

  5. 5
    A male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims.
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of instruction set architecture. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Everyone has their own way of explaining it. The ISA is the bridge, or the interface, between the hardware and the software. Or it’s the blueprint. Or it’s the computer’s DNA. These are helpful enough, as is the common comparison of an ISA to a language. “You and I are using English,” as [Calista Redmond] said to me at the conference. “That’s our ISA.” But it gets confusing. Software speaks in languages too—programming languages. That’s why [David Patterson] prefers dictionary or vocabulary. The ISA is less a specific language, more a set of generally available words."

  2. 2
    Initialism of individual savings account, a financial account for investment with special tax rules. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    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. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    Initialism of intelligent speed assistance / adaptation. Europe, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 5
    Initialism of isosaccharinic acid. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Initialism of ideological state apparatus. Marxism, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "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^([sic]) dissent."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.

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