Imp (disambiguation)

Last updated December 01, 2025

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

Arts and entertainment

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

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)

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

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

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 (Serbian: Институт Михајло Пупин, romanized: Institut Mihajlo Pupin), 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

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
Imping, the practice of fixing a broken feather of a bird