isa

noun

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

   “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.”

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Industry Standard Architecture, an early type of personal computer expansion slot bus.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)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.

   “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.”

3. 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.”

   “It's an awkward name: Isamay, pronounced Is-a-may. Isa is my paternal grandmother's name (shortened from Isabel) and May my maternal grandmother's (it comes, somehow, from Margaret). The amalgamation is, as you see, strictly alphabetical. Life, I feel, would have been much easier if they had chosen Maybel.”

4. Jesus, a prophet of Islam. Understood to be Jesus of Nazareth.
5. A male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims.