Impact
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In computing:
- IMPACT (computer graphics), a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations
- Impact Finite Element Program, an open source finite element program
- Impact, a 1988 computer game published by Audiogenic
In science:
- Impact force, a high force or over a short time period
- Impact event, the collision of a meteoroid, asteroid or comet with Earth
- Impact crater, a meteor crater caused by an impact event
- Impact factor, a measure of the citations to a science or social science journal
In film, television, and radio:
- Impact (1949 film), a 1949 film noir starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines
- Impact, a ~1987 talk radio program hosted by Frank Sontag, Jr.
- Impact (news music), a 1994 television news music package
- TNA Impact!, a 2004 professional wrestling television program
In literature:
- Impact (action entertainment magazine), a monthly action entertainment magazine
- Impact (student magazine), a student magazine for the University of Nottingham, England
- Student Impact, the student newspaper for the University of Bath, England
- Impact Press, an Orlando, Florida-based magazine
- IMPACT magazine, a scientologist magazine
- Impact (comic), a 1955 EC Comics comic book
- Impact (Image comic), an Image Comics comic book character
In music:
- Impact, "3Men" Progressive Rock Band, from Napoli - ITALY (www.myspace.com/trioimpact)
- Impact Records, an American record label
Organizations
- IMPACT, a charitable organization focusing on public and preventative interventions to stop preventable disability.
Other:
- Impact, prototype for the General Motors EV1 electric car
- Montreal Impact, a soccer team in the North American USL First Division
- Impact (typeface), a sans-serif typeface
- Impact, or Model Mugging, a form of women's self-defense
- Impact, Texas, a town in Taylor County, Texas, USA
