Io

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Io or io may stand for:

• In Greek mythology, Io (IPA [ˈaɪoʊ] or [ˈiːoʊ]) was the daughter of Inachus, a river god.
  • Io, a moon of Jupiter.
  • The asteroid 85 Io.
  • Io programming language, a prototype-oriented programming language made by Steve Dekorte.
• An indie rock band from San Francisco, CA
• The creator god Io in Polynesian mythology (including Maori), see Kiho.
• Io island (a.k.a. Iwo Jima), a volcanic island in Japan.
• The Father God of Dragonkind in dungeons and dragons; he has within himself all alignments.
• Blind Io is King of all Gods in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
• A pummeling hardcore band from Pittsburgh, PA
• A [[Loredana Bert�]] album
• Abbreviations
  • the ISO 2-letter country code and DAFIF 0413 / DIA 65-18 / FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code for the British Indian Ocean Territory.
  • the ISO 639 alpha-2 code for the Ido language.
  • the Improv Olympic comedy theater, also known as the IO Theater (Chicago and Los Angeles).
  • the field of Industrial Organization within economics and management.

The related I/O is a common abbreviation of Input/output, and is also facetiously taken to mean "Ignorant Operator".

See also: .io (the ccTLD for the British Indian Ocean Territory).

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Io" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io, used under the GNU Free Documentation License