An idea is an image existing or formed in the mind. Idea or IDEA or similar may also refer to: Computing and software International Data Encryption Algorithm, a block cipher IntelliJ IDEA, a development application for the Java programming language IdeaPad, a line of consumer-oriented laptop computers from Lenovo IDEA, a mass data analyzation software by CaseWare International Government organizations International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, an international intergovernmental organization Local Government Improvement and Development, a United Kingdom local government organization previously known as the Improvement and Development Agency (IDEA) Politics Idea (political party), a political party in Slovakia Identity and Action (IDEA), a political party in Italy Ieros Desmos Ellinon Axiomatikon (ΙΔΕΑ, Sacred Bond of Greek Officers), a right-wing group of officers in the Greek army in the 1940s–1960s whose members led the Greek military junta of 1967–74 Megali Idea, an irredentist concept of Greek nationalism Szeged Idea, refers to the proto-fascist ideology that developed among anti-communist counter-revolutionaries in Szeged, Hungary in 1919 Law IDEA (journal), a law review published by an independent student organization at the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property at the University of New Hampshire School of Law Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a U.S. federal law on the education of primary school students with disabilities Wisconsin Idea, the policy developed in the U.S. state of Wisconsin that fosters public universities' contributions to the state Music Idea in music may refer to a concept implemented musically, shortest forms of musical ideas are Motif (music) and Figure (music) Idea (album), by the Bee Gees Idea (TV special), about the Bee Gees Idea Records, a record label The Idea (musical), an 1893 Broadway musical Automotive and industrial design Fiat Idea, a compact car International Design Excellence Awards, an award program I.DE.A Institute, an automobile design and engineering company IDEA, a high-mileage plug-in hybrid electric van produced by Bright Automotive Other organizations IDEA League, a loose alliance of five European universities Idea (news agency), an evangelical news agency in Germany Innovation, Development and Employment Alliance, a business coalition aiming to secure intellectual property rights Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement, an organization promoting computer-based learning Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness Center, a Christian nonprofit organization formed as a student club to promote the pseudoscientific principle of intelligent design at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) International Diving Educators Association, a scuba diver training agency Idea Cellular, a