Definition of "ISA"

ISA

/ˈaɪsə/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural ISAs
1. (computing) Initialism of instruction set architecture.
2. (UK, finance) Initialism of individual savings account, a financial account for investment with special tax rules.
3. (accounting) 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, transport) Initialism of intelligent speed assistance / adaptation.
5. (organic chemistry) Initialism of isosaccharinic acid.
6. (Marxism) Initialism of ideological state apparatus.
  Quotations
  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 dissent.
  2018 September 29, Roger Burrows, “On Neoreaction”, in The Sociological Review Magazine‎
proper noun
1. (computing) Initialism of Industry Standard Architecture, an early type of personal computer expansion slot bus.