I consider myself to be a normal intelligent human being, but I do have my failings. Regardless how long one lives you can never stop learning and today, I’m not ashamed to admit but probably ashamed to say, I only just learnt what the letters IDP stood for!
The revealation came during research into a story on the genocide in Darfur in which the Sudanese government are apparently allowing Arab soldiers to massacre droves of Black indigenous people and a UNICEF worker kept making reference to “an IDP” in her story. [Read the article here].
After consulting various reference manuals and websites I finally came across this definition of the letters IDP: Internally Displaced Person. And that’s when the realisation hit me: I had never heard this term before!
There really isn’t any logical excuse I can give why this should be such a massive surprise to me. But, I did reason in a kind of self righteous way, that if I did not know what it meant let alone familiar with it, then maybe others might also be in the same situation but probably not as honest in saying so!
In essence a displaced person is one who is thrown out, removed or separated from wherever it is they would normally live, stay or sheltered. The “internally” bit suggest, in this case, this is inside their local country. Put it all together and you get the full meaning.
After satisfying myself with that conclusion I looked up what other meanings “IDP” has. Here are a few others being used around the world:-
- Internally Displaced Person
Peace In Sri Lanka - Indicators of Development Progress
www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/files/glossary_i.htm - Individual Development Plan
corpslakes.usace.army.mil/employees/glossmain.html - Individualized Development Plan.
outreach.missouri.edu/staff/marketing/acromyns.html - Individual Development Plan
www.bgfl.org/services/gifted/glossary.htm - /I-D-P/ v.,n. [Usenet] Abbreviation for Internet Death Penalty
info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/i.html - 20/20 Insight GOLD’s unique individual development planning software.
www.2020insight.net/Faqs/faqglossary.htm - Internet Datagram Protocol.
www.hifn.com/support/Glossary_I.html - initial-delay position
155.217.58.58/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/90-13/GLOSSARY.HTML - Interac® Direct Payment (IDP) is the EFT/POS service, developed by the Interac Association, which allows cardholders to use their banking cards to pay for purchases at participating retailers.
www.cashcityatm.com/atm/atmglossary.htm - Initial Domain Part
www.cisco.com/…guide_chapter09186a00800d81cb.html - Integrated detector/preamplifier.
www.aefos.com/html/glossary/i.htm
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