title: IED
text: # IED
  
  IED may refer to:
  
  ## Devices
  
  * Improvised explosive device, an explosive device often used in unconventional warfare
  * Instantaneous electrical detonator, used to trigger an explosive device
  * Intelligent electronic device, in the electric power industry
  * Implantable electronic device, pacemaker
  
  ## Dictionaries
  
  * Indo-European Etymological Dictionary
  * Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary), by Julius Pokorny
  * Interlingua–English Dictionary, the first major presentation of Interlingua to the public
  
  ## Healthcare
  
  * Inter-ictal epileptiform discharge, a characteristic of epileptic seizures
  * Intermittent explosive disorder, a mental health disorder
  * Intestinal epithelial dysplasia, another name for congenital tufting enteropathy
  
  ## Organizations
  
  * Information Engineering Directorate, Information Technology Directorate of the UK Department of Trade and Industry
  * Institute for Educational Development, at Aga Khan University
  * Institute of Economic Development
  * Institution of Engineering Designers, in the UK
  * Istituto Europeo di Design, European Institute of Design
  * NASU Institute of Electrodynamics, a research institute in Kyiv
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Industrial Emissions Directive, a European Union directive
  * Infliction of Emotional Distress, a tort cause of action, falling under intentional torts
  