If
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If is a conjunction that can introduce a conditional clause.
If may also refer to:
If may also refer to:
Music
- If (They Made Me a King)If (They Made Me a King)"If " is a popular song.The music was written by Tolchard Evans, the lyrics by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell. The song was written in 1934, but the most popular versions were recorded in 1950-1951...
, a 1951 hit song by Perry Como. - If (band)If (band)If was a progressive rock band formed in Britain in 1969.Referred to by Billboard as "unquestionably the best of the so-called jazz-rock bands", in the period spanning 1970-1975, they produced 8 studio-recorded albums and did some 17 tours of Europe, the US and Canada.-History:They toured...
, 1970s British progressive jazz-rock band - If (If album)
- If?If?If? were an indie-dance band of the late 1980s and early 1990s signed to MCA Records. Comprising former JoBoxers members Sean McLusky and Robert Marche along with Paul Wells, they recorded such singles as "Everything And More" and "Saturday's Angels"....
, a dance band of the late 1980s and early '90s - "If", a song by BananaramaBananaramaBananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...
, released in 2001 - "If..." (The Bluetones song), released in 1998
- "If" (Bread song)If (Bread song)"If" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971. Originally popularized by his group Bread, the song charted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971. The song also spent three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart...
, originally released in 1971 and a number one UK single by Telly Savalas in 1975 - "If", a song by The Cult from the album Ceremony
- "If...", released in 1997 by The Divine Comedy from the album A Short Album About LoveA Short Album About LoveA Short Album About Love is the fifth album by The Divine Comedy, released in 1997.-Track listing:* All songs written by Neil Hannon except where stated.# "In Pursuit Of Happiness" – 3:31# "Everybody Knows " – 3:48...
- "If" (Freemasons song), released in 2009
- "If" (Janet Jackson song)If (Janet Jackson song)"If" is a song by American recording artist Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, janet. . Written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, it was released as the album's second single in July 1993, and became Jackson's second top five hit from the janet. album.-Song...
, released in 1993 - if (Mindless Self Indulgence album)If (Mindless Self Indulgence album)if is the fourth studio album by Mindless Self Indulgence. It was released through The End Records on April 28, 2008 in the UK and on April 29, 2008 in the US.-Listing for standard and deluxe editions:# "Never Wanted to Dance" – 3:09...
, a 2008 album recorded by Mindless Self Indulgence - "If" (Pink Floyd song)If (Pink Floyd song)"If" is a song by Pink Floyd on their album Atom Heart Mother. Written and sung by Roger Waters, it is about self-analysis. Like "Grantchester Meadows" before it, "If" carries on a pastoral and folky approach, but instead deals with introspection and self-deprecation.The song was performed live, at...
, released in 1970 - "If" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song), released in 2006
Other arts
- If... (comic)If... (comic)If... is an ongoing political comic strip which appears in the UK newspaper The Guardian, written and drawn by Steve Bell since its creation in 1982.-Style:...
, a political comic strip which appears in the UK newspaper The Guardian - if...., a 1968 Lindsay Anderson film starring Malcolm McDowell
- If (magazine)If (magazine)If was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. Quinn hired Paul W. Fairman to be the first editor, but early circulation figures were disappointing, and Quinn fired Fairman after only three issues. Quinn then took over the...
, subtitled "Worlds of Science Fiction" - "If—If—"If—" is a poem written in 1895 by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in the "Brother Square Toes" chapter of Rewards and Fairies, Kipling's 1910 collection of short stories and poems...
", the Rudyard Kipling poem - If... (TV series)If... (TV series)If... is a series of BBC drama-documentaries broadcast on BBC Two from March to April 2004 and December 2004 to January 2005, each of which considers the potentially catastrophic political or social consequences that might arise from current trends in the United Kingdom...
, a series of BBC drama-documentaries - "If..." (Desperate Housewives)If... (Desperate Housewives)"If..." is the 122nd episode of the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. It is the eleventh episode of the show's sixth season and was broadcast on January 3, 2010...
, a 2010 episode from the 6th season of Desperate Housewives - Shin Megami Tensei if...Shin Megami Tensei if...is a Japanese console role-playing game that was released for the Super Famicom in 1994. It is a side story to the Shin Megami Tensei series, rather than a direct sequel, and is part of the larger Megami Tensei series...
, a 1994 video game in the Shin Megami Tensei series for the Super Famicom
Places
- If, a small island in the Bay of MarseilleMarseilleMarseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, France, location of the Chateau d'IfChâteau d'IfThe Château d'If is a fortress located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul Archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France...
known for having inspirated french writer Alexandre Dumas in his novel The Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is often considered to be, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas's most popular work. He completed the work in 1844...
Abbreviations
- The If currentFunny currentFunny current refers to a specific current in the heart....
, a component current in the cardiac pacemaker potential - IF (x86 flag)IF (x86 flag)IF is a system flag bit in the x86 architecture's FLAGS register, which determines whether or not the CPU will handle maskable hardware interrupts....
, the Interrupt Flag in the x86 architecture - ImmunofluorescenceImmunofluorescenceImmunofluorescence is a technique used for light microscopy with a fluorescence microscope and is used primarily on biological samples. This technique uses the specificity of antibodies to their antigen to target fluorescent dyes to specific biomolecule targets within a cell, and therefore allows...
, a form of labeling substances with fluorescent antibodies - Impact factorImpact factorThe impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...
, a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in scholarly journals - In FlamesIn FlamesIn Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...
, a melodic death metal band from Sweden as well as a song from their album Lunar Strain - Initiation factorInitiation factorInitiation factors are proteins that bind to the small subunit of the ribosome during the initiation of translation, a part of protein biosynthesis.They are divided into three major groups:*Prokaryotic initiation factors*Archaeal initiation factors...
, an important component in protein synthesis - Intelligent fallingIntelligent fallingIntelligent falling is a parody of the intelligent design movement. IF is a pseudoscientific supernatural explanation of the effects of gravity that has become an Internet phenomenon. It says free fall is being caused by "the hand of God", as depicted in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel fresco...
, an alternative theory of gravitation - Interactive fictionInteractive fictionInteractive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...
, text-based computer games featuring interactive stories and environments - Intermediate filamentIntermediate filamentIntermediate filaments are a family of related proteins that share common structural and sequence features. Intermediate filaments have an average diameter of 10 nanometers, which is between that of 7 nm actin , and that of 25 nm microtubules, although they were initially designated...
, a component of the cytoskeleton - Intermediate form, a data structure constructed from the input to a computer program from which the output is constructed
- Intermediate frequencyIntermediate frequencyIn communications and electronic engineering, an intermediate frequency is a frequency to which a carrier frequency is shifted as an intermediate step in transmission or reception. The intermediate frequency is created by mixing the carrier signal with a local oscillator signal in a process called...
, an intermediate step in radio transmission or reception - Intermittent fastingIntermittent fastingIntermittent fasting is a pattern of eating that alternates between periods of fasting and non-fasting. A specific form of IF is alternate day fasting , which is a 48-hour routine typically composed of a 24-hour fast followed by a 24-hour non-fasting period...
, a diet having recurring periods of fasting - Internal focusing, a lens technology in which focusing occurs only with internal elements
- Internally Flawless, a grade of diamond clarityDiamond clarityDiamond clarity is a quality of diamonds relating to the existence and visual appearance of internal characteristics of a diamond called inclusions, and surface defects called blemishes. Clarity is one of the four Cs of diamond grading, the others being carat, color, and cut...
- Interstitial fluidInterstitial fluidInterstitial fluid is a solution that bathes and surrounds the cells of multicellular animals. It is the main component of the extracellular fluid, which also includes plasma and transcellular fluid...
, the liquid outside of a cell - Iodine monofluorideIodine monofluorideIodine monofluoride is an interhalogen compound of iodine and fluorine with formula IF. It is a chocolate-brown solid that decomposes at 0 C, disproportionating to elemental iodine and iodine pentafluoride:...
, unstable interhalogen inorganic compound - InvisionFree, a free online forum hosting service
Business
- If (insurance company), in the Nordic countries
- IF? RecordsIF? RecordsIF? Records, established in Melbourne, Australia in 1995 and based in Tokyo, Japan after relocating there in 2001, was a live gig and rave party organiser in Melbourne in the 1990s and one of Melbourne's first independent local electronic music labels....
, a Tokyo-based electronic music label - Intelligent FinanceIntelligent FinanceIntelligent Finance is a Scottish offset bank, a division of Bank of Scotland plc which is part of Lloyds Banking Group. It was established as a division of Halifax plc in 2000 by Jim Spowart, who helped establish other direct financial services firms including Direct Line.Following a...
, a bank - International Forum DesignInternational Forum DesigniF International Forum Design GmbH is a Hanover-based organization providing design-related services. International Forum Design was launched in 2001 as the operative business arm of design promotion company iF Industrie Forum Design Hannover e.V....
(iF), a society best known for its iF design awards - IATA airline designator for Islas AirwaysIslas AirwaysIslas Líneas Aéreas, operating as Islas Airways, is an airline based in Tenerife, Spain, offering scheduled inter-island services in the Canary Islands out of Tenerife North Airport...
- Independent FabricationIndependent FabricationIndependent Fabrication is a bicycle company located in Newmarket, New Hampshire, USA. It is often mistakenly referred to as Independent Fabrications. IF fabricates bicycle frames from steel, titanium and carbon fiber. Independent Fabrication has twice won the Bicycling Magazine "Dream Bike of the...
, a bicycle manufacturer
See also
- If-then-else, conditional statement in computer programming
- If and only ifIf and only ifIn logic and related fields such as mathematics and philosophy, if and only if is a biconditional logical connective between statements....
, iff, indicating necessary and sufficient conditions - IFF (disambiguation)
- IFS (disambiguation)