also: アイピーエー
noun
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan; IPA
Former Japanese government agency responsible for promoting information technology. Now integrated into the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) under a different legal framework.
情報処理振興事業協会は、日本のIT政策を推進した。
The Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan promoted IT policy in Japan.
この資格は情報処理振興事業協会が認定していた。
This qualification was certified by the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan.
The current successor organization, often also abbreviated as IPA. 情報処理振興事業協会 was the earlier name.
Compound of 情報処理 (information processing), 振興 (promotion), 事業 (project/enterprise), and 協会 (association). The name reflects its role as a government-affiliated promotion agency.