V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

IPA
       [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Produktionstechnik und Automation
(org., Stuttgart, Germany)


V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

IPA
       Information Processing promotion Agency (org., MITI, Japan)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

International Phonetic Alphabet
IPA

    (IPA) A system of symbols for
   representing pronunciation.  There is no commonly agreed way
   to represent IPA in ASCII characters though it can be
   represented in Unicode.

   [Reference?]

   (1998-12-30)