IAO

IAO may mean several things:

The Information Awareness Office, a branch of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
The International Astronomy Olympiad, an internationally recongnized annual astronomy competition for high-school students.
The Indian Astronomical Observatory, home of the highest telescope in the world.

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