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

IRDA
       InfraRed Data Association (org., manufacturer, IRDA), "IrDA"


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

Infrared Data Association
IrDA

    (IrDA) A non-profit trade association
   providing standards to ensure the quality and interoperability
   of infrared (IR) hardware.

   The association currently has a membership of over 160
   companies from around the world, representing computer and
   telecommunications hardware, software, components and
   adapters.

   IrDA typically uses direct infrared i.e. point-to-point,
   line-of-sight, one-to-one communications.  The standards
   include: IrDA Data (SIR, FIR, VFIR), IrDA Control,
   and AIR.

   Ports built to the above standards can be found in products
   such as PDAs, Palm devices, printers, desktop adapters,
   notebooks, and digital cameras.

   (http://irda.org).

   IrDA Serial Infrared Interface
   (http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/irda.html).

   Linux-IrDA support (http://cs.uit.no/linux-irda/).

   (1999-10-14)