Organizations

• Acoustical Society of America
  Acoustical Society of America
  The Acoustical Society of America is an international scientific society dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications.-History:...
  
  
• Advertising Standards Authority (disambiguation)
• African Studies Association
  African Studies Association
  The African Studies Association is an association of scholars and professionals in the United States and Canada with an interest in the continent of Africa. Started in 1957, the ASA is the leading organization of African Studies in North America. The associations headquarters are Rutgers...
  
  
• Aid to Southeast Asia
  Aid to Southeast Asia
  Aid to Southeast Asia - humanitarian organization, providing help for the countries of Southeast Asia on the people-to-people basis, aiming to strengthen world peace and respect for human rights. Established in 1989 by US veterans of the war with Vietnam to provide humanitarian aid and medical...
  
  , a non-governmental organization
• Airline Superintendents Association
  Airline Superintendents Association
  The Airline Superintendents Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago with most of its members in the former airline of BWIA....
  
   of Trinidad & Tobago
• Air Services Australia, air traffic management and related services provider for Australia
• Albany Students' Association
  Albany Students' Association
  The Albany Students' Association , incorporated in 1998, represents students at Massey University's Auckland Campus in Auckland, New Zealand. The ASA organises student events, publicises student issues, administers student facilities, and assists affiliated student clubs and societies...
  
  , at Massey University's Albany Campus in Auckland, New Zealand
• Alpha Sigma Alpha
  Alpha Sigma Alpha
  Alpha Sigma Alpha is a US national sorority founded on November 15, 1901 at the Virginia State Female Normal School in Farmville, Virginia...
  
   (ΑΣΑ), U.S. national sorority
• American Sailing Association
  American Sailing Association
  The American Sailing Association promotes recreational sailing in the United States of America by administering a system of sailing qualifications. The ASA is an association of sailors, professional sailing instructors, sailing schools and charter companies...
  
  
• American Scientific Affiliation
  American Scientific Affiliation
  The American Scientific Affiliation is a Christian religious organization of scientists and people in science-related disciplines. The stated purpose is "to investigate any area relating Christian faith and science." The organization publishes a journal, Perspectives of Science and Christian Faith...
  
  , an organization of Christians in science
• American Seniors Association
• American Society for Aesthetics
  American Society for Aesthetics
  American Society for Aesthetics is a philosophical organization founded in 1942 to promote the study of aesthetics. The ASA sponsors national and regional conferences, and publishes the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, the American Society for Aesthetics Graduate Ejournal, and the ASA...
  
  
• American Society of Agronomy
  American Society of Agronomy
  The American Society of Agronomy is a scientific and professional society of agronomists and scientists of related disciplines, principally in the United States but with a large number of non-U.S. members as well...
  
  
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
  American Society of Anesthesiologists
  The American Society of Anesthesiologists is an association of physicians, primarily anesthesiologists, that share a common goal of raising the standard of the medical specialty of anesthesiology and the improvement of patient care by fostering and encouraging education through research and...
  
  
• American Society of Appraisers
  American Society of Appraisers
  The American Society of Appraisers is a multi-discipline non-profit international organization of professional appraisers . Founded in 1936, the mission of the Society is to foster the public trust of our members and the appraisal profession through compliance with the highest levels of ethical...
  
  
• American Sociological Association
  American Sociological Association
  The American Sociological Association , founded in 1905 as the American Sociological Society , is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology by serving sociologists in their work and promoting their contributions to serve society.The ASA holds its...
  
  
• American Staffing Association
  American Staffing Association
  The American Staffing Association is the trade association representing the U.S. staffing industry.ASA is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. Founded to promote flexible employment opportunities and ensure the quality of staffing services, ASA has been the voice of the U.S. staffing industry...
  
  
• American Standards Association, former name of the American National Standards Institute
  American National Standards Institute
  The American National Standards Institute is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organization also coordinates U.S. standards with international...
  
  
• American Statistical Association
  American Statistical Association
  The American Statistical Association , is the main professional US organization for statisticians and related professions. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 1839, and is the second oldest, continuously operating professional society in the United States...
  
  
• American Student Assistance
  American Student Assistance
  American Student Assistance is a non-profit services and advocacy organization dedicated to helping students and families manage higher education debt. It is headquartered in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.- Name change :...
  
  
• American Studies Association
  American studies
  American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban...
  
  
• American Stroke Association, or American Heart Association
  American Heart Association
  The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas...
  
  
• American Synesthesia Association
  American Synesthesia Association
  The American Synesthesia Association is a not-for-profit academic and public society whose mission is to foster and promote the education and the advancement of knowledge of the phenomena of synesthesia, a neurological condition in which stimulation in one sensory modality leads to experiences in...
  
  
• Americans for Safe Access
  Americans for Safe Access
  Americans for Safe Access is based in Oakland, California and is the largest member-based organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens working to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic uses and research...
  
  , marijuana law reform group
• Associate of the Society of Actuaries
  Society of Actuaries
  The Society of Actuaries is a professional organization for actuaries based in North America. It was founded in 1949 as the merger of two major actuarial organizations in the United States: the Actuarial Society of America and the American Institute of Actuaries...
  
  
• Association of Southeast Asia
• Astronomical Society of Australia
  Astronomical Society of Australia
  The Astronomical Society of Australia is the professional body representing astronomers in Australia. Established in 1966, it is incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory. Membership of the ASA is open to people "capable of contributing to the advancement of astronomy or a closely related...
  
  , the professional society of astronomers in Australia
• Australian Society of Authors
  Australian Society of Authors
  The Australian Society of Authors is the peak body representing Australia's literary creators and is the major advocate for the rights and remuneration of authors in Australia...
  
  , the peak professional association for Australian literary creators
• Australian String Academy
  Australian String Academy
  The Australian String Academy is an arts education organisation which runs programs for string players from Australia and around the world. It was founded in 2004 by the violin professor Peter Zhang...
  
  , for string players
• Austrian Service Abroad
  Austrian Service Abroad
  Austrian Service Abroad is a non-profit initiative and was founded in 1998 by Andreas Maislinger and Andreas Hörtnagl. Since 2001 Michael Prochazka is part of the managing committee.-General Information:...
  
  , provider of alternative Austrian national service
• Austrian Space Agency
  Austrian Space Agency
  The Austrian Space Agency is an organization whose purpose is to coordinate Austrian space exploration-related activities, both national programs and European Space Agency related programs. It was established in 1972 in Vienna...
  
  , member of the ESA
  European Space Agency
  The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...
  
  
• Autism Society of America
  Autism Society of America
  The Autism Society of America was founded in 1965 by Bernard Rimland, PhD, together with Ruth C. Sullivan and a small group of other parents of autistic children. Its original name was the National Society for Autistic Children; the name was changed to emphasize that children with autism grow up...
  
  
• All Sciences Association
• United States Army Security Agency
  United States Army Security Agency
  The United States Army Security Agency was the United States Army's signal intelligence branch. Its motto was "Vigilant Always." The Agency existed between 1945 and 1976 and was the successor to Army signal intelligence operations dating back to World War I...
  
  , the U.S. Army's electronic intelligence arm

Business

• Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
  Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares
  Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares is a federal government-owned corporation with its own equity capital and legal identity. It has its headquarters in Mexico City International Airport in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It was created by the Mexican Federal Government in June 1965 to oversee...
  
  , Mexican airport operator
• Air Services Agreement
• The International Civil Aviation Organization's code for Alaska Airlines
  Alaska Airlines
  Alaska Airlines is an airline based in the Seattle suburb of SeaTac, Washington in the United States. The airline originated in 1932 as McGee Airways. After many mergers with and acquisitions of other airlines, including Star Air Service, it became known as Alaska Airlines in 1944...
  
  
• Allmennaksjeselskap
  Allmennaksjeselskap
  Allmennaksjeselskap , or ASA, is the Norwegian term for a public limited company. "ASA" or "asa" is added to the company name of all Norwegian companies registered as Allmennaksjeselskap....
  
   or ASA, the designation for a Norwegian public limited company
• ASA (automobile)
  ASA (automobile)
  The ASA was an Italian automobile created by Giotto Bizzarrini and manufactured by the Bizzarrini company in Milan from 1964 to 1969...
  
  , Italian marque of automobiles
• ASA Aluminium Body
  ASA Aluminium Body
  ASA Aluminium Body is an Argentinian company that produces exact replicas of racing cars from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.- History:In 1969 a company named Lotus Argentina started producing licenced Lotus Seven roadsters...
  
  , Argentinian manufacturer of replicas of sports cars
• Associate of the Society of Actuaries
  Society of Actuaries
  The Society of Actuaries is a professional organization for actuaries based in North America. It was founded in 1949 as the merger of two major actuarial organizations in the United States: the Actuarial Society of America and the American Institute of Actuaries...
  
  
• Association for Social Advancement
  Association for Social Advancement
  The Association for Social Advancement ' is a non-governmental organization based in Bangladesh which provides microcredit financing. It was established in 1978 by Shafiqual Haque Choudhury and a team of people who were then working for other established NGOs but who themselves were arguing for...
  
  , microfinance institution, Bangladesh
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines
  Atlantic Southeast Airlines
  Atlantic Southeast Airlines is an American airline based in the A-Tech Center in College Park, Georgia, flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier and, as of February 2010, commenced service as a United Express carrier. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. ASA operates...
  
  , based in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
• Anglo-Saxon accounting, accounting methodology used in English-speaking countries - see Anglo-Saxon economy
  Anglo-Saxon economy
  An Anglo-Saxon economy or Anglo-Saxon capitalism is a capitalist macroeconomic model in which levels of regulation and taxes are low, and government provides relatively fewer services.-Origins of the...
  
  

Sport

• Adult Soccer Association, in the U.S.
• Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense
  Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense
  Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense, usually known by the acronym ASA , sometimes called "ASA de Arapiraca", is a Brazilian football club from Arapiraca, Alagoas state.- History :...
  
  , Brazilian soccer club
• Amateur Softball Association
  Amateur Softball Association
  The Amateur Softball Association is a volunteer, non-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was founded in 1933 with a tournament held in Chicago that was organized by Leo Fischer and Michael J. Pauley. The following year the 1934 National Recreation Congress recognized the ASA. ...
  
  , in the U.S.
• American Speed Association
  American Speed Association
  The American Speed Association is a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States formed in 1968. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana and currently is headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida. ASA was most famous for a national touring series which began in 1973 but was...
  
  , motorsports sanctioning body
• Amateur Swimming Association
  Amateur Swimming Association
  -History:It was the first Governing Body of swimming to be established in the world and today remains the English national governing body for swimming, diving, water polo, open water, and synchronised swimming....
  
  , oversees swimming in England
• Atlético Sport Aviação
  Atlético Sport Aviação
  Atlético Sport Aviação, usually known simply as Aviação , is a football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1953...
  
  , Angolan soccer club
• Australian Soccer Association, former name of Football Federation Australia
  Football Federation Australia
  Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...
  
  
• The IOC designated country code for American Samoa
  American Samoa
  American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...
  
  

Science and medicine

• Accessible surface area
  Accessible surface area
  The accessible surface area is the surface area of a biomolecule that is accessible to a solvent. The ASA is usually quoted in square ångstrom . ASA was first described by Lee & Richards in 1971 and is sometimes called the Lee-Richards molecular surface...
  
   of a biomolecule, accessible to a solvent
• Acetylsalicylic acid, the chemical name for the analgesic trademarked as Aspirin
• Adaptive simulated annealing
  Adaptive simulated annealing
  Adaptive simulated annealing is a variant of simulated annealing algorithm in which the algorithm parameters that control temperature schedule and random step selection are automatically adjusted according to algorithm progress. This makes the algorithm more efficient and less sensitive to user...
  
  , optimization algorithm
• Advanced surface ablation, refractive eye surgery
• Argininosuccinic aciduria
  Argininosuccinic aciduria
  Argininosuccinic aciduria, also called argininosuccinic acidemia, is an inherited disorder that causes the accumulation of argininosuccinic acid in the blood and urine. Some patients may also have an elevation of ammonia, a toxic chemical, which can affect the nervous system...
  
  , a disorder of the urea cycle
• ASA physical status classification system, rating of patients undergoing anesthesia
• Auditory scene analysis
  Auditory scene analysis
  In psychophysics, auditory scene analysis is the process by which the human auditory system organizes sound into perceptually meaningful elements. The term was coined by psychologist Albert Bregman...
  
  , process of organizing sound
• Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate, a type of plastic
  Plastic
  A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids used in the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular mass, and may contain other substances to improve performance and/or reduce production costs...
  
  

Other

• Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, a network firewall
• Adaptive Security Algorithm is a proprietary algorithm that run on Cisco Firewalls (ASA
  Cisco ASA
  In computer networking, Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, or simply Cisco ASA 5500 Series, is Cisco's line of network security devices introduced in 2005, that succeeded three existing lines of popular Cisco products:...
  
  /PIX
  Cisco PIX
  Cisco PIX is a popular IP firewall and network address translation appliance. It was one of the first products in this market segment....
  
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• Allied States of America, a fictional American nation in the television show Jericho
• Angle-Side-Angle, a shortcut for showing either congruency or similarity between two triangles
• Anti-Soviet agitation, a criminal offense in the Soviet Union
• ASA carriage control characters
  ASA carriage control characters
  ASA control characters are simple printing command characters used by mainframe printers to control the movement of paper through line printers. These commands are presented as special characters in the first column of each text line to be printed, and affect how the paper is advanced before the...
  
  , a system used for controlling mainframe line printers
• A film speed
  Film speed
  Film speed is the measure of a photographic film's sensitivity to light, determined by sensitometry and measured on various numerical scales, the most recent being the ISO system....
  
  rating system defined by the former American Standards Association