SLA
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SLA may refer to:
in geography,
in science and engineering,
in organizations,
in other uses,
in geography,
- Martín Miguel de Güemes International AirportMartín Miguel de Güemes International AirportMartín Miguel de Güemes International Airport is located southwest of the center of Salta, a city in the Salta Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of 208 hectares and is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A....
(via IATA airport code), in Salta, Argentine - South Los AngelesSouth Los AngelesSouth Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A. and formerly South Central Los Angeles, is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central, and is still widely known...
- State Line AvenueState Line AvenueState Line Avenue is a north–south arterial road in Texarkana, United States. It follows approximately eleven miles of the Texas-Arkansas state line, and divides the city into two separate municipal units...
, in Texarkana, United States
in science and engineering,
- Sealed lead-acid, a type of lead-acid battery
- Second-language acquisition, the process by which people learn additional languages
- Short long arms suspensionShort long arms suspensionA short long arms suspension is also known as an unequal length double wishbone suspension. The upper arm is typically an A-arm, and is shorter than the lower link, which is an A-arm or an L-arm, or sometimes a pair of tension/compression arms...
, a wheel suspension type for vehicles with wishbones of unequal length - Specific leaf areaSpecific leaf area-Application:Specific leaf area can be used to estimate the reproductive strategy of a particular plant based upon light and moisture levels, among other factors. Specific leaf area is one of the most widely accepted key leaf characteristics used during the study of leaf traits...
, a botanical term describing a property of a leaf on a plant, often used as a measure of leaf "thickness" - StereolithographyStereolithographyStereolithography is an additive manufacturing technology for producing models, prototypes, patterns, and in some cases, production parts.-Technology description:...
apparatus, a type of rapid prototyping machine
in organizations,
- Saint Lawrence AcademySaint Lawrence AcademySaint Lawrence Academy, SL, a college-preparatory Roman Catholic high school in Santa Clara, California, USA, was founded in 1975. It stresses its small size, which translates to close interaction among students, administration, faculty, and counselors. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese...
, a college preparatory school located in Santa Clara, California - School Library AssociationSchool Library AssociationThe School Library Association is an independent organization in the United Kingdom which promotes libraries and literacy in schools. The SLA was founded in 1937 and is based at Wanborough, Wiltshire, near Swindon...
, an association for school librarians - South Lebanon ArmySouth Lebanon ArmyThe South Lebanon Army , also "South Lebanese Army," was a Lebanese militia during the Lebanese Civil War. After 1979, the militia operated in southern Lebanon under the authority of Saad Haddad's Government of Free Lebanon...
, an Israeli-backed militia during the Lebanese Civil War - Special Libraries AssociationSpecial Libraries AssociationSpecial Libraries Association is an international professional association for library and information professionals working in business, government, law, finance, non-profit, and academic organizations and institutions....
, an association for professional librarians working in specialized libraries - Sri Lanka Army, the oldest and largest of Sri Lanka's armed services
- State Liquor AuthorityAlcohol laws of New YorkThe alcohol laws of New York are among the most lenient of any state in the Atlantic Northeast of the United States, but they remain considerably more restrictive than those of Louisiana, Missouri , Nevada, Illinois, New Mexico, and Arizona.-State Liquor Authority:The serving of alcohol in the...
, New York State organization that enforces liquor laws - Sudan Liberation Movement/ArmySudan Liberation Movement/ArmyThe Sudan Liberation Movement/Army or is a Sudanese rebel group...
, a rebel group in the Sudanese region Darfur - Symbionese Liberation ArmySymbionese Liberation ArmyThe Symbionese Liberation Army was an American self-styled left-wing urban militant group active between 1973 and 1975 that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army...
, kidnappers of Patricia Campbell Hearst - Sociedat de Lingüistica AragonesaSociedat de Lingüistica AragonesaThe Sociedat de Lingüistica Aragonesa - the Society of Aragonese Linguistics is a society dedicated to the promotion of the Aragonese language....
, Aragonese language society - Singapore Land AuthoritySingapore Land AuthorityThe Singapore Land Authority is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law of the Singapore Government.-History:...
, a statutory board under the Ministry of Law of Singapore
in other uses,
- Service-level agreement, a contractual agreement on the level of service to be provided by a service provider to a customer, commonly used in computer-related services
- Single life annuity, a form of recurring payment
- Shared line appearance, a technique used in telephony
- SLA IndustriesSLA IndustriesSLA Industries is a role-playing game first published in 1993 by Nightfall Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The game is set in a dystopian far-flung future in which the majority of the known universe is either owned or indirectly controlled by the eponymous corporation "SLA Industries" and incorporates...
, a role-playing game written by Nightfall Games - Savings and loan associationSavings and loan associationA savings and loan association , also known as a thrift, is a financial institution that specializes in accepting savings deposits and making mortgage and other loans...
, savings banks in the United States of America - Slow left arm, a bowling style in cricket
- Software license agreementSoftware license agreementA software license agreement is a contract between the "licensor" and purchaser of the right to use software. The license may define ways under which the copy can be used, in addition to the automatic rights of the buyer including the first sale doctrine and .Many form contracts are only contained...
, a contract placing restrictions on the use of software - Source level adjuster, a feature present on some car audio equipment
- .sla, a file extensionFilename extensionA filename extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file applied to indicate the encoding of its contents or usage....
used in the open-source software ScribusScribusScribus is a desktop publishing application, released under the GNU General Public License as free software. It is based on the free Qt toolkit, therefore native versions are available for Linux, Unix-like operating systems, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and OS/2... - The Softwood Lumber Agreement, part of the United States–Canada trade dispute