YAL
Encyclopedia
YAL or Yal can mean:
- YAL (programming language) ("yet another language"), a computer programming language
- Young Australia LeagueYoung Australia LeagueThe Young Australia League is an Australian youth organisation which was formed in Perth, Western Australia in 1905 by Jack Simons and Lionel Boas...
- The IATA code for Alert Bay AirportAlert Bay AirportAlert Bay Airport is a public airport located on Cormorant Island next to the village of Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Cormorant Island lies between Malcolm Island and Port McNeill on northeastern Vancouver Island....
- Young Americans for LibertyYoung Americans for LibertyYoung Americans for Liberty is a political organization that was formed in 2008 at the end of Congressman Ron Paul's Presidential campaign. They focus on educating their peers about various topics including libertarian values and emphasizing the role of the Constitution in the American government...
- Boeing YAL-1Boeing YAL-1The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed, weapons system is a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser mounted inside a modified Boeing 747-400F. It is primarily designed as a missile defense system to destroy tactical ballistic missiles , while in boost phase. The aircraft was designated...
- YAL (musical band): Yoga & Laundry (previously under the name Second Coming), an American/South Asian band that combine the mixed genres of roots rockRoots rockRoots rock is a term now used to describe rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music. It is particularly associated with the creation of hybrid sub-genres from the later 1960s including country rock and Southern rock, which have been seen as responses to the...
, acoustic folk, trip-hop, and afrobeatAfrobeatAfrobeat is a combination of traditional Yoruba music, jazz, highlife, funk and chanted vocals, fused with percussion and vocal styles, popularised in Africa in the 1970s. Its main creator was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who gave it its name, who used it to...
. - Yal, another name for the Adar RiverAdar RiverThe Adar River , known to the Dinka as the Yal, is a tributary of the White Nile in the state of Upper Nile, South Sudan. It flows north west from the Machar Marshes and enters the White Nile just upstream of the town of Melut....
, South Sudan