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Contents 1 Economic, political, and social 1.1 Economic 1.2 Political 1.3 Social 2 Arts 2.1 Architecture 2.2 Literature 2.3 Language Arts 2.4 Music 2.5 Theatre 3 Sports 4 Science and technology 4.1 Astronomy 4.2 Aviation 4.3 Chemistry 4.4 Computing 4.5 Mathematics 4.6 Medicine 4.7 Social science 4.8 Technology 5 Other

AAA, or Triple-A, may be a three-letter acronym or may just mean something that is high-quality, premier, or excellent.

As a proper noun, Aaa is found only in the species name Cavaticovelia aaa (Aaa Water Treader), an insect from Hawaii. As an acronym or abbreviation, the term AAA may refer to:

[edit] Economic, political, and social

• American Ambulance Association
• American Automobile Association or "Triple A"
• Australian Automobile Association, a member of the FIA

[edit] Economic

• American Academy of Actuaries
• American Accounting Association
• American Angus Association
• American Arbitration Association
• A credit rating, ex. Triple-A status

[edit] Political

• Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, US federal legislation
• Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, US federal legislation
• Argentine Anticommunist Alliance, an Argentinian far-right death squad of the mid-1970s
• Alianza Americana Anticomunista ("American Anticommunist Alliance" in Spanish), a paramilitary far-right Colombian organization, 1978–1979
• Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista, in Spain; see 1977 Massacre of Atocha

[edit] Social

• Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project, San Francisco, California
• American Anthropological Association

[edit] Arts

• American Abstract Artists, an artist-run organization formed in 1936 to promote and foster public understanding of abstract art
• Associated American Artists, an art gallery and art marketing business
• TripleA (computer game), a strategy computer game, based on Axis & Allies

[edit] Architecture

• Alberta Association of Architects, a regulatory body

[edit] Literature

• A. A. Attanasio, Science fiction writer.
• AAA, a Japanese manga by Haruka Fukushima

[edit] Language Arts

• Accurate, adequate, and appropriate (AAA), words used to describe the quality of information, details, facts, evidence, etc. in nonfiction reading and writing

[edit] Music

• AAA (band), a Japanese pop band
• "AAA", the sixth track on City (1997), by Strapping Young Lad
• Adult album alternative, a radio format
• Against All Authority (-AAA-), an American DIY ska-punk band
• American Accordionists' Association
• Angels & Airwaves, an American alternative rock band
• AntAcidAudio, an independent record label
• The lowest note on a piano (Sub-Contra)

[edit] Theatre

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, a British actor

[edit] Sports

• Triple-A (baseball), the highest level of North American minor league baseball
• American Airlines Arena, the Miami Heat's sports stadium
• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, a Mexican wrestling promotion
• Amateur Athletic Association of England
• Arkansas Activities Association
• Montreal AAA, Canada's oldest athletic association

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] Astronomy

• Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Amateur Astronomers Association of New York
• Association of Autonomous Astronauts

[edit] Aviation

• Anti-aircraft warfare, also known as Anti-aircraft Artillery or "Triple A"
• AAA, IATA airport code of Anaa Airport in French Polynesia
• AAA, ICAO airline code of Ansett Australia, an Australian airline
• AAA, FAA airport code of Logan County Airport (Illinois)
• AAA, Advanced Aircraft Analysis (Aircraft design, stability, and control analysis software)

[edit] Chemistry

• Acetic anhydride
• Arylalkanolamine

[edit] Computing

• AAA protocol, "Authentication, Authorization and Accounting", an access control, policy enforcement and auditing framework for computing systems
• Amiga Advanced Architecture chipset, hardware for a proposed Commodore Amiga computer
• ASCII adjust after addition, an Intel BCD opcode
• The highest of the three levels of web site accessibility measured by Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

[edit] Mathematics

• Angle-angle-angle, see Similarity (geometry)

[edit] Medicine

• AAA proteins (ATPases Associated with various cellular Activities)
• Triple A syndrome
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• American Association of Anatomists

[edit] Social science

• American Anthropological Association

[edit] Technology

• AAA battery, a standard size of dry cell
• AAA protocol, Computer Security – Authentication, Authorization & Accounting
• Analog-analog-analog, a designation for audio. refer analog recording

[edit] Other

• American Airlines Arena, sports and entertainment venue in Miami, Florida
• AAA, the highest possible score in the music simulation video game Dance Dance Revolution.

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