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AAA, or Triple-A, may be a three-letter acronym or may just mean something that is high-quality, premier, or excellent. As an English proper noun, Aaa is found only in the name Aaa Water Treader and in its scientific name Cavaticovelia aaa, a true bug found in Hawaiian caves. As an acronym or abbreviation, the term AAA may stand for:

Contents 1 Economic, political, and social 1.1 Economic 1.2 Political 1.3 Social 2 Arts 2.1 Graphics 2.2 Architecture 2.3 Literature 2.4 Language Arts 2.5 Music 2.6 Theatre 3 Sports 4 Science and technology 4.1 Astronomy 4.2 Chemistry 4.3 Computing 4.4 Mathematics 4.5 Medicine 4.6 Military 4.7 Social science 4.8 Technology 5 Other

[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
• Agricultural Adjustment Administration, a USDA agency
• Alianza Anticomunista Argentina ("Argentine Anticommunist Alliance" in Spanish), 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 Atocha Massacre

[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] Graphics

• Aces of ANSI Art, an organized body of artists dedicated to creating ANSI art

[edit] Architecture

• Alberta Association of Architects, a regulatory body

[edit] Literature

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

[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
• Montreal Amateur Athletic Association
• Arkansas Activities Association

[edit] Science and technology

[edit] Astronomy

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

[edit] Chemistry

• Acetic Anhydride

[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 WCAG

[edit] Mathematics

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

[edit] Medicine

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

[edit] Military

• Anti-Aircraft Artillery or "Triple A"

[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

• Anaa Airport in French Polynesia, IATA airport code
• Ansett Australia, an Australian airline, ICAO airline code
• Logan County Airport (Illinois), FAA airport code
• Advanced Assembly & Automation, manufacturer

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