ASA

This page is about the initialism or acronym "ASA". For the word, see Asa.

ASA as an abbreviation or initialism may refer to:

Biology

• Accessible surface area of a biomolecule, accessible to a solvent
• Acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin
• Acrylonitrile styrene acrylate, a plastic polymer
• Advanced surface ablation, refractive eye surgery
• Anterior spinal artery, the blood vessel which supplies the anterior portion of the spinal cord
• Argininosuccinic aciduria, a disorder of the urea cycle
• ASA physical status classification system, rating of patients undergoing anesthesia

Education

• African Studies Association of the United Kingdom
• African Studies Association
• Albany Students' Association, at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
• Alexander-Smith Academy, in Houston, Texas
• Alpha Sigma Alpha, U.S. national sorority
• American Society for Aesthetics
• American Sociological Association
• American Student Assistance
• American Studies Association
• Arizona School for the Arts
• Association of Social Anthropologists
• Astronomical Society of Australia
• Austrian Studies Association

Organizations

• Acoustical Society of America
• Aid to Southeast Asia, a non-governmental organization
• American Scientific Affiliation, an organization of Christians in science
• American Society of Agronomy
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Society of Appraisers
• American Sociological Society
• American Staffing Association
• American Statistical Association
• American Synesthesia Association
• Americans for Safe Access, marijuana law reform group
• Association for Social Advancement, microfinance institution, Bangladesh
• Association of Southeast Asia
• Australian Society of Authors
• Austrian Service Abroad
• Autism Society of America
• United States Army Security Agency

Sports

• Adult Soccer Association, in the U.S.
• Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense, Brazilian soccer club
• Amateur Softball Association, in the U.S.
• Amateur Swimming Association, UK
• American Sailing Association
• American Speed Association, motorsports sanctioning body
• American Sportscasters Association
• Athletics South Africa, the national governing body for the sport of athletics in South Africa
• Atlético Sport Aviação, Angolan multisports club

Transportation

• ASA (automobile), Italian marque of automobiles
• ASA Aluminium Body, Argentinian manufacturer of replicas of sports cars
• Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, Mexican airport operator
• African Safari Airways, airline company based in East Africa
• Air Services Agreement
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines, in Atlanta, Georgia
• Airline Superintendents Association, of Trinidad & Tobago
• Airservices Australia, air traffic management and related services provider for Australia
• The International Civil Aviation Organization's code for Alaska Airlines
• The IOC designated country code for American Samoa

Other

• Adaptive simulated annealing, optimization algorithm
• Allied States of America, a fictional American nation in the television show Jericho
• Allmennaksjeselskap, the designation for a Norwegian public limited company
• Anti-Soviet agitation, a criminal offense in the Soviet Union
• ASA carriage control characters, a system used for controlling mainframe line printers
• Assistant State's Attorney, a title for attorneys working in State's Attorney's office in the United States
• As-salamu alaykum a greeting in Arabic that means "peace be upon you". The greeting is a standard salutation among Muslims, whether socially or within worship and other contexts.
• Auditory scene analysis, a proposed model for the basis of auditory perception

See also

• Advertising Standards Authority (disambiguation)