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TLA Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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TLA
/T-L-A/ n. [Three-Letter Acronym] 1. Self-describing abbreviation for a species with which computing terminology is infested. 2. Any confusing acronym. Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA, CPU, MMU, SCCS, DMU, FPU, NNTP, TLA. People who like this looser usage argue that not all TLAs have three letters, just as not all four-letter words have four letters. One also hears of `ETLA' (Extended Three-Letter Acronym, pronounced /ee tee el ay/) being used to describe four-letter acronyms. The term `SFLA' (Stupid Four-Letter Acronym) has also been reported. See also YABA.
/T-L-A/ n. [Three-Letter Acronym] 1. Self-describing abbreviation for a species with which computing terminology is infested. 2. Any confusing acronym. Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA, CPU, MMU, SCCS, DMU, FPU, NNTP, TLA. People who like this looser usage argue that not all TLAs have three letters, just as not all four-letter words have four letters. One also hears of `ETLA' (Extended Three-Letter Acronym, pronounced /ee tee el ay/) being used to describe four-letter acronyms. The term `SFLA' (Stupid Four-Letter Acronym) has also been reported. See also YABA.
The self-effacing phrase "TDM TLA" (Too Damn Many...) is often used to bemoan the plethora of TLAs in use. In 1989, a random of the journalistic persuasion asked hacker Paul Boutin "What do you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90s?" Paul's straight-faced response: "There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms." (To be exact, there are 26^3 = 17,576.) There is probably some karmic justice in the fact that Paul Boutin subsequently became a journalist.
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TLA
Three-Letter Acronym
Three-Letter Acronym
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TLA
Three Letters Acronym
Three Letters Acronym
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TLA
Three-Letter Acronym
Three-Letter Acronym
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TLA
See: Three Letter Acronym
See: Three Letter Acronym
Three Letter Acronym
A tribute to the use of acronyms in the computer field. See also: Extended Four Letter Acronym.
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TLA
Three Letter Acronym
Three Letter Acronym
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TLA
Three Letter Acronym
Three Letter Acronym
TLA Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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TLA
Three Letter Acronym. One of the basic building blocks of the language of the military.
Three Letter Acronym. One of the basic building blocks of the language of the military.
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TLA
THROTLE LEVER ANGLE
THROTLE LEVER ANGLE
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TLA
Throttle Lever Angle
Throttle Lever Angle
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TLA
Three Letter Acronym
Three Letter Acronym
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Transaer
Transaer (Ireland)
IATA: T7
ICAO: TLA
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Transaer (Ireland)
IATA: T7
ICAO: TLA
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TLA Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
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TLA
Tanker Loading Authority
Tanker Loading Authority
TLA Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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three letter acronym (slang)
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three letter acronym (slang)
TLA Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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TLA
TLA is most commonly used as an abbreviation of "three letter acronym" or "three letter abbreviation", but it may also refer to:
- A "three letter agency", a law enforcement or intelligence agency with a three-letter name abbreviation, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency
- Theater of the Living Arts, previous name of the Fillmore at the TLA, a concert hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- TLA Entertainment Group, a movie retailer and distributor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Territorial local authority, in New Zealand
- The Lazy Admin, an open source program used for remote computer administration.
- The Tektronix TLA series of logic analyzers
- Tom Lord's Arch, a component of the GNU arch revision control system
- Golden Sun: The Lost Age, a video game
- Turkish Language Association, the official regulatory body of the Turkish language
- Temporal Logic of Actions, a logic used to describe behaviours of concurrent systems.
- Texas Library Association, a trade organization for librarians in Texas, USA.
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