AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to:

Airports

Anaa Airport Anaa Airport is an airport serving Anaa, an atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago in French Polynesia. It is located southeast of the village of Anaa, Tukuhora. The airport type is medium and the World Area Codes, World Area Code is 823. The nearest ...

in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA) * Logan County Airport (Illinois) (FAA airport code AAA)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Gaming

* AAA (video game industry) - a category of high budget video games *'' TripleA'', an open source wargame

Music

Groups and labels

AAA (band) are a 5-member Japanese pop group signed to the label Avex Trax which debuted in September 2005. The name has the meaning of challenging everything, and the group is marketed by their label as a "super performance unit". The group was formed ...

, a Japanese pop band * Against All Authority (''-AAA-''), an American ska-punk band *

Acid Angel From Asia Acid Angel from Asia (; abbreviated as AAA) is the first sub-unit of South Korean girl group TripleS, formed by Modhaus in 2022. It is composed of members Kim Yoo-yeon, Kim Na-kyoung, Gong Yu-bin and Jeong Hye-rin. The quartet debuted on Octobe ...

''(AAA)'' the first sub-unit of K-pop girl group

TripleS TripleS (stylized as tripleS; Help:IPA/English, /ˈtɹɪpəl:ɛs/; ) is a South Korean girl group formed by MODHAUS. They aim to be the world's first decentralized K-pop idol group. The members will rotate between the group, sub-unit, and solo ac ...

referred to as "AVA" *

Triple A (musical group) Triple A is a Trance music group made up of Armin van Buuren, Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Ana Criado, explaining the Triple A. Their first track "Winter Stayed" was first featured on ''A State of Trance ''A State of Trance'' (often abbreviated a ...

, a Dutch trance group

Works

* Song on ''City'' (Strapping Young Lad album) * ''A.A.A'' (EP), by Nigerian band A.A.A

Other music

* Triple A or Adult Alternative Songs, a record chart

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Adult album alternative, a radio format * AAA, the production code for the 1970 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' Spearhead from Space'' * (''Aces of ANSI Art''), digital art group (1989-1991) * ''AAA'', a Japanese manga by Haruka Fukushima * '' Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan'', a 2017 Tamil film

Brands and enterprises

Advanced Accelerator Applications Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA or Adacap) is a France-based pharmaceutical group, specialized in the field of nuclear medicine. The group operates in all three segments of nuclear medicine (PET, SPECT and therapy) to diagnose and treat ser ...

, a radiopharmaceutical company * Ansett Australia, a former airline (ICAO code) *

Associated American Artists Associated American Artists (AAA) was an art gallery in New York City that was established in 1934 and ceased operation in 2000. The gallery marketed art to the middle and upper-middle classes, first in the form of affordable prints and later in ...

, an art gallery *

Associated Argentine Artists Associated Argentine Artists (Spanish: ''Artistas Argentinos Asociados'', AAA) was a leading Argentine film distribution company. It emerged during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema and was modeled on the Hollywood company United Artists ...

, an Argentine film studio

Government and politics

Government agencies

Agricultural Adjustment Administration The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part ...

, a US government agency 1933-1942 *

Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority The Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority (PRASA; Spanish: ''Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico'') is a water company and the government-owned corporation responsible for water quality, management, and supply in Puert ...

(AAA in Spanish)

Legislation

* Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, US *

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 :''This is an article about the "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938". For the act by the same name in 1933, see Agricultural Adjustment Act.'' The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 () was legislation in the United States that was enacted as an ...

, US

Political organizations

* ''

Alianza Americana Anticomunista The ''Alianza Americana Anticomunista'' (AAA, pronounced triple-A; "American Anticommunist Alliance") was a paramilitary far-right group mainly operating in Colombia between 1978 and 1979. Contemporary accusations and declassified U.S. Embassy ...

'' ("American Anticommunist Alliance" in Spanish), a Colombian para-military organization, 1978–1979 * ''

Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista The ''Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista'' (English: Anti-Communist Apostolic Alliance) was a Spanish far-right paramilitary organisation active from 1976 to 1983, primarily in the southern Basque Country but also in the French Basque Country and ...

'', in Spain *

Anti-Austerity Alliance Solidarity ( ga, Neart le Chéile), formerly known as the Anti-Austerity Alliance (AAA), is a socialist political party in Ireland, launched in 2014. It had been registered as a political party to contest local elections, and ran at least forty c ...

, a political party in Ireland * Argentine Anticommunist Alliance, a mid-1970s death squad

Organizations

Arts organizations

Allied Artists Association The Allied Artists Association (AAA) was an art exhibiting society based in London in the early 20th century. History The Allied Artists Association was founded by Frank Rutter, art critic of ''The Sunday Times'' newspaper, in 1908. Its purpos ...

, an exhibiting society in London founded in 1908 *

American Abstract Artists American Abstract Artists (AAA) was formed in 1936 in New York City, to promote and foster public understanding of abstract art. American Abstract Artists exhibitions, publications, and lectures helped to establish the organization as a major fo ...

, founded 1936 *

American Accordionists' Association The American Accordionists' Association (AAA) is an American association dedicated to players of the accordion. It was established on March 9, 1938, and is currently based in Mt. Vernon, New York. Pietro Deiro was the first president of the Amer ...

Asia Art Archive Asia Art Archive (AAA) is a nonprofit organisation based in Hong Kong which focuses on documenting the recent history of contemporary art in Asia within an international context. AAA incorporates material that members of local art communities ...

, Hong Kong

Automobile associations

American Automobile Association American Automobile Association (AAA – commonly pronounced as "Triple A") is a federation of motor clubs throughout North America. AAA is a privately held not-for-profit national member association and service organization with over 60 m ...

Australian Automobile Association The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) was established in 1924. The AAA is the peak organisation for Australia's motoring clubs and their eight million members, and advances the interests of all road users across Australia to ensure land tra ...

Other organizations

Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project The Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project is a non-profit project of the Chinatown Community Development Center that is based in the Chinatown, San Francisco, San Francisco Chinatown area. Volunteers clean the alleyways of San Francisco's Ch ...

, San Francisco, California * Adventist Accrediting Association *

AG für Akkumulatoren- und Automobilbau AG für Akkumulatoren- und Automobilbau automobile manufacturer based in Wedding (Berlin), Ofenerstrasse and founded by Alex Fischer who built electric powered automobiles from 1919 to 1922 under the brand name AAA. Not related to the French brand ...

, German automobile manufacturer * American Academy of Actuaries *

American Accounting Association The American Accounting Association (AAA) promotes accounting education, research and practice. Founded in 1916 as the American Association of University Instructors in Accounting, its present name was adopted in 1936. The Association is a volunt ...

American Ambulance Association The American Ambulance Association (AAA) is a trade association for the EMS industry. The AAA is based in Rosslyn, Virginia and was founded in 1979. The AAA's website states that its mission is "to promote health care policies that ensure excel ...

American Anthropological Association The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is an organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology. With 10,000 members, the association, based in Arlington, Virginia, includes archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, ...

American Arbitration Association The American Arbitration Association (AAA) is a not-for-profit organization in the field of alternative dispute resolution, providing services to individuals and organizations who wish to resolve conflicts out of court, and one of several arbitr ...

* Antique Airplane Association *

Association of Autonomous Astronauts The Association of Autonomous Astronauts is a worldwide network of community-based groups dedicated to building their own spaceships. The AAA was founded 23 April 1995. Although many of their activities were reported as serious participation in c ...

Ateliers d'Automobiles et d'Aviation Ateliers d’Automobiles et d’Aviation was a Paris based automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer between 1919 and 1920. The French manufacturer was noted for electric cars. History of the business Production of cars and light trucks bega ...

, French automobile manufacturer *

Australian Archaeological Association The Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) is an archaeological organisation in Australia. Membership is open to anyone interested in furthering archaeology in Australia. Sometimes referred to by the nickname ''Triple A'', the association was ...

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

* AAA proteins (ATPases Associated with various cellular Activities) * Abdominal aortic aneurysm *

American Association for Anatomy The American Association for Anatomy (AAA), based in Rockville, MD, was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1888 as the Association of American Anatomists for the "advancement of anatomical science." AAA later changed its name to the American Associa ...

Anti-actin antibodies Anti-actin antibodies (AAA) are found at increased frequency in certain autoimmune diseases and may be of some diagnostic value. In coeliac disease, anti-actin antibody levels correlate with the level of intestinal damage. In autoimmune hepatiti ...

* '' Cavaticovelia aaa'' (aaa water treader), an insect from Hawaii * Triple-A syndrome * AAA, a codon for the amino acid

lysine Lysine (symbol Lys or K) is an α-amino acid that is a precursor to many proteins. It contains an α-amino group (which is in the protonated form under biological conditions), an α-carboxylic acid group (which is in the deprotonated −C ...

Chemistry

Amalgam (chemistry) An amalgam is an alloy of mercury with another metal A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts ...

, represented in medieval alchemical texts with "aaa" *

Amino acid analysis Protein sequencing is the practical process of determining the amino acid sequence of all or part of a protein or peptide. This may serve to identify the protein or characterize its post-translational modifications. Typically, partial sequencing o ...

Aromatic amino acids An aromatic amino acid is an amino acid that includes an aromatic ring. Among the 20 standard amino acids, the following are classically considered aromatic: phenylalanine, tryptophan and tyrosine. Although histidine contains an aromatic ring, ...

Arylalkanolamine Arylalkanolamines (ArROHNR2) are a class of medicinal molecules that are structurally related to one another in certain respects. Detailed understanding of their structure-activity relationship is expected to aid in drug discovery. {, class=" ...

Asymmetric allylic alkylation Asymmetric may refer to: *Asymmetry in geometry, chemistry, and physics Computing *Asymmetric cryptography, in public-key cryptography *Asymmetric digital subscriber line, Internet connectivity *Asymmetric multiprocessing, in computer architectur ...

Computing

* AAA, a level in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines * Advanced Amiga Architecture chipset *

AAA (computer security) AAA refers to Authentication (to identify), Authorization (to give permission) and Audit trail, Accounting (to log an audit trail). It is a framework used to control and track access within a computer network. Common network protocols providing ...

, a security framework * ASCII adjust after addition, an

Intel BCD opcode The Intel BCD opcodes are a set of six x86 instructions that operate with binary-coded decimal numbers. The radix used for the representation of numbers in the x86 processors is 2. This is called a binary numeral system. However, the x86 processo ...

Other uses in science and technology

AAA battery The AAA battery (or triple-A battery) is a standard size of dry cell Battery (electricity), battery. One or more AAA batteries are commonly used in low-drain portable electronic devices. A zinc–carbon battery in this size is designated by In ...

, a size * Angle-angle-angle, see

Similarity (geometry) In Euclidean geometry, two objects are similar if they have the same shape, or one has the same shape as the mirror image of the other. More precisely, one can be obtained from the other by uniformly scaling (geometry), scaling (enlarging or red ...

Anti-aircraft artillery Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, ...

Sports

Amateur Athletic Association of England The Amateur Athletic Association of England or AAA (pronounced 'three As') is the oldest national governing body for athletics in the world, having been established on 24 April 1880. Historically it effectively oversaw athletics throughout Britai ...

Arkansas Activities Association The Arkansas Activities Association (AAA) is the primary sanctioning body for high school sports in state of Arkansas. AAA is a member association of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA). Every public secondary sch ...

, for high school sports * Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, a Mexican wrestling promotion *

Montreal AAA Montreal Amateur Athletic Association is Canada's oldest athletic association, located in Montreal, Quebec. It was renamed as the ''Club Sportif MAA'' or just ''MAA'' (Montreal MAA) in 1999 after a brush with bankruptcy, but is still widely known ...

, athletic association, Canada * Triple-A (baseball), North American minor league

Other uses

* "Access all areas", a form of

backstage pass A backstage pass is a credential which allows its bearer access to restricted areas at a performance or conference venue, most commonly associated with rock or R&B music groups, though have since become commonplace across many entertainment event ...

* AAA, the best bond credit rating *

Ghotuo language Ghotuo (also Otwa, Otuo) is an Edoid language spoken in Edo State, mostly in the Owan and Akoko-Edo areas of Edo state, Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya offic ...

(ISO 639-3 language code aaa)