ALU, Alu or alu may refer to:

Computing and science

;Computing * Arithmetic logic unit, a digital electronic circuit ;Biology *

Alu sequence An Alu element is a short stretch of DNA originally characterized by the action of the ''Arthrobacter luteus (Alu)'' restriction endonuclease. ''Alu'' elements are the most abundant transposable elements, containing over one million copies dis ...

, a type of short stretch of DNA *''

Arthrobacter luteus ''Arthrobacter luteus'' (ALU) is a species of gram-positive bacteria in the genus ''Arthrobacter''. ''A. luteus'' is facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic, branching, non-motile, non-sporulating, non- acid-fast, catalase-positive, and rod-sh ...

'', a bacterium

Organizations

Abraham Lincoln University Abraham Lincoln University (ALU) is a private, for-profit online university based in Glendale, California. History ALU was founded in 1996 by Hyung J. Park, a tax attorney and graduate of Loyola Law School. Classes initially were held in a confere ...

, Los Angeles, California, USA * African Leadership University *

Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel–Lucent S.A. () was a French–American global telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of France-based Alcatel and U.S.-based Lucent, the latter being a s ...

, a telecommunications equipment company *

Amazon Labor Union The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is an independent labor union specifically for Amazon (company), Amazon workers, created on April 20, 2021. On April 1, 2022, the Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, JFK8, backed by the ALU became the firs ...

* American Labor Union *

Army Logistics University The United States Army Logistics University (ALU), a subordinate school of the United States Army Combined Arms Support Command, is located at Fort Lee, Virginia. The Army Logistics University (ALU) officially opened its doors on 2 July 2009, as ...

, Fort Lee, Virginia, USA *

Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts The Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo (, acronym: ALU) is a faculty within the University of Sarajevo in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, dedicated to the fine arts. It was established in 1972 as an institution of higher education by eminent prof ...

(Bosnian: ''Akademija likovnih umjetnosti Sarajevo'', acronym: ALU)

People

Andrea Alù Andrea Alù (born September 27, 1978) is an Italian American scientist and engineer, currently Einstein Professor of Physics at The City University of New York Graduate Center. He is known for his contributions to the fields of optics, photonics, ...

, a scientist *

Alu (musician) Alu is a Los Angeles-based eclectic chanteuse and composer who blends cabaret, goth, trip-hop and jazz into unique cinematic soundscapes. Alu is featured on the soundtrack to Clive Barker's The Midnight Meat Train, Public Radio International, ...

, Los Angeles, US

Places

Villages and boroughs

Alu, Ardabil Alu ( fa, الو, also Romanized as Ālū, Āllū, and Alov) is a village in Sanjabad-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Kowsar County, Ardabil Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and ...

, a village in Iran *

Alu, Mazandaran Alu ( fa, الو, also Romanized as Alū, Allū, and ‘Alū) is a village in Dabuy-ye Jonubi Rural District, Dabudasht District, Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also call ...

, a village in Iran *

Alu, Estonia Alu is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia. It's located about northwest of the town of Rapla. Alu has a population of c. 950. Alu was first mentioned in 1241 as ''Alafæ'' village in the Danish Census Book ...

, a small borough in Rapla Parish, Rapla County *

Alu, Pärnu County Alu is a village in Tõstamaa Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from ...

, a village in Tõstamaa Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia

Volcanoes

Alu (Ethiopia) Alu is a system of volcanic fissures, located in Ethiopia. The fissures have produced silicic lava flows, and other fissures south of the volcano have been the source of huge youthful basaltic lava flows, which enlarge to the north as far as La ...

Alu, Sulu Mount Alu is a volcano located on the eastern tip of island town of Lugus, in the province of Sulu in the southernmost Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) classifies Mount Alu as Inactive. References ...

, Philippines

Other

Alû In Akkadian and Sumerian mythology, Alû is a vengeful spirit of the Utukku that goes down to the underworld Kur. The demon has no mouth, lips or ears. It roams at night and terrifies people while they sleep, it is also believed that the alû ...

, the Mesopotamian demon of night *

Alu (runic) The sequence ''alu'' () is found in numerous Elder Futhark runic inscriptions of Germanic Iron Age Scandinavia (and more rarely in early Anglo-Saxon England) between the 3rd and the 8th century. The word usually appears either alone (such as on ...

, in Germanic paganism