AAA

AAA or Triple-A may just mean something that is high quality, premier, or excellent, or be a three-letter acronym. As a proper word Aaa, in the English language it is only found in the name of the Aaa Water Treader (Cavaticovelia aaa), a true bug found in Hawaiian caves. As an abbreviation or acronym, "AAA" is used for:

Economic, political, and social

• American Ambulance Association
• American Arbitration Association

Economic

• American Academy of Actuaries
• American Accounting Association
• American Angus Association
• A credit rating, ex. Triple-A status

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

Social

• Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project, San Francisco, California
• American Anthropological Association
• American Automobile Association or Triple "A"
• Australian Automobile Association, a member of the FIA

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
• Axis & Allies (2004 video game), a WWII real-time strategy computer game
• TripleA (computer game), a strategy computer game, based on Axis & Allies

Graphics

• AAA, a Japanese manga by Fukushima Haruka
• Aces of ANSI Art, an organized body of artists dedicated to creating ANSI art

Architecture

• Alberta Association of Architects, a regulatory body

Literature

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

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)

Theatre

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, a British actor

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

Science and technology

Astronomy

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

Chemistry

• Acetic Anhydride

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 opcodes processor instruction
• The highest of the three levels of web site accessibility measured by WCAG

Mathematics

• Angle-angle-angle, see Similarity (mathematics)#Similar triangles

Medicine

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

Military

• Anti-Aircraft Artillery or "Triple A"

Social science

• American Anthropological Association

Technology

• AAA battery, a standard size of dry cell
• Analog-analog-analog, a designation for audio analog recording

Other

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