SLA

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SLA may mean:

• Second language acquisition, the process by which people additional languages
• Service Level Agreement, in IT parlance
• Shared Line Appearance, a techinique used in telephony
• SLA Industries, a role-playing game written by Nightfall Games
• Slow left arm, a bowling style in cricket
• Software License Agreement, a contract placing restrictions on the use of software

[edit] Geography

• Martín Miguel de Güemes Airport (via IATA airport code), in Salta, Argentine
• South Los Angeles
• State Line Avenue, in Texarkana, United States

[edit] Science/Engineering

• Sealed lead-acid, a type of lead-acid battery
• Short Long Arms Suspension, a wheel suspension type for vehicles with wishbones of unequal length
• Specific leaf area, Botanist's term describing a property of a leaf on a plant, often used as a measure of leaf "thickness"
• Stereolithography apparatus, a type of rapid prototyping machine

[edit] Organizations

• Saint Lawrence Academy, a college preparatory school located in Santa Clara, California
• School Library Association, an association for school librarians
• Sign Language Associates, Washington, D.C. area Sign Language interpreters* South Lebanon Army, an Israeli-backed militia during the Lebanese Civil War
• Special Libraries Association, an association for professional librarians working in specialized libraries
• Sri Lanka Army, the oldest and largest of Sri Lanka's armed services
• Sudan Liberation Army, a rebel group in the Sudanese region Darfur
• Symbionese Liberation Army, kidnappers of Patricia Campbell Hearst