TAL

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TAL is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:

• The radio program This American Life
• The transitional administrative law of Iraq, see Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period
• Tiocfaidh ar la which means "our day shall come" in the Irish language
• Transoceanic Abort Landing for the Space Shuttle, see Space Shuttle abort modes
• The Alberta Library
• The programming languages:
  • Tag Attribute Language
  • Template Attribute Language
  • Typed Assembly Language
  • Transaction Application Language
• Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport (IATA Code: TAL) in Tanana, Alaska

Additionally, Tal can refer to:

• Israel Tal (*1924), general IDF
• Mikhail Tal (1936–1992), Latvian World Chess Champion
• a misspelling for Talla, term from Indian classical music, see Tala (music)
• the Hebrew name Tal, meaning Dew
• the Jewish piyyut known as Tefillat Tal
• A main character from Garth Nix's The Seventh Tower series.
• A fictional unit of Martian time, from Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars series
• A greeting from John Norman's Gor series of novels.
• The Tibetan word for 'lake'.
• The artist Tal R, see Saatchi Gallery Exhibit of Tal R's work
• The singer Tal Bachman.
• Tal, Madhya Pradesh town.