Uma
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UMA or Uma is a name or a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:
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[edit] Abbreviations
- Ukrainian Museum-Archives, a museum in Cleveland, Ohio dedicated to Ukrainian culture
- Unidentified Mysterious Animal, in cryptozoology
- Unified Memory Architecture, a computer memory architecture that allows the graphics processing unit to share system memory
- Uniform Memory Access, a computer memory architecture used in parallel computers
- Upper Memory Area, a part of Extended Memory Specification in DOS
- Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), a technology that provides roaming between GSM and Bluetooth or 802.11, now known as Generic Access Network
- Ursa Major (UMa), a constellation
- In medicine, UMA may refer to urinary vanillyl mandelic acid, the vanillyl mandelic acid (VMA) concentration in the urine (see catecholamines).
- The Augusta campus of the University of Maine system (University of Maine at Augusta), particularly renowned for its exceptional jazz program in composition and performance
[edit] People
- Uma Bharati, an Indian politician and sannyasin
- Uma Khouny, an Israeli-Filipino contestant in Pinoy Big Brother
- Uma Pemmaraju, a news anchor for Fox News Channel
- Uma Thurman, an American actress
[edit] Places
- Uma, Ehime, a district in Ehime prefecture, Japan
- Universidad de Málaga, a university in Spain
[edit] Other
- Uma, am alternate name for the Hindu goddess Parvati
- Uma (lizard genus), a genus of Fringe-Toed Lizards
- Uma (band), a Rock band from Mexico
- Cyclone Uma, a tropical cyclone which caused considerable damage to Port Vila, Vanuatu in 1987
- Uma, one of the main characters of Oobi