L3

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L3 or L-3 may refer to:

  • The third Lagrange Point in a Solar System
  • Haplogroup L3 (mtDNA), a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup generally found in East Africa
  • The third lumbar vertebra of the vertebral column, in human anatomy
  • L3 microkernel, an Intel microkernel and the predecessor of the L4 microkernel family.
  • Level-3 CPU cache in a computer
  • Latitude/Longitude Locator, an STS-32 Space Shuttle mission experiment
  • L3 (CERN), one of the four detectors of the Large Electron-Positron Collider
  • DHL De Guatemala (IATA code: L3), a cargo airline based in Guatemala
  • LTU Austria (IATA code: L3), an airline based in Austria
  • L3/33 and L3/35, Italian tankettes used in World War II
  • LK Lander, a manned lunar lander design type in Russia's Soyuz space program
    • Soyuz L3, a related Lunar Orbiter which suffered launch failure on November 23, 1972.
  • L-3 Communications, a company providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems.
  • Aeronca L-3 Grasshopper, a light airplane used by the USAAF during World War II

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