WPA

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WPA is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:

Contents 1 Government and Military 2 Information technology 3 Music 4 Organizations 5 Sports

[edit] Government and Military

• War Powers Act, a U.S. federal law, also known as the "War Powers Resolution"
• Western Pennsylvania
• Woomera Prohibited Area, a former weapons testing range
• Working People's Alliance, a Guyanese political party
• Works Progress Administration (later "Works Projects Administration"), a U.S. government employment agency (1935–1943)
• White Patriot Army, a U.S.-based paramilitary white supremacist organization

[edit] Information technology

• Wi-Fi Protected Access, a wireless encryption standard
• Windows Product Activation, a Microsoft software licensing strategy

[edit] Music

• Weddings Parties Anything, an Australian band

[edit] Organizations

• Western Provident Association, a UK-based health insurer
• Western Pyrotechnic Association, an American pyrotechnics guild that meets biannually in Lake Havasu City
• World Pool-Billiard Association, the international governing body of pocket billiard sports
• Washington Project for the Arts, an arts organization based in Washington, D.C.
• World Pheasant Association
• World Poker Association, the international governing body of tournament poker worldwide

[edit] Sports

• Walter Payton Award, in U.S. Division I-AA football
• Win Probability Added, a technical baseball statistic