What does TLA stand for?

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Territorial Local Authority

Governmental » State & Local

   
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Three-Letter Acronym

Community » Media

   
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Three-Letter Acronym

Academic & Science » Meteorology

   
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Temporary Lodging Allowance

Governmental » Military

   
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Turrel Lock Assembly

Governmental » Military

   
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Top Level Architecture

Governmental » Military

   
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Three-Letter Acronym

Governmental » Military

   
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The Love Artists

Community » Music

   
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Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia

Community » Music

   
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Three-Letter Acronym

Governmental » NASA

   
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Top Level Architecture

Computing » Networking

   
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Transport Layer Architecture

Computing » Networking

   
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Texian Legacy Association

Community » Non-Profit Organizations

   
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Temporal Logic of Actions

Academic & Science » Physics

   
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Two Level Analysis

Academic & Science » Physics

   
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True Love Always

Community » Religion

   
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Takerus Lost Angel

Community » Religion

   
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The Last Alliance

Miscellaneous » Science Fiction

   
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Top Level Architecture

Computing » Software

   
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Text Link Ads

Computing » Software

   
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Toyota Landcruiser Association

Community » Sports

   
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Tibetan Literature and Art

Academic & Science » Universities

   
TLA

Three-Letter Acronym

Governmental » US Government

   
TLA

Two Level Analysis

Governmental » US Government

   
TLA

Top Level Architecture

Governmental » US Government

   

What does TLA mean?

TLA
[Three-Letter Acronym] 1. Self-describing abbreviation for a species with which computing terminology is infested. 2. Any confusing acronym. Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA, CPU, MMU, SCCS, DMU, FPU, NNTP, TLA. People who like this looser usage argue that not all TLAs have three letters, just as not all four-letter words have four letters. One also hears of ‘ETLA’ (Extended Three-Letter Acronym, pronounced /ee tee el ay/) being used to describe four-letter acronyms; the terms ‘SFLA’ (Stupid Four-Letter Acronym), ‘LFLA’ (Longer Four Letter Acronym), and VLFLA (Very Long Five Letter Acronym) have also been reported. See also YABA.The self-effacing phrase “TDM TLA” (Too Damn Many...) is often used to bemoan the plethora of TLAs in use. In 1989, a random of the journalistic persuasion asked hacker Paul Boutin “What do you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90s?” Paul's straight-faced response: “There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms.” (To be exact, there are 26^3 = 17,576.) There is probably some karmic justice in the fact that Paul Boutin subsequently became a journalist.

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