Aviation

• AB Aerotransport
  AB Aerotransport
  AB Aerotransport was a Swedish airline, that is today part of the SAS Group.ABA was established in 1924 under the name Aktiebolaget Aerotransport by Carl and Adrian Florman. The first flight was on 2 June 1924 between Stockholm and Helsinki with a Junkers F.13 aircraft...
  
  , a former Scandinavian airline
• ABA, the IATA airport code for Abakan Airport, in Russia

Broadcasting

• Alabama Broadcasters Association
  Alabama Broadcasters Association
  The Alabama Broadcasters Association, commonly referred to as ABA, represents radio and television broadcasters across the U.S. state of Alabama. It is affiliated with the National Association of Broadcasters. Every year the organization presents the ABBY Awards. The organization also has a...
  
  
• Australian Broadcasting Authority
  Australian Broadcasting Authority
  The Australian Broadcasting Authority was an Australian government agency whose main roles were to regulate broadcasting, radiocommunications and telecommunications....
  
  
• Asahi Broadcasting Aomori
  Asahi Broadcasting Aomori
  , also known as ABA, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. It broadcasts to Aomori Prefecture from studio facilities located in Aomori City.220px|thumb|Asahi Broadcasting Aomori-The Headquarters:...
  
  , a television station in Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Computing

• The ABA problem
  ABA problem
  In multithreaded computing, the ABA problem occurs during synchronization, when a location is read twice, has the same value for both reads, and "value is the same" is used to indicate "nothing has changed"...
  
  , a multithreading computing anomaly
• ABA Games
  ABA Games
  ABA Games is a Japanese video game developer, comprising solely of game designer Kenta Cho. ABA Games' works, available as open source freeware, are predominantly shoot 'em up games often inspired by classic games in the genre. Its games feature stylised retro graphics, innovative gameplay features...
  
  , a Japanese creator of freeware games
• A.B.A, a character in the fighting game series Guilty Gear

Education

• Académie des Beaux-Arts (Kinshasa)
  Académie des Beaux-Arts (Kinshasa)
  The Académie des Beaux-Arts is a school in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The school is devoted to teaching the arts, and was founded in 1943 as the École Saint-Luc à Gombe Matadi by Belgian catholic missionary Marc Wallenda. In 1949 the school moved to present-day Kinshasa and in...
  
  
• Alameda Ballet Academy, the school of the Alameda Civic Ballet
  Alameda Civic Ballet
  The Alameda Civic Ballet , founded in 2003 by the Artistic Director, Abra Rudisill, is the official dance company for Alameda, California, USA...
  
  
• American British Academy
  American British Academy
  The American-British Academy, established in September 1987, is in the city of Muscat, Oman and is one of the premier international schools in the Persian Gulf region. It is a private-non-profit-co-educational-day school that offers a demanding K-12 English-language curriculum to expatriate...
  
  , an international IB World School in Muscat, Oman

Finance and banking

• American Bankers Association
  American Bankers Association
  The American Bankers Association is an industry trade group and professional association representing the United States' banking industry...
  
  
  • ABA transit number issued by the American Bankers Association, also known as the routing transit number
    Routing transit number
    A routing transit number is a nine digit bank code, used in the United States, which appears on the bottom of negotiable instruments such as checks identifying the financial institution on which it was drawn...
    
    
• Advanced Bank of Asia
  Advanced bank of asia
  Advanced Bank Of Asia Ltd. is a commercial bank of the Kingdom Of Cambodia. It was founded in 1996 by bankers from Cambodia and Korea; its primary offices are located in Phnom Penh. The bank has several branches in Phnom Penh, and branches in Siem Reap and Battambang.-External links:***...
  
  , a Cambodian commercial bank
• Accredited Business Accountant
  Accredited Business Accountant
  An Accredited Business Accountant is a professional designation for accountants. It requires a test and 3 years work experience. The test is based on knowledge of accounting, taxes, and business law....
  
  , an accounting credential granted by the Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation in the United States

Non-sport associations

• American Bandmasters Association
  American Bandmasters Association
  The American Bandmasters Association was formed in 1929 by Edwin Franko Goldman to promote concert band music. Goldman sought to raise esteem for concert bands among musicians and audiences...
  
  
• American Baptist Association
  American Baptist Association
  The American Baptist Association , formed in 1924, is an association of nearly 2,000 theologically conservative churches that are Landmark Baptist in their missions and teachings...
  
  
• American Bar Association
  American Bar Association
  The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
  
  
• American Beverage Association
  American Beverage Association
  American Beverage Association is a trade organization that represents the beverage industry in the United States. Its members include producers and bottlers of soft drinks, bottled water, and other non-alcoholic beverages....
  
  , a trade organization that represents the beverage industry in the United States.
• American Birding Association
  American Birding Association
  The American Birding Association is a non-profit organization of people interested in birding. Begun in 1968, the ABA is the only organization in North America that specifically caters to recreational birders. Membership is open to all...
  
  
• American Booksellers Association
  American Booksellers Association
  The American Booksellers Association is a non-profit industryassociation founded in 1900 that promotes independent bookstores in the United States and Canada. The ABA and its members support freedom of speech, literacy, and programs that encourage reading...
  
  
• American Bus Association
  American Bus Association
  The American Bus Association, or ABA, is a trade association for motorcoach operators and tour companies in the United States and Canada. Its membership consists of about 1,000 companies that operate buses or bus-based tours, about 2,800 organizations representing the travel and tourism industry,...
  
  
• Antiquarian Booksellers Association
  Antiquarian Booksellers Association
  The Antiquarian Booksellers Association is the senior trade body in the British Isles for dealers in antiquarian and rare books, manuscripts and allied materials.-History:It was founded in 1906 and is the oldest organization of its kind in the world...
  
  , a trade body in the British Isles for dealers in antiquarian and rare books, and allied materials
• Australian Breastfeeding Association
  Australian Breastfeeding Association
  The Australian Breastfeeding Association is an Australian organisation of people interested in the promotion and protection of breastfeeding. Amongst these are breastfeeding women and their partners and health professionals such as doctors, lactation consultants and midwives...
  
  

Sports leagues and associations

• Adriatic Basketball Association, the organizer of Liga ABA in the former Yugoslavia, also with current participation from the Czech Republic and Israel
• Amateur Boxing Association of England
  Amateur Boxing Association of England
  The Amateur Boxing Association of England is the governing body of amateur boxing clubs in England. There are separate organisations for Scotland and Wales with boxing in Northern Ireland being organised on an All-Ireland basis. The Association was founded in 1880...
  
  
• American Bandy Association
  American Bandy Association
  American Bandy Association is the governing body of bandy in the United States. It is headquartered in Minnesota. The American Bandy Association was established in 1981 and became a member of the Federation of International Bandy the same year....
  
  , the national bandy association of the United States
• American Basketball Association
  American Basketball Association
  The American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976.-League history:...
  
   1967–1976 (defunct)
• American Basketball Association (2000–present)
  American Basketball Association (2000–present)
  The American Basketball Association, often abbreviated as ABA, is a semi-professional men's basketball league that was founded in 1999. The current ABA has no affiliation with the original American Basketball Association that merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976...
  
  , a men's basketball minor league in the United States
• American Bicycle Association
  American Bicycle Association
  The American Bicycle Association is a United States-based Bicycle Motocross sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona created by Merl Mennenga and Gene Roden in 1977. It is the largest sanctioning body in the United States concerning BMX. It has tracks in Canada and Mexico as well as in the USA...
  
  
• American Bridge Association
  American Bridge Association
  The American Bridge Association is a bridge organization in North America.The ABA was formed in 1932 by black tennis players at Buckroe Beach, Virginia...
  
  
• Australian Basketball Association
  Australian Basketball Association
  The Australian Basketball Association, often abbreviated to the ABA, is the second-tiered semi-professional men's and women's basketball minor leagues in Australia which sit under the professional National Basketball League and Women's National Basketball League .The ABA is representative of the...
  
  , the second-tiered semi-professional men's and women's basketball minor leagues in Australia

Other uses

• Abscisic acid
  Abscisic acid
  Abscisic acid , also known as abscisin II and dormin, is a plant hormone. ABA functions in many plant developmental processes, including bud dormancy. It is degraded by the enzyme -abscisic acid 8'-hydroxylase.-Function:...
  
  , a plant hormone
• Aberdare railway station
  Aberdare railway station
  Aberdare railway station is a railway station serving the town of Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is the terminus of the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line, 36 km north of...
  
   (United Kingdom)
• Alameda Ballet Academy, a ballet school in Alameda, California, United States
• Applied behavior analysis
  Applied Behavior Analysis
  Applied behavior analysis is a science that involves using modern behavioral learning theory to modify behaviors. Behavior analysts reject the use of hypothetical constructs and focus on the observable relationship of behavior to the environment...
  
  , a technique used to modify behavior, frequently used to treat autism
• Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
  Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
  The Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 is an Act of Congress, enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson.The ABA requires that facilities designed, built, altered, or leased with funds supplied by the United States Federal Government be accessible to the public...
  
  
• Association for Behavior Analysis
  Association for Behavior Analysis
  The Association for Behavior Analysis International is a nonprofit professional membership organization with the mission to contribute to the well-being of society by developing, enhancing, and supporting the growth and vitality of the science of behavior analysis through research, education, and...
  
  , also known as Association for Behavior Analysis International, a nonprofit organization supporting the science of behavior analysis and its development.
• A-B-A, the ternary form
  Ternary form
  Ternary form, sometimes called song form, is a three-part musical form, usually schematicized as A-B-A. The first and third parts are musically identical, or very nearly so, while the second part in some way provides a contrast with them...
  
   in music
• Australian Blue Asbestos
  Australian Blue Asbestos
  Australian Blue Asbestos Pty. Ltd. was a company founded by Lang Hancock, operated between the years responsible for the mining, bagging and distribution of blue asbestos or crocidolite, in Wittenoom, in northern Western Australia. The operation, purchased in 1943 by CSR Limited, was operated as...
  
  , the centre of a major asbestos compensation claim under the auspices of the Dutch-owned James Hardie Industries

See also

• Aba (disambiguation)
• Abas (disambiguation)
• Abba (disambiguation)