AAA

AAA or Triple-A may just mean something that is high quality, premier, or excellent, or be a three-letter acronym. As a proper word Aaa, in the English language it is only found in the name of the Aaa Water Treader ("Cavaticovelia aaa"), a true bug found in Hawaiian caves. As an abbreviation or acronym, "AAA" is used for:

Economic, political, and social

* American Ambulance Association
* American Arbitration Association

Economic

* American Academy of Actuaries
* American Accounting Association
* American Angus Association
* A credit rating, ex. Triple-A status

Political

* Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, US federal legislation
* Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, US federal legislation
* Agricultural Adjustment Administration, a USDA agency
* "Alianza Anticomunista Argentina" ("Argentine Anticommunist Alliance" in Spanish), an Argentinian far-right death squad of the mid-1970s
* "Alianza Americana Anticomunista" ("American Anticommunist Alliance" in Spanish), a paramilitary far-right Colombian organization, 1978–1979
* "Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista", in Spain — see 1977 Atocha Massacre
* American Automobile Association or Triple "A"

Social

* Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project, San Francisco, California
* American Anthropological Association
* American Automobile Association or Triple "A"
* Australian Automobile Association, a member of the FIA

Arts

* American Abstract Artists, an artist-run organization formed in 1936 to promote and foster public understanding of abstract art
* Associated American Artists, an art gallery and art marketing business
* "Axis & Allies" (2004 video game), a WWII real-time strategy computer game
* "TripleA" (computer game), a strategy computer game, based on "Axis & Allies"

Graphics

* AAA, a Japanese manga by Fukushima Haruka
* Aces of ANSI Art, an organized body of artists dedicated to creating ANSI art

Architecture

* Alberta Association of Architects, a regulatory body

Literature

* A. A. Attanasio, Science fiction writer.
* AAA, a Japanese manga by Fukushima Haruka

Music

* AAA (band), a Japanese pop band
* "AAA", the sixth track on "City" (1997), by Strapping Young Lad
* Adult album alternative, a radio format
* Against All Authority ("-AAA-"), an American DIY ska-punk band
* American Accordionists' Association
* Angels & Airwaves, an American alternative rock band
* AntAcidAudio, an independent record label
* The lowest note on a piano (Sub-Contra)

Theatre

* Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, a British actor

ports

* Triple-A (baseball), the highest level of North American minor league baseball
* American Airlines Arena, the Miami Heat's sports stadium
* "Asistencia Asesoría y Administración", a Mexican wrestling promotion
* Amateur Athletic Association of England
* Montreal Amateur Athletic Association
* Arkansas Activities Association

cience and technology

Astronomy

* Amateur Achievement Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific
* Association of Autonomous Astronauts

Chemistry

* Acetic Anhydride

Computing

* AAA protocol, "Authentication, Authorization and Accounting", an access control, policy enforcement and auditing framework for computing systems
* Amiga Advanced Architecture chipset, hardware for a proposed Commodore Amiga computer
* ASCII adjust after addition, an Intel BCD opcodes processor instruction
* The highest of the three levels of web site accessibility measured by WCAG

Mathematics

* Angle-angle-angle, see Similarity (mathematics)#Similar triangles

Medicine

* AAA proteins (ATPases Associated with various cellular Activities)
* Abdominal aortic aneurysm
* Triple A syndrome

Military

* Anti-Aircraft Artillery or "Triple A"

ocial science

* American Anthropological Association

Technology

* AAA battery, a standard size of dry cell
* Analog-analog-analog, a designation for audio analog recording

Other

* Anaa Airport in French Polynesia, IATA airport code
* Ansett Australia, an Australian airline, ICAO airline code
* Logan County Airport (Illinois), FAA airport code