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ALEatomic layer epitaxy
ALFairborne laser fluorosensor
ALPadvanced lightwave platform
ALUarithmetic logic unit
AMactive matrix; air mass; amplitude modulation
AMOLEDactive-matrix organic light-emitting diode
AMUatomic mass unit
ANMCAmerican National Metric Council
ANRTAssociation Nationale de la Recherche Technique
ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute
antilogantilogarithm
ANVISaviator's night vision imaging system
AOBDacousto-optic beam deflector
AODacousto-optic deflector
AOIarea of interest; automatic optical inspection
AOMacousto-optic modulator
AOTFacousto-optic tunable filter
APAall points addressable
APCautomatic power control; angle polished connector
APCVDatmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition
APDavalanche photodiode
APIapplication programming interface
APOMAAmerican Precision Optics Manufacturers Association
APSactive pixel sensor; active pixel system; Advanced Photon Source; American Physical Society; atom probe spectroscopy; autocorrelated photon spectroscopy
APTautomatic picture transmission
ARAbbe refractometer; acoustic radiometer; acoustic resonance; active region; alpha ray; amplitude ratio; antireflective; aperture ratio; applied research; argon; aspect ratio; atomic reactor; augmented reality
AREactivated reactive evaporation
ARMantiradiation missile
ARROWantiresonant reflecting optical waveguide
ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASDSRSautomatic spectrum display and signal recognition system
ASEamplified spontaneous emission
ASFIRactive swept frequency interferometer radar
ASICapplication-specific integrated circuit
ASIIAmerican Science Information Institute
ASISAmerican Society for Information Science
ASKAautomatic system for kinematic analysis
ASLMSAmerican Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery
ASMampere second meter
ASNTAmerican Society for Nondestructive Testing
ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
ATatomic time
ATARSadvanced tactical air reconnaissance system
ATDMAsynchronous Time Division Multiplexing
ATEautomatic test and evaluation
ATLISautomatic tracking laser illumination system
ATMasynchronous transfer mode
atmosatmosphere
ATPacceptance test plan; Advanced Technology Plan
ATRattenuated total reflectance; automatic target recognition
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