asa

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Asa \As"a\, n. [NL. asa, of oriental origin; cf. Per. az[=a]
   mastic, Ar. as[=a] healing, is[=a] remedy.]
   An ancient name of a gum.
   [1913 Webster] Asafetida

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Adaptive Simulated Annealing
ASA

   <language> (ASA) An {algorithm} for global optimisation of
   generic {functions} by Lester Ingber
   <[email protected]> <[email protected]>.

   Latest version: 20.5, as of 2000-02-29.

   (http://alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/).

   (http://ingber.com/).

   Mailing list: <[email protected]>.

   (2000-02-29)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASA
       Adaptive Security Appliance (Cisco)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASA
       Advanced SCSI Architecture (SCSI)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASA
       American Standards Association (org., USA, ANSI, predecessor)

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Asa
physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third
king of Judah. He was zealous in maintaining the true worship of
God, and in rooting all idolatry, with its accompanying
immoralities, out of the land (1 Kings 15:8-14). The Lord gave
him and his land rest and prosperity. It is recorded of him,
however, that in his old age, when afflicted, he "sought not to
the Lord, but to the physicians" (comp. Jer. 17:5). He died in
the forty-first year of his reign, greatly honoured by his
people (2 Chr. 16:1-13), and was succeeded by his son
Jehoshaphat.

from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

Asa, physician; cure