WPA

WPA

WPA is a three-letter acronym with multiple meanings:

Government and Military

*War Powers Act, a U.S. federal law, also known as the "War Powers Resolution"
*Western Pennsylvania
*Woomera Prohibited Area, a former weapons testing range
*Working People's Alliance, a Guyanese political party
*Works Progress Administration (later "Works Projects Administration"), a U.S. government employment agency (1935–1943)

Information technology

*Wi-Fi Protected Access, a wireless encryption standard
*Windows Product Activation, a Microsoft software licensing strategy

Music

*Weddings Parties Anything, an Australian band

Organizations

*Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly, a Canadian Pentecostal church.
*Western Provident Association, a UK-based health insurer
*Western Pyrotechnic Association, an American pyrotechnics guild that meets biannually in Lake Havasu City
*World Pool-Billiard Association, the international governing body of pocket billiard sports
*Washington Project for the Arts, an arts organization based in Washington, D.C.
*World Pheasant Association
*World Poker Association, the international governing body of tournament poker worldwide

Sports

*Walter Payton Award, in U.S. Division I-AA football
*Win Probability Added, a technical baseball statistic


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  • WPA — (Wi Fi Protected Access Acceso Protegido Wi Fi) es un sistema para asegurar redes inalámbricas (Wi Fi), creado para corregir la seguridad del sistema previo, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy Privacidad Equivalente a Cableado); investigadores han… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • WPA — worked principal agreement (WPA) An agreement by a London Stock Exchange (LSE) member firm to effect as principal (at some future time) a transaction in a SETS security or a portfolio transaction which includes SETS securities within agreed price …   Law dictionary

  • WPA — 1936, acronym from Works Progress Administration, U.S. agency established 1935 …   Etymology dictionary

  • WPA — (Work Projects Administration) n. U.S. Government agency set up to create jobs in the 1930s …   English contemporary dictionary

  • WPA — abbrev. Works Progress (later, Work Projects) Administration …   English World dictionary

  • WPA — Work Projects Administration: the former federal agency (1935 43) charged with instituting and administering public works in order to relieve national unemployment. Originally, Works Progress Administration. * * * in full Works Progress… …   Universalium

  • WPA — abbreviation with particular average * * * Work Projects Administration: the former federal agency (1935 43) charged with instituting and administering public works in order to relieve national unemployment. Originally, Works Progress… …   Useful english dictionary

  • WPA — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.   Sigles d’une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres   Sigles de quatre lettres …   Wikipédia en Français

  • WPA — Die Abkürzung WPA bezeichnet: Wi Fi Protected Access, eine Verschlüsselungsart im Bereich von Funknetzwerken (WLAN) Windows Product Activation (Windows Produktaktivierung), ein Verfahren und Software Lizenzierungsstrategie in Microsoft Windows XP …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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