SOA

SOA can stand for:

Safe operating area, the current conditions over which a device can be expected to operate without self-damage
School of the Americas, a US Army training facility subsequently officially known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
Service-oriented architecture, a computing software architecture
Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, a device that amplifies an optical signal directly
Skies of Arcadia, a console game for the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Gamecube
Society of Actuaries, one of the two main professional societies of actuaries in the United States
Society of Ancients, an international society based in the UK
Start of Authority, in network computing, an SOA record identifies the authoritative Name Server for a specific DNS database segment
State of Alert, a punk rock group.
State of the art, an highest level of development
Soldiers of Allah, an Islamic rap group.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, officially titled the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002
Stimulus Onset Asynchrony, the time interval between the end of a first stimulus and the onset of a second stimulus