VIA
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VIA is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:
Other Uses:
- Via is commonly used as a delineation of connection, e.g. "You will board a train from Boston to San Francisco via Washington, DC".
- Via is a synonym for by means of, e.g. "I will be connecting via the internet". [1]
- Via is the Latin word for a Roman road
- A via (electronics) is a through-connection in a multi-layer printed circuit board or integrated circuit.
- A viaduct is a kind of bridge.
- VIA was the ICAO airline designator for the airline Viasa
- Virtual Interface Adapter
- Vias is a commune of the Hérault département, in France
There are five companies that go by the name VIA:
- VIA Technologies, a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits
- VIA Rail, a Canadian passenger rail company
- VIA Metropolitan Transit, a mass transit agency serving San Antonio, Texas.
- Via, a New York based media collective
- Via Training, an e-learning and blended training development company based in Portland, Oregon