SGA may refer to:

Medicine and healthcare

Second-generation antipsychotics The atypical antipsychotics (AAP), also known as second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) and serotonin–dopamine antagonists (SDAs), are a group of antipsychotic drugs (antipsychotic drugs in general are also known as tranquilizers and neurole ...

Segesterone acetate Segesterone acetate (SGA), sold under the brand name Nestorone among others, is a progestin medication which is used in birth control and in the treatment of endometriosis. It is available both alone and in combination with an estrogen as seg ...

, a progestin medication *

Small for gestational age Small for gestational age (SGA) newborns are those who are smaller in size than normal for the gestational age. SGA is most commonly defined as a weight below the 10th percentile for the gestational age. SGA predicts susceptibility to hypoglycemi ...

, babies whose birth weight lies below the 10th percentile for that gestational age * Supraglottic airway, an

airway management Airway management includes a set of maneuvers and medical procedures performed to prevent and relieve an airway obstruction. This ensures an open pathway for gas exchange between a patient's lungs and the atmosphere. This is accomplished by either ...

device

Companies and organizations

Aviation

* SGA, IATA code for Sheghnan Airport in Afghanistan * SGA Airlines (Siam General Aviation), a regional airline in Thailand * Swanson Group Aviation, a heavy lift helicopter operator of Glendale, Oregon, U.S.

Politics

* ''Schwarz-Gelbe Allianz'' (Black-Yellow Alliance), an Austrian political party *

Southern Governors' Association The Southern Governors' Association (SGA), formerly the Southern Governors Conference, was a United States association of governors founded in 1934 and dissolved in 2016. It was the oldest and historically the largest of the regional governors asso ...

, formed in the United States in 1934 and dissolved in 2016

Other

Society of Graphic Art The Society of Graphic Fine Art (known until 1988 as the Society of Graphic Art) is a British arts organisation dedicated to drawing in all of its forms, established in 1919. History The Society of Graphic Art was founded in 1919 by Frank Lewis ...

, a British arts organization founded in 1919 *

Songwriters Guild of America The Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) is an American organization created to "advance, promote, and benefit" the profession of songwriters. It was founded in 1931 as the Songwriters Protective Association by Billy Rose, George W. Meyer and Edgar L ...

, an organization to help "advance, promote, and benefit" the profession of songwriters * Strong Group Athletics, a basketball and volleyball team-sponsoring organization in the Philippines

Entertainment and media

* Standard Galactic Alphabet, the writing system in the ''Commander Keen'' fictional universe * ''

Stargate Atlantis ''Stargate Atlantis'' (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated ''SGA'') is an Adventure film, adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise. The show was created by Brad W ...

'', an American-Canadian science fiction television series and a spin-off from the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' *

Swedish Game Awards Swedish Game Awards is Sweden's largest video game development competition. It has been held annually since 2002 and is organized by the student-driven, non-profit entrepreneurship association at the Royal Institute of Technology, Excitera. The c ...

, Sweden's largest video game development competition

People

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander ( ; born July 12, 1998), also known by his initials SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college ...

(born 1998), Canadian professional basketball player

Science and technology

Samsung Galaxy Ace The Samsung Galaxy Ace (also known as Samsung Galaxy Cooper in some territories) is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the open source Android operating system. Announced and released by Samsung in February 2011, the Galaxy Ace featu ...

, an Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung * Simple

genetic algorithm In computer science and operations research, a genetic algorithm (GA) is a metaheuristic inspired by the process of natural selection that belongs to the larger class of evolutionary algorithms (EA). Genetic algorithms are commonly used to g ...

Synthetic genetic array Synthetic genetic array analysis (SGA) is a high-throughput technique for exploring synthetic lethal and synthetic sick genetic interactions ( SSL). SGA allows for the systematic construction of double mutants using a combination of recombinant ...

analysis, a high throughput methodology for studying genetic interactions *

System Global Area In the database management systems developed by the Oracle Corporation, the System Global Area (SGA) forms the part of the system memory (RAM) shared by all the processes belonging to a single Oracle database instance. The SGA contains all informati ...

, a shared memory structure that is created by Oracle databases at instance startup

Other uses

* SGA, ISO 639-2 & -3 code for

Old Irish language Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic (, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ; ; or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts. It was used from 600 to 900. The main contemporary texts ...

SG&A SG&A (alternately SGA, SAG, G&A or SGNA) is an initialism used in accounting to refer to Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, which is a major non-production cost presented in an income statement (statement of profit or loss). SGA expe ...

, Selling, general and administrative expenses in income statements *

Same-gender attraction This page lists common initialisms relating to LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) people and the LGBTQ community. Key Variants of LGBTQ * 2SLGBTQI+ * GBT or GBTQ – variant omitting "lesbian", typically when referring o ...

, an LGBTQ acronym *

Séminaire de Géométrie Algébrique du Bois Marie In mathematics, the (''SGA''; from French: "Seminar on Algebraic Geometry of Bois Marie") was an influential seminar run by French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck. It was a unique phenomenon of research and publication outside of the main ...

, an influential mathematical seminar and the series of books it produced *

Special Geographic Area The Special Geographic Area (SGA) is a loose collection of 63 barangays in six municipalities of the province of Cotabato in the Philippines. It is part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, despite the province of Cotabato itsel ...

, of Bangsamoro, Philippines *

Student government association A students' union or student union, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organization ...

, a student organization dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body *

Substantial gainful activity Substantial gainful activity is a term used in the United States by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Being incapable of substantial gainful employment is one of the criteria for eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social S ...

, a term defined by the U.S. Social Security Administration to describe work that involves physical or mental effort and is ordinarily done for pay