ASL
English
Proper noun
ASL
- Initialism of American Sign Language.
- 2018 July 13, Shoshi Parks, “How Deaf Children in Nicaragua Created a New Language”, in Atlas Obscura[1], archived from the original on 29 March 2025:
- Whereas American Sign Language could have extended into Nicaragua by the 1980s, as it did in neighboring Costa Rica where it combined with a locally developed sign language in the 1960s, Nicaragua’s geo-political isolation prevented ASL from entering the country, notes Shepard-Kegl.
- Initialism of Advanced Squad Leader.
- (software, copyright law) Initialism of Apache Software License.
Hyponyms
- (American Sign Language): BASL
Phrase
ASL
- Alternative form of asl (“age, sex, location”).
- Initialism of above sea level.
- (programming) Initialism of arithmetic shift left, a type of bitwise operation.