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African Leadership University

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Allou Health & Beauty Care, Inc.

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Altium Ltd

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Aluminium Body

Miscellaneous » Automotive

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Arithmetic and Logical Unit

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Arithmetic Logic Unit

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Association of LISP Users

Computing » General Computing

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Alu

Aluminium

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Alcatel-Lucent

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Arithmetic/Logic Unit

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Associative Location Unit

Medical » Hospitals

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Assisted Living Unit

Community » Housing & Amenities

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Academy of Life Underwriting

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Application Layer User

Computing » IT

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Arthematic and Logic Unit

Computing » Java

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Alumasc Group

Business » London Stock Exchange

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A Linked Unit

Governmental » NASA

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Arithmetic Unit

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Audio, LAN, and USB

Computing » Networking

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Analog Looping Utility

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Applied Laser Unit

Academic & Science » Physics

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All Liquored Up

Governmental » Police

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Alcolu Railroad

Regional » Railroads

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Arithmatic Logic Unit

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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Arithmetic Longest Unit

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What does ALU mean?

Alu
The sequence alu is found in numerous Elder Futhark runic inscriptions of Germanic Iron Age Scandinavia between the 3rd and the 8th century. The word usually appears either alone or as part of an apparent formula. The symbols represent the runes Ansuz, Laguz, and Uruz. The origin and meaning of the word are matters of dispute, though a general agreement exists among scholars that the word represents an instance of historical runic magic or is a metaphor for it. It is the most common of the early runic charm words. The word disappears from runic inscriptions shortly after Migration Period, even before the Christianization of Scandinavia. It may have lived on beyond this period with an increasing association with ale, appearing in stanzas 7 and 19 of the Old Norse poem Sigrdrífumál, compiled in the 13th century Poetic Edda, where knowledge of invocative "ale runes" is imparted by the Valkyrie Sigrdrífa. Theories have been suggested that the unique term ealuscerwen, used to describe grief or terror in the epic poem Beowulf, recorded around the 9th to 11th century, may be directly related.

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