The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Asa \As"a\, n. [NL. asa, of oriental origin; cf. Per. az[=a]
   mastic, Ar. as[=a] healing, is[=a] remedy.]
   An ancient name of a gum.
   [1913 Webster] Asafetida

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Adaptive Simulated Annealing
ASA

    (ASA) An algorithm for global optimisation of
   generic functions by Lester Ingber
    .

   (http://alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/).

   (http://ingber.com/).

   Mailing list: .

   (2000-02-29)