Aloha is a many-splendored word
If it weren’t already more than enough that aloha means hello, goodbye, and love in its original Hawaiian, it’s amazing how many other meanings it has. People say that aloha is also a:
Pre-Ethernet network transmission protocol
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALOHAnet)
Computer model for Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres
(http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cameo/aloha.html)
Neighborhood of Portland, Oregon
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha,_Oregon)
Guideline for heart disease prevention
A—Assess your risk and rank yourself as high, intermediate, or lower risk.
L—Lifestyle recommendations are priority No. 1 in heart disease prevention.
O—Other interventions are prioritized according to the expert panel rating scale.
H—Highest priority for therapy is for women at highest risk.
A—Avoid medical therapies called Class III.
(http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/109/10/e158)
Teaching method for Alternative Learning On Higher Arithmetic
(http://www.aloha.com.ph/new_whatis.html)
Research project on Airborne Lidar Observations of the Hawaiian Airglow
(http://www.geo.nsf.gov/egch/solar/gc_solar_cedar.html)
A Long-term Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment
(http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html)
Hey, I don’t make these up, I just google ‘em.