SMA

A fiber-optic cable connector that uses a threaded plug and socket. It was the first connector for optical fibers to be standardized. For bi-directional transmission, two fiber cables and two SMA connectors are generally used. SMA is specified by the TIA as FOCIS-1. See fiber-optic connectors and FOCIS.

SMA Connector

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A simple, or arithmetic, moving average that is calculated by adding the closing price of the security for a number of time periods and then dividing this total by the number of time periods. Short-term averages respond quickly to changes in the price of the underlying, while long-term averages are slow to react.

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In other words, this is the average stock price over a certain period of time. Keep in mind that equal weighting is given to each daily price. As shown in the chart above, many traders watch for short-term averages to cross above longer-term averages to signal the beginning of an uptrend. As shown by the blue arrows, short-term averages (e.g. 15-period SMA) act as levels of support when the price experiences a pullback. Support levels become stronger and more significant as the number of time periods used in the calculations increases.

Generally, when you hear the term "moving average", it is in reference to a simple moving average. This can be important, especially when comparing to an exponential moving average (EMA).

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Contents 1 In Education 2 In Engineering and Technology 3 In Entertainment 4 In Medicine 5 Other uses

SMA may stand for:

In Education

• Saint Mary's Academy, Rawalpindi, a private English-medium school in Pakistan
• Saint Mary's Academy, Dominica, a private high school in the island of Dominica, in the Caribbean
• San Marcos Baptist Academy, a coed prep school Baptist institution in Texas, USA
• Science and Mathematics Academy, Aberdeen High School, Aberdeen, Maryland
• Singapore-MIT Alliance, an educational initiative
• Staunton Military Academy, Charles Town, Virginia

In Engineering and Technology

• Shape memory alloy, a metal that "remembers" its geometry
• Shared Memory Architecture, a design where a computer graphics chip does not have its own dedicated memory
• Connectors:
  • SMA connector, a type of coaxial radio-frequency connector
  • Optical fiber connector
• SMA Engines, a diesel aircraft engine manufacturer
• SMA Solar Technology, a manufacturer of solar inverters
• Stone mastic asphalt, a type of road surface
• Styrene Maleic Anhydride, a copolymer with high heat properties
• Submillimeter Array, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
• SMA Service Suite Monitoring & Alerting- Citrix Service

In Entertainment

• Stop motion animation/animator, where objects are moved by small amounts between frames
• Super Mario Advance, a game in the Mario series
• Super Mario Adventures, an anthology of comics featuring the characters from Nintendo's Mario series*

In Medicine

• Spinal muscular atrophy, a motor neuron disease
• Superior mesenteric artery, a blood vessel supplying the pancreas and part of the intestine
• Supplementary motor area, part of the sensorimotor cortex

Other uses

• Santa Maria Airport (Azores), an airport in the Azores
• See My Archives (internet lingo)
• Separately managed account, an individual investment account with an asset-based fee structure
• Special Memorandum Account
• Sergeant Major of the Army, the senior enlisted member of the U.S. Army
• Seoul Metropolitan Area, a region in South Korea
• Shanghai Maple Automobile, an automobile manufacturer based in Shanghai, China
• Simple moving average, the unweighted mean of the previous n data points, when analyzing time series data
• Sir Mix-a-Lot, the stage name of Anthony Ray, a rapper and producer
• "SMA", a 1999 song by hard rock band Chevelle from their first studio album, Point #1

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