UMA

UMA (countable and uncountable, plural UMAs)

1. (computing) Initialism of unified memory access.
2. (dated, computing) Initialism of upper memory area.
3. Initialism of union membership agreement.

• (upper memory area): UMB, HMA

• (upper memory area): EMS, XMS, EMM, XMM

• AMU, AUM, MAU, MUA, Mau, amu, aum

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from U +‎ M +‎ A, coined as an acronym of unidentified mysterious animal by analogy with UFO (yūfō).

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːma̠]

UMA(ユーマ) • (yūma) 

1. (neologism, cryptozoology) a cryptid
   • 2011 July 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)四(よん)十(じゅう)五(ご)訓(くん)　かまくらはどんだけ頑(がん)張(ば)って作(つく)っても次(つぎ)の日(ひ)にはどっかのクソガキに壊(こわ)される [Lesson 345: Even When You Give Your All to Building a Quinzhee, There Will Be A Brat Destroying It the Next Day]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 40 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     ……ただのビッグフットなんてこの世(よ)に存(そん)在(ざい)しねェェェェ‼なんでこんな所(ところ)に伝(でん)説(せつ)のUMA(ユーマ)が生(せい)息(そく)してんだァァ‼なんでビッグフットがスニーカーはいってんだァ！

     ……Tada no Biggufutto nan te kono yo ni sonzaishi nēēe‼ Nan de konna tokoro ni densetsu no yūma ga seisokushiten dāa‼ Nan de Biggufutto ga sunīkā haitten dā!

     ……There’s no such thing as Bigfoot!! Why would a legendary cryptid be living here!? And why would Bigfoot even wear sneakers for fudge’s sake?