LGA

(Land Grid Array) A chip package with a very high density of contacts. LGAs differ from traditional chips with protruding pins that are inserted into a socket. An LGA chip has flat pads on the bottom of its package that touch contacts on the motherboard socket.

A Core i7 Chip

This Intel Core i7 chip uses an LGA package with 1,366 contacts, providing a very high density of pathways to the motherboard. Notice that the chip package contains pads rather than pins. (Image courtesy of Intel Corporation.)

LGA

Acronym	Definition
LGA➣Lotteries and Gaming Authority (Malta)
LGA➣La Guardia Airport (Flushing, NY)
LGA➣Local Government Association (UK)
LGA➣Local Government Area
LGA➣Land Grid Array (Intel CPU socket technology)
LGA➣La Grange (Amtrak station code; La Grange, IL)
LGA➣Land-Grid-Array
LGA➣Large for Gestational Age
LGA➣Land Grid Array
LGA➣L-Glutamic Acid
LGA➣Local Government Authority
LGA➣Low-G Accelerometer (science education)
LGA➣Low Gain Antenna
LGA➣Lansberg Gersick & Associates (New Haven, CT)
LGA➣Luganda (language)
LGA➣Lattice Gas Automata
LGA➣New York, NY, USA - Laguardia (Airport Code)
LGA➣Low Gestational Age (pediatrics)
LGA➣Low Grazing Angle
LGA➣Living Group Advisor
LGA➣Lynne Gilfillan Associates, Inc.
LGA➣Linderman Group Architects, Inc. (Chester, PA, USA)
LGA➣Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 (US Congress)