SAS: Difference between revisions
Appearance
Content deleted Content added
add one |
|||
Line 57: | Line 57: | ||
* [[Sorcerer's Apprentice Syndrome]], a network protocol flaw in the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) |
* [[Sorcerer's Apprentice Syndrome]], a network protocol flaw in the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) |
||
* [[Short Authentication String]], a method used in the [[ZRTP]] cryptographic protocol |
* [[Short Authentication String]], a method used in the [[ZRTP]] cryptographic protocol |
||
they are also trained by steven hawkings on the planet of Jupiter |
|||
==Engineering== |
==Engineering== |
Revision as of 13:33, 11 December 2012
Sas or SAS may refer to:
Organizations
Military
- Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British Army
- Special Air Service Regiment, a special forces unit of the Australian Army
- New Zealand Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the New Zealand Army
- Rhodesian Special Air Service, several special force units from Rhodesia
- Special Air Service, a unit within the Special Forces of Zimbabwe
- Free French Special Air Service, the predecessor unit of the French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (1er RPIMa)
- 5th Special Air Service, a Belgian Second World War formation
- Canadian Special Air Service Company, a Canadian unit from 1947 to 1949
- Su Altı Savunma, a special operations unit of the Turkish Navy
- Section Administrative Spécialisée (Special Administrative Section), a French army civil-military cooperation unit in the Algerian War
- South African Ship, the South African Navy ship prefix
Business
- Société par actions simplifiée, a types of business entity in France
- SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia
- San Antonio Shoemakers, a shoe company in San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Southern Audio Services, an electronics manufacturer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Education
- School of Advanced Study, a postgraduate institution of the University of London, UK
- School for Advanced Studies, a high school program in Miami, Florida, USA
- Semester at Sea, a shipboard academic program administered by the University of Virginia, USA
- Sekolah Alam Shah, a boarding school in Malaysia
- Shanghai American School, an international school in Shanghai
- Singapore American School, an international school in Singapore
- Slovak Academy of Sciences, the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia
- Society for Amateur Scientists, an American non-profit organization
- Space Access Society, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel
- Studia Academica Slovaca, a summer school teaching the Slovak language
- Society for Animation Studies, an international scholarly organization
- St. Augustine's School, a school in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
- Strong American Schools, an American non-profit organization that promotes sound education policies
- Sussex Archaeological Society, an archaeological society based in Lewes, Sussex, UK
- Sense About Science, a UK-based organization promoting respect for good science
- Saline Area Schools, a school district in Michigan
Politics and groups
- Sloboda a Solidarita or Freedom and Solidarity, a political party in Slovakia
- Second Amendment Sisters, a women's advocacy group focusing on gun rights in the United States of America
- Surfers Against Sewage, a UK-based campaign for clean, safe recreational water
Computing
- SAS Institute Inc., a software company headquartered in North Carolina, USA
- SAS (software), an integrated software suite produced by SAS Institute, Inc.
- SAS language, a data processing and statistical analysis language
- Secure Attention Sequence, a method to invoke a computer operating system's attention
- Serial attached SCSI, a computer bus technology for the transfer of data to and from storage devices (e.g., hard disks)
- Spatially Aware Sublayer, an optional sublayer of the MAC that provides spatial reuse in Resilient Packet Ring
- Standalone server, a type of server that is not part of a larger network infrastructure such as an Active Directory domain
- SUPERAntiSpyware, software application for detecting and removing harmful software applications
- Sorcerer's Apprentice Syndrome, a network protocol flaw in the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
- Short Authentication String, a method used in the ZRTP cryptographic protocol
they are also trained by steven hawkings on the planet of Jupiter
Engineering
- Self-anchored suspension bridge, a suspension bridge in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck
- Slot Accounting System protocol, a slot machine communication method created by the International Game Technology (IGT) corporation
- Small-angle scattering, a scattering technique based on the deflection of a beam of particles away from the straight trajectory after it interacts with a sample
- Synthetic aperture sonar, a form of sonar analogous to synthetic aperture radar
Music and literature
- Southern All Stars, a Japanese rock band
- Stubborn All-Stars, an American ska band from New York City, USA
- Stretch Arm Strong, an American band from South Carolina, USA
- Strong Arm Steady, an American hip-hop group from California, USA
- Son Altesse Sérénissime, a French book series by Gérard de Villiers
Places
- Sas van Gent, a town in the Netherlands
- Sas River (Romania)
Science
- Solvent-accessible surface, the surface area of a biomolecule that is accessible to a solvent
- Subarachnoid space, the space between the arachnoid mater and pia mater in the brain
- Subvalvular aortic stenosis, an abnormal, congenital heart murmur
- Side-angle-side, a concept in geometry for determining congruence or similarity of triangles
Space
- Small Astronomy Satellite 1, the first of a series of NASA X-Ray satellites launched on 12 December 1970
- Small Astronomy Satellite 2, launched on 15 November 1972
- Small Astronomy Satellite 3, launched on 7 May 1975
- Space activity suit, a spacesuit which provides mechanical pressure by means of elastic garments
- Space adaptation syndrome, an illness akin to motion sickness experienced by many first-time space travellers
- Space Access Society, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel
Sports
- SAS Championship, a golf tournament in Cary, North Carolina, USA
- SAS Masters Tour, a domestic professional golf tour operated by the Swedish Golf Association
- San Antonio Spurs, an NBA basketball team
- San Antonio Scorpions FC, an American soccer team
Transportation
- Second Avenue Subway, a subway line in New York City
- Salton Sea Airport, by IATA airport code
- SAS Group, Scandinavian Airlines System Group, an airline company based in Stockholm, Sweden
- Scandinavian Airlines, an airline company in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- SAS Cargo Group, a cargo company in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Other uses
- Statements on auditing standards, a series of internationally recognized auditing standards
- Sas of Moldavia (died 1358), Voivode ruling over what was to become Moldavia between 1354–1358
- Sas (coat of arms), a eastern European coat of arms
- SAS (Action Force), a fictional military unit in the Action Force universe
- Andalusian Health Service (Servicio Andaluz de Salud), the government-run health system