SAS
SAS or Sas may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- SAS (novel series), a French book series by Gérard de Villiers
- Shimmer and Shine, an American animated children's television series
- Southern All Stars, a Japanese rock band
- Strong Arm Steady, an American hip hop group from California
- Sunday All Stars, a Philippine Sunday variety show from 2013 to 2015
- SAS: Secure Tomorrow, a 2008 video game
Film and television
[edit]- SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia
- SAS: Are You Tough Enough?, a British documentary series
- SAS: Red Notice, a 2021 action thriller film
- SAS: Rogue Heroes, a British historical drama TV series
- SAS: Who Dares Wins, a British reality TV series
- Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, an American adaptation of the show
- SAS Australia: Who Dares Wins, an Australian adaptation of the show
- Erikoisjoukot, a Finnish adaptation of the show
Organizations
[edit]Military
[edit]- An abbreviation for "Special Air Service" in various armed forces, including:
- Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British Army
- Special Air Service Regiment, a special forces unit of the Australian Army
- 5th Special Air Service, a Belgian Second World War formation
- Canadian Special Air Service Company, a Canadian unit from 1947 to 1949
- Free French Special Air Service, the predecessor unit of the French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (1er RPIMa)
- New Zealand Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the New Zealand Army
- Rhodesian Special Air Service, several special forces units from Rhodesia
- Special Air Service, a unit within the Special Forces of Zimbabwe
- South African Ship, the South African Navy warship prefix
- Specialized Administrative Sections, a French civil-military program during the Algerian War
- Su Altı Savunma, a special operations unit of the Turkish Navy
Brands and enterprises
[edit]- SAS Group (Scandinavian Airlines System Group), an airline company based in Stockholm, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark
- Scandinavian Airlines, the largest airline in Scandinavia
- SAS Cargo Group, a cargo subsidiary of the company
- SAS Institute, an analytics software company headquartered in North Carolina, US
- SAS (software), the main software product of the company
- SAS language, the language used to program the software
- SAS (shoemakers), trademark of a shoe company in San Antonio, Texas, US
- SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia
- Société par actions simplifiée, French designation of a joint stock type of company
- Southern Audio Services, an electronics manufacturer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US
Healthcare
[edit]- Andalusian Health Service (Servicio Andaluz de Salud), the government-run health system of Andalusia, Spain
- Scottish Ambulance Service
Schools
[edit]Asia
[edit]- St. Augustine's School, Kalimpong, a school in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
- Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, a boarding school in Malaysia
- Shanghai American School, an international school in Shanghai
- Singapore American School, an international school in Singapore
Europe
[edit]- Sankt-Ansgar-Schule, Hamburg, Germany
- School of Advanced Study, a postgraduate institution of the University of London, United Kingdom
- Studia Academica Slovaca, a summer school teaching the Slovak language
United States
[edit]- Saint Andrew's School (Boca Raton, Florida)
- Saint Andrew's School (Saratoga, California)
- Saint Andrew's School (Savannah, Georgia)
- Saline Area Schools, a school district in Michigan
- School for Advanced Studies, a high school program in Miami, Florida
- Semester at Sea, a shipboard academic program
Other organizations
[edit]- Second Amendment Sisters, a women's advocacy group focusing on gun rights in the United States of America
- Sense about Science, a UK-based organization promoting respect for good science
- Servants Anonymous Society, a nonprofit women's organization
- Sloboda a Solidarita or Freedom and Solidarity, a political party in Slovakia
- Slovak Academy of Sciences, the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia
- Society for Affective Science, a non-profit organization devoted to the science of affect
- Society for Amateur Scientists, an American non-profit organization
- Society for Animation Studies, an international scholarly organization
- Space Access Society, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel
- Strong American Schools, an American non-profit organization that promotes sound education policies
- Surfers Against Sewage, a UK-based campaign for clean, safe recreational water
- Sussex Archaeological Society, an archaeological society based in Lewes, Sussex, UK
People
[edit]- Éva Sas, French politician
- Ferenc Sas, Hungarian footballer
- Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer
- Julian Sas, Dutch blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Sas of Moldavia (died 1358), voivode ruling over what was to become Moldavia between 1354 and 1358
- Stephen A. Smith, American sports analyst
Places
[edit]- Sas, a tributary of the river Bouleț in Romania
- Sas, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province
- Šas, a village in Montenegro
- Sas van Gent, a town in, Zeeland province, the Netherlands
Science, technology, and mathematics
[edit]Biology and medicine
[edit]- Sleep apnea syndrome, a sleep disorder in which pauses in breathing or periods of shallow breathing during sleep occur more often than normal
- 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 (non-human), an abnormal, congenital heart murmur
- Syndesmotic ankle sprain, a type of ankle sprain
Computing
[edit]- SAS (software), (Statistical Analysis System) an integrated software suite produced by SAS Institute Inc.
- SAS language, a data processing and statistical analysis language
- Secure Attention Sequence, a special key combination which invokes a trusted login process (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Delete on Windows NT systems)
- Serial Attached SCSI, a computer bus technology for the transfer of data to and from storage devices (e.g., hard disks)
- Shared access signature, a security token which can be attached to a URL
- Short Authentication String, a method used in the ZRTP cryptographic protocol
- Slot Accounting System protocol, a slot machine communication method created by the International Game Technology (IGT) corporation
- Sorcerer's Apprentice syndrome, a network protocol flaw in the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
- Spatially Aware Sublayer, an optional sublayer of the MAC that provides spatial reuse in Resilient Packet Ring
Space
[edit]- Small Astronomy Satellite (disambiguation), one of three of NASA-operated space telescopes
- Space Access Society, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel
- 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
- Sistema Avariynogo Spaseniya, (Russian: CAC, Система Аварийного Спасения), the Soyuz launch escape system
Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics
[edit]- Self-anchored suspension bridge, a suspension bridge in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck
- Side-angle-side, a concept in geometry for determining congruence or similarity of triangles
- 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
- Solid Axle Suspension, a type of automobile suspension
- Stability Augmentation System, a limited form of autopilot that stabilizes an aircraft in one or more axes
- Synthetic aperture sonar, a form of sonar analogous to synthetic aperture radar
- Supercritical Anti-Solvent, a method used for micronization of substances
Sport
[edit]- San Antonio Spurs, a professional basketball team in San Antonio, Texas, United States
- SAS Championship, a golf tournament in Cary, North Carolina, United States
- SAS Masters Tour, a domestic professional golf tour operated by the Swedish Golf Association
- Stars Association for Sports, a women's association football club in Aley, Lebanon
Transportation
[edit]- Salton Sea Airport, IATA airport code SAS
- Sam Shing stop, MTR station code SAS
- San Antonio station (Texas), Amtrak code SAS
- Second Avenue Subway, a subway line in New York City
Other uses
[edit]- Sas coat of arms, a European coat of arms (German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Ukrainian)
- Statements on auditing standards, a series of internationally recognized auditing standards
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with SAS
- History of the SAS (disambiguation)
- Saas (disambiguation)
- Sass (disambiguation)