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Organizations and societies

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American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer. Established in 1913, the society is organized into six geographical regions of both medical and lay volunteers operating in more than ...
, an American voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer * American Ceramic Society, an American professional organization *
American Cheese Society The American Cheese Society (ACS) is a non-profit trade group for the American cheese industry that was founded in 1983. ACS promotes American cheeses, provides the industry with educational resources and networking opportunities and encourages ...
, a professional organization of the American cheese industry *
American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all d ...
, an American professional association *
American College of Surgeons The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913.American College of Surgeons Online "What is the American College of Surgeons?"/ref> See also *American College of Physicians The American College o ...
, a fellowship of American surgeons * American Colonization Society, an organization that helped in founding Liberia as a colony for freed slaves *
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy The American Constitution Society (ACS) is a progressive legal organization. ACS was created as a counterweight to, and is modeled after, the Federalist Society, and is often described as its progressive counterpart. Founded in 2001 following t ...
, an organization of lawyers and law students in the US *
American Cryonics Society The American Cryonics Society (ACS), also known as the Cryonics Society of America, is a member-run, California-based, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization that supports and promotes research and education into cryonics and cryobiology. Cr ...
, non-profit corporation that supports and promotes research and education into cryonics *
American CueSports Alliance The American CueSports Alliance (abbreviated ACS) is a Non-profit organization, non-profit league-sanctioning body for cue sports in the United States. They produce national billiards tournaments on an annual basis, in areas such as eight-ball an ...
, a US-based pool league * Association of Caribbean States, an advisory, consultative body of Caribbean countries * Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, an association founded England in 1973 to collect cricket data * Audience Council Scotland, a BBC Trust organisation in Scotland * Australian Cinematographers Society * Australian Computer Society, an association for information and communications technology professionals *
Australian Cricket Society The Australian Cricket Society is a fraternity of cricket lovers with branches in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania. It was established in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1967. Ricky Ponting serves as patron. Activities Guest ...
, an association of cricket lovers *
Redfern Aboriginal Children's Services The Redfern Aboriginal Children's Services, also known as Redfern Aboriginal Children's Services and Archives, or simply Aboriginal Children's Services (ACS), is a community services organisation for Indigenous Australian children in Sydney, A ...
, a community services organisation for Indigenous children in Sydney, Australia


Sports

* AC Sparta Prague, a Czech football club * AC Sporting, a Lebanese football club


Companies and commerce

* ACS:Law, a British law firm specializing in intellectual property cases *
Advanced Card Systems HNA Technology Investments Holdings Limited formerly known as Advanced Card Systems Holdings Limited is a Cayman Islands-incorporated offshore holding company. Its subsidiary, Advanced Card Systems Limited, was incorporated in British Hong Kong ...
, a Hong Kong-based developer of smart cards and smart card readers *
Advanced Composites Solutions Advanced Composites Solutions, commonly shortened to ACS is an engineering company specialized in composite materials technology, mainly their application to the development and construction of light aircraft. History Founded by professionals wi ...
, a Brazilian engineering company specialized in composite materials technology *
Advanced Contact Solutions Advanced Contact Solutions, Inc. (ACS) is a business process outsourcing (BPO) company based in the Philippines. History ACS started as a single-site, single-client company with only 300 seats in 1996 to five sites with 7,000 seats. ACS is the ...
, a Philippine business process outsourcing company *
Affiliated Computer Services Affiliated Computer Services Inc. (ACS) was a company that provided information technology services as well as business process outsourcing solutions to businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. ACS was based in Dallas, Dalla ...
, an America business and technology outsourcing company * Air Cess, a cargo airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates * Alaska Communications System, former name of AT&T Alascom, an American communications services company * Alaska Communications Systems, an American communications services company, distinct from AT&T Alascom * Alternative compensation system, a way to allow reproduction of digital copyrighted works while still paying the authors and copyright owners * Applied Communication Sciences, a telecommunications research, engineering and consulting company based in the US * Grupo ACS (''Actividades de Construcción y Servicios''), a civil engineering firm based in Madrid, Spain


Computing and technology

* ACS-1 and ACS-360, supercomputers designed but never completed in the 1960s by the IBM ''Advanced Computing Systems'' *
Access Control Service Access Control Service, or Windows Azure Access Control Service (ACS) was a Microsoft-owned cloud-based service that provided an easy way of authenticating and authorizing users to gain access to web applications and services while allowing the f ...
, a cloud-based service for authentication and authorization * Access Control Server, a component of Cisco's
Network Admission Control Network Admission Control (NAC) refers to Cisco's version of Network Access Control, which restricts access to the network based on identity or security posture. When a network device (switch, router, wireless access point, DHCP server, etc.) i ...
technology * Access Control Server, the server authenticating a card in the
3-D Secure 3-D Secure is a protocol designed to be an additional security layer for online credit and debit card transactions. The name refers to the "three domains" which interact using the protocol: the merchant/acquirer domain, the issuer domain, and the ...
framework *
Action Code Script Action Code Script (ACS) is a scripting language used in video games such as ''HeXen'' and some modern Doom source ports, such as ZDoom. It is syntactically similar to C, but less flexible. As its name implies, most of the core logic for script fun ...
, a scripting language used in video games such as ''HeXen'' and ''Doom'' ports * Adobe Creative Suite, a software package by Adobe Inc. * Advanced Camera for Surveys, an instrument aboard the Hubble Space Telescope *
Air cavity system Air cavity system (or ACS) is a modern marine hull design concept based upon capturing air beneath a vessel's hull to reduce drag and increase speed and fuel efficiency. How it works The system works by trapping a layer of air bubbles beneath the ...
, a modern marine craft design concept based upon capturing air beneath a vessel's hull to reduce drag and increase speed and fuel efficiency * Atacama Large Millimeter Array ("ALMA") Common Software, a control framework used in ground-based astronomy projects * Attitude control system, a spacecraft system * Audit Collection Services, a component of Microsoft
System Center Operations Manager System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is a cross-platform data center monitoring system for operating systems and hypervisors. It uses a single interface that shows state, health, and performance information of computer systems. It also pro ...


Education

* ACS International Schools, a group of international schools in the UK * Advanced Communicator, Silver ("ACS"), Toastmasters International Recognition for advanced Communication training *
Alabaster City Schools The Alabaster City Schools (ACS) is the school district of the Birmingham, Alabama, suburb of Alabaster. Alabaster City School District serves 6,187 students and employs 354 teachers and 351 staff as of the 2020-2021 school year. The district i ...
, a school district headquartered in Alabaster, Alabama * Alperton Community School, a secondary school in London, UK * American College of Sofia, a secondary school in Sofia, Bulgaria * American Community School at Beirut, an international private school located in Beirut, Lebanon *
American Community School in Amman The American Community School is a private, preparatory, international school in Amman, the capital of Jordan. It is an independent, coeducational day school which offers an American educational program from preschool (3 years old) through grade 1 ...
, an international school in Amman, Jordan * American Community School of Abu Dhabi, an international school of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates *
American Community Schools ACS Athens – American Community Schools of Athens is a private school offering international JK–12 education to local, national and international students in Greece. ACS Athens embraces American educational philosophy, principles and values. ...
, an English-speaking private school system in Athens, Greece * American Cooperative School of La Paz * American Cooperative School of Tunis * Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, a group of Methodist schools in Singapore * Anglo-Chinese Schools, Malaysia, a group of Methodist schools in Malaysia *
Arkansas Correctional School Arkansas Correctional School District, also known as the Arkansas Correctional School (ACS), and previously the Arkansas Department of Correction School District (ADCSD), is the education system that serves the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...
, a school system in prisons, in Arkansas *
Associated Colleges of the South The Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) is a consortium of 16 liberal arts colleges in the southern United States. It was formed in 1991. Its mission is to champion and enhance residential liberal arts education through collaborative projects am ...
, a group of liberal arts colleges in the US * Assumption College School, a catholic high school in Ontario, Canada *
Aurora Christian Schools Aurora Christian Schools (ACS) is a private Christian school with grades preschool through high school in Aurora, Illinois. It opened as a Kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical act ...
, a private PreK-12 school in Aurora, Illinois, US *
Avery Coonley School The Avery Coonley School (ACS), commonly called Avery Coonley, is an independent, coeducational day school serving academically gifted students in preschool through eighth grade (approximately ages 3 to 14), and is located in Downers Grove, DuPage ...
, a private elementary school in Downers Grove, Illinois, US *
Lehman Alternative Community School The Lehman Alternative Community School (LACS) is a public, alternative, combined middle and high school in the Ithaca City School District in Ithaca, New York. The school serves grades 6–12 with approximately 305 students. History In 1974, pa ...
, a combined middle and high school Ithaca, New York


Government

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American Community Survey The American Community Survey (ACS) is a demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census, such as ancestry, citizenship, educati ...
, a project of the US Census Bureau * Administration for Children's Services, governmental agency of New York City * Australian Customs Service, former Australian government agency responsible for Australian border protection (1985–2009)


Medicine and science

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2-Amino-3-carboxymuconic semialdehyde 2-Amino-3-carboxymuconic semialdehyde is an intermediate in the metabolism of tryptophan in the tryptophan-niacin catabolic pathway. Quinolinate is a neurotoxin formed nonenzymatically from 2-amino-3-carboxymuconic semialdehyde in mammalian tissue ...
, a chemical in tryptophan metabolism *
Acetyl-CoA Synthetase Acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) or Acetate—CoA ligase is an enzyme () involved in metabolism of acetate. It is in the ligase class of enzymes, meaning that it catalyzes the formation of a new chemical bond between two large molecules. Reaction The ...
, an enzyme * Acute Compartment syndrome *
Acute coronary syndrome Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a syndrome (a set of signs and symptoms) due to decreased blood flow in the coronary arteries such that part of the heart muscle is unable to function properly or dies. The most common symptom is centrally loca ...
, a form of chest pain due to reduced oxygen supply to the heart muscle * Advanced Cataract Surgery, the modern method of cataract removal using phacoemulsification *
Anticenter shell The anticenter shell or anticenter superbubble is a region near the anticenter of the Milky Way Galaxy that emits 21 cm radiation. It is located at , or l = 197°, b = +2° in galactic coordinates, near the border of the constellations Gemini a ...
, a supershell located outside of the galaxy *
Atriocaval shunt An atriocaval shunt (ACS) is an intraoperative surgical shunt between the atrium of the heart and the inferior vena cava. It is used during the repair of larger juxtahepatic (next to the liver) vascular injuries such as an injury to the local vena ...
, a surgical procedure


Military

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Attack Characterization System The AN/FPQ-16 Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS or EPARCS) is a powerful United States Space Force phased-array radar system located in North Dakota. It is the second most powerful phased array radar system in ...
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Aerial Common Sensor The Lockheed Martin Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) platform was a reconnaissance aircraft airframe project for the United States Army (US Army) and United States Navy (US Navy). The aircraft would have been able to detect troop movements, intercept ...
, a Lockheed Martin reconnaissance aircraft airframe for the US Army and Navy *
Army Combat Shirt The Army Combat Shirt (ACS) is a flame-resistant shirt developed and used by the United States Army as a supplementary addition to the Army Combat Uniform. The ACS is a stand-alone shirt designed specifically for use with Improved Outer Tactical ...
, flame-resistant shirt developed for the US Army *
Auxiliary crane ship An Auxiliary Crane Ship is a vessel of the United States Military Sealift Command designed to operate where port facilities are limited or damaged to transfer cargo between themselves, other vessels, and piers. Description Auxiliary crane ship ...
, a vessel of the US Navy *
Cavalry Corps (Ireland) , image= Badge of the Irish Cavalry Corps.svg , image_size = 200 , caption=Collar badge of the Cavalry Corps , dates=1934 – present , country= , branch=Army , command_structure= Defence Forces , type=Armoured , role=Light CavalryArmoured Rec ...
(1st Armoured Cavalry Squadron), an armoured reconnaissance unit of the Irish Army


Places

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Ács Ács (german: Atsch) is a town in Komárom-Esztergom county, northern Hungary. Geography Ács is located in Komárom District on the eastern side of the Little Hungarian Plain near where the Concó River enters the Danube. It is below the Bár ...
, a Hungarian town *
Achinsk Airport Achinsk Airport (russian: Аэропорт Ачинск) is an air base in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia located east of Achinsk. It is a civilian airfield with minor facilities for small number of fighter aircraft. One source lists the 712th Guard ...
, an airport in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (IATA: ACS)


Other uses

* Acs (surname), a surname * An abbreviation for Acroá language, an extinct Ge language of Brazil {{disambiguation