Nat or NAT may refer to:

Computing

* Network address translation (NAT), in computer networking

Organizations

* National Actors Theatre, New York City, U.S. * National AIDS trust, a British charity *

National Archives of Thailand The National Archives of Thailand (NAT) ( th, สำนักหอจดหมายเหตุแห่งชาติ; ) is a Thai government agency under the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture. It was established in 1916 (B.E ...

National Assembly of Thailand The National Assembly of Thailand ( Abrv: NAT; th, รัฐสภา, , ) is the bicameral legislative branch of the government of Thailand. It convenes in the Sappaya-Sapasathan, Dusit District, Bangkok. The National Assembly was establish ...

, the national parliament

People and ethnic groups

* Nat (name), a given name or nickname, usually masculine, and also a surname * Nat (Muslim), a Muslim community in North India * Nat caste, a Hindu caste found in northern India and Nepal

Places

* Nat, Punjab, India, a village * Nat, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community * Greater Natal International Airport, São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil (IATA code NAT) ** Augusto Severo International Airport (closed), former IATA code NAT

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Natural antisense transcript Natural antisense transcripts (NATs) are a group of RNAs encoded within a cell that have transcript complementarity to other RNA transcripts. They have been identified in multiple eukaryotes, including humans, mice, yeast and ''Arabidopsis thaliana ...

, an RNA transcript in a cell *

N-acetyltransferase N-acetyltransferase (NAT) is an enzyme that catalysis, catalyzes the transfer of acetyl groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines, arylhydroxylamines and arylhydrazines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also ...

, an enzyme; also NAT1, NAT2, etc. *

Nucleic acid test A nucleic acid test (NAT) is a technique used to detect a particular nucleic acid sequence and thus usually to detect and identify a particular species or subspecies of organism, often a virus or bacterium that acts as a pathogen in blood, Tissue ...

, for genetic material * Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, a disease * Noradrenaline transporter (NAT), also called norepinephrine transporter (NET) *

Nucleobase ascorbate transporter The Nucleobase cation symporter-2 (NCS2) family, also called the Nucleobase ascorbate transporter (NAT) family, consists of over 1000 sequenced proteins derived from gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria In bacteriology, gram-positive bacte ...

(NAT) family, or Nucleobase cation symporter-2 (NCS2) family

Other uses in science and technology

Nat (unit) The natural unit of information (symbol: nat), sometimes also nit or nepit, is a unit of information, based on natural logarithms and powers of ''e'', rather than the powers of 2 and base 2 logarithms, which define the shannon. This unit is ...

, a logarithmic unit of information or entropy * Nottingham Asphalt Tester

Other uses

Nat (deity) The nats (; MLCTS: ''nat''; ) are god-like spirits venerated in Myanmar and neighbouring countries in conjunction with Buddhism. They are divided between the 37 ''Great Nats'' who were designated that status by King Anawrahta when he formalized ...

, deities worshipped in Myanmar and neighboring countries * Nat (''Wild Cards''), the nature of some characters in the ''Wild Card'' novels *

Nat Smurfling This is a list of '' The Smurfs'' characters appearing in the original comics series, televis ion shows, Smurfs Bubble Story game and the 2011 movie (as well as its sequels). The Smurfs were also sold as collectible toys, and many of these ...

, a fictional character from ''The Smurfs'' * '' NAT: An Orchestral Portrait of Nat "King" Cole'', a 1966 album by Nelson Riddle *

National Achievement Test The National Achievement Test (NAT) is a standardized set of examinations taken in the Philippines by students in Grades 3, 6, 10, and 12. The test is designed to determine their academic levels, strength and weaknesses, as well as their knowledge ...

, in the Philippines *

North Atlantic Tracks North Atlantic Tracks, officially titled the North Atlantic Organised Track System (NAT-OTS), is a structured set of transatlantic flight routes that stretch from the eastern North America to western Europe across the Atlantic Ocean, within th ...

, a set of flight routes