Nat or NAT may refer to:

Computing

* Network address translation (NAT), in computer networking

Organizations

National Actors Theatre The National Actors Theatre (NAT) was a theatre company founded in 1991 by Tony Randall, whose dream it was to create such an organization. He was chairman until his death in 2004, when the theatre also subsequently closed down. At first the company ...

, 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.2 ...

* National Assembly of Thailand, the national parliament

People and ethnic groups

Nat (name) Nat is a given name (usually masculine), nickname and surname. It is a nickname for Nathan, Nathaniel, Natalie, or Natalia. It may refer to the following people: Given name or nickname * Nat Adderley (1931–2000), American jazz cornet and ...

, a given name or nickname, usually masculine, and also a surname *

Nat (Muslim) The Nat are a sunni Muslim community found in North India. A few are also found in the Terai region of Nepal.People of India Bihar Volume XVI, part 2. Edited by Surendra Gopal and Hetukar Jha, pages 725-728. They are Muslim converts from the Hin ...

, a Muslim community in North India *

Nat caste The Nat are a Hindu caste found in northern India. History and origin Those of Bihar claim a Rajput origin, and have traditions similar to the Bazigar caste. The word ''nat'' in Sanskrit means a dancer, and the Nat were traditionally enterta ...

, a Hindu caste found in northern India and Nepal

Places

Nat, Punjab Nat, or Natt, is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 4 km from Nurmahal, 33 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 136 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarp ...

, India, a village *

Nat, West Virginia Nat is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, Mason County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. History A post office called Nat was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1948. The community was named after the ...

, United States, an unincorporated community *

Greater Natal International Airport Rio Grande do Norte/São Gonçalo do Amarante–Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport is an airport in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil serving Natal and its metropolitan area. The airport is managed by Consortium Inframérica. Hist ...

, 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 thalian ...

, an RNA transcript in a cell *

N-acetyltransferase N-acetyltransferase (NAT) is an enzyme that 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 catal ...

, an enzyme; also

NAT1 N-acetyltransferase 1 (arylamine N-acetyltransferase) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NAT1 gene. This gene is one of two arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) genes in the human genome, and is orthologous to the mouse and rat NAT2 ...

NAT2 N-acetyltransferase 2 (arylamine N-acetyltransferase), also known as NAT2, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the ''NAT2'' gene. Function This gene encodes a type of N-acetyltransferase. The NAT2 isozyme functions to both activate and ...

, etc. * Nucleic acid test, for genetic material * Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, a disease * Noradrenaline transporter (NAT), also called norepinephrine transporter (NET) * Nucleobase ascorbate transporter (NAT) family, or Nucleobase cation symporter-2 (NCS2) family

Other uses in science and technology

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

Other uses

* Nat (deity), deities worshipped in Myanmar and neighboring countries * Nat (''Wild Cards''), the nature of some characters in the ''Wild Card'' novels * Nat Smurfling, a fictional character from ''The Smurfs'' * '' NAT: An Orchestral Portrait of Nat "King" Cole'', a 1966 album by Nelson Riddle * National Achievement Test, in the Philippines * North Atlantic Tracks, a set of flight routes