SAS or Sas may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''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 Strong Arm Steady, often referred to as SAS, is a hip hop group in California's underground hip hop scene. As of December 2009, the act consists of members Phil Da Agony, Krondon, of Los Angeles, and Mitchy Slick of San Diego, California. Orig ...

, an American hip hop group from California * '' Sunday All Stars'', a Philippine Sunday variety show from 2013 to 2015 * SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia

Organizations

Military

* An abbreviation for "Special Air Service" in various armed forces, including: **

Special Air Service The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling and in 1950, it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terro ...

, a special forces unit of the British Army ** Special Air Service Regiment, a special forces unit of the Australian Army **

5th Special Air Service The 5th Special Air Service (5th SAS) was an elite airborne unit during World War II. It consisted entirely of Belgian volunteers. It saw action as part of the SAS Brigade in Normandy, Northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands and (Germany). In ...

, a Belgian Second World War formation **

Canadian Special Air Service Company The Canadian Special Air Service Company was a Canadian Airborne Special Forces unit in operation between 1947 and 1949. Role As opposed to a purely military function, the Canadian SAS was originally given functions of airborne firefighting, searc ...

, a Canadian unit from 1947 to 1949 ** Free French Special Air Service, the predecessor unit of the French

1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment The 1er Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine ( en, 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment) or 1er RPIMa is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command, therefore part of the Special Operations Command. Heirs to the Free Frenc ...

(1er RPIMa) **

New Zealand Special Air Service The 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment, abbreviated as 1 NZSAS Regt, was formed on 7 July 1955 and is the Special forces unit of the New Zealand Army, closely modelled on the British Special Air Service (SAS). It traces its origins to ...

, 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 Special Forces of Zimbabwe are the units of the Zimbabwe National Army that operate as special forces. These forces have been deployed in several African conflicts, including the Mozambique Civil War and the Second Congo War. Antecedents In 1980 ...

* South African Ship, the

South African Navy The South African Navy (SA Navy) is the naval warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force. The Navy is primarily engaged in maintaining a conventional military deterrent, participating in counter-piracy operations, fishery prot ...

warship prefix *

Specialized Administrative Sections The Specialized Administrative Sections (french: Sections Administratives Spécialisé, label=none), or (SAS), was a French civil-military program operating in French Algeria from 1955 to 1962. About The SAS was created in 1955 by the Governor-Ge ...

, a French civil-military program during the Algerian War *

Su Altı Savunma The Underwater Defence ( tr, Su Altı Savunma), or SAS, is the one and only EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) unit of the Turkish Navy, based in the Foça Naval Base near İzmir, on the Aegean coast of Turkey The missions of the Su Altı Savunm ...

, a special operations unit of the Turkish Navy

Brands and enterprises

SAS (shoemakers) San Antonio Shoemakers (SAS) is an American shoe manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas. The company specializes in handcrafted men's and women's shoes. They are a family-owned company which manufactures their shoes in Texas. Some shoe opera ...

, trademark of a shoe company in San Antonio, Texas, US * SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia *

SAS Group SAS AB (Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag), trading as SAS Group, is an airline holding company headquartered in the SAS Frösundavik Office Building in Solna Municipality, Sweden. It is the owner of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines and S ...

(Scandinavian Airlines System Group), an airline company based in Stockholm, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark **

Scandinavian Airlines Scandinavian Airlines, more commonly known and styled as SAS, is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. ''SAS'' is an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark ...

, the largest airline in Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) **

SAS Cargo Group SAS AB (Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag), trading as SAS Group, is an airline holding company headquartered in the SAS Frösundavik Office Building in Solna Municipality, Sweden. It is the owner of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines and S ...

, a cargo company in Denmark, Norway and Sweden *

SAS Institute SAS Institute (or SAS, pronounced "sass") is an American multinational developer of analytics software based in Cary, North Carolina. SAS develops and markets a suite of analytics software ( also called SAS), which helps access, manage, analy ...

, an analytics software company headquartered in North Carolina, US **

SAS (software) SAS (previously "Statistical Analysis System") is a statistical software suite developed by SAS Institute for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, criminal investigation, and predictive analytics. ...

, the main software product of the company ** SAS language, the language used to program the software * Société par actions simplifiée, French designation of a joint stock type of company *

Southern Audio Services Southern Audio Services is an American electronics manufacturer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, chiefly recognized for its Bazooka Mobile Audio brand and product line. It focuses on mobile audio applications and accessories for cars and marine ve ...

, an electronics manufacturer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US

Healthcare

Andalusian Health Service The Andalusian Health Service ( es, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, SAS), the government-run health system for the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, was created on May 6, 1986, as an autonomous agency attached to the Regional Ministry of Health ...

(''Servicio Andaluz de Salud''), the government-run health system of Andalusia, Spain *

Scottish Ambulance Service The Scottish Ambulance Service ( gd, Seirbheis Ambaileans na h-Alba) is part of NHS Scotland, which serves all of Scotland's population. The Scottish Ambulance Service is governed by a special health board and is funded directly by the Health ...

Schools

Asia

St. Augustine's School, Kalimpong St. Augustine's School is an Anglo-Indian School in the hill station town of Kalimpong in West Bengal, India, established in 1945. About St. Augustine's is a minority Christian School established and administered by the Roman Catholic Dioces ...

, a school in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India *

Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah Sultan Alam Shah School or simply Alam Shah (abbreviated as SAS or SSAS; Malay: Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah) is a fully residential school situated in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Sultan Alam Shah School is one of the schools in the country awarded wit ...

, a boarding school in Malaysia *

Shanghai American School Shanghai American School (SAS) is an independent, Non-profit international school located in Shanghai, China. Founded in 1912, SAS has two campuses and over 2,800 students enrolled in Pre-K through 12th grade, making it China's largest internatio ...

, an international school in Shanghai *

Singapore American School Singapore American School (SAS) is a non-profit, independent, co-educational day school located in the Woodlands area of Singapore. It offers an American-based curriculum for students in preschool through high school. One of Singapore's first in ...

, an international school in Singapore

Europe

Sankt-Ansgar-Schule The Sankt-Ansgar-Schule (common abbreviation: SAS) is a private secondary school in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1946 as the only boys' school by the Society of Jesus, an order of the Catholic Church, in the State of Hamburg. The school w ...

, Hamburg, Germany * School of Advanced Study, a postgraduate institution of the University of London, United Kingdom *

Studia Academica Slovaca Studia Academica Slovaca – the centre for Slovak as a foreign language (SAS) is a specialised department at the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava, teaching foreigners the Slovak language. It also regularly prepares the summer s ...

, a summer school teaching the Slovak language

North America

* Saline Area Schools, a school district in Michigan *

Saint Andrew's School (Boca Raton, Florida) Saint Andrew's School is a pre-kindergarten through Grade 12, day and boarding school in Boca Raton, Florida. As a day and boarding school in the Episcopal tradition, Saint Andrew’s serves 1,335 students from over 40 countries and several states ...

Saint Andrew's School (Savannah, Georgia) St. Andrew's School is a Scottish-heritage independent college preparatory school located on Wilmington Island in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Established in 1978, it is dually accredited ...

Saint Andrew's School (Saratoga, California) Saint Andrew's Episcopal School is an independent co-educational day school, which teaches pre-kindergarten to grade eight in Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California. Although affiliated with the Episcopal Church, Saint Andrews's welcomes stude ...

School for Advanced Studies The School for Advanced Studies (SAS) is a SACS accredited dual-enrollment secondary school in Miami, Florida. It is a part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools System and is located at five campuses of Miami Dade College: the Kendall campus ...

, a high school program in Miami, Florida, United States * Semester at Sea, a shipboard academic program administered by the University of Virginia, United States

Other organizations

Second Amendment Sisters Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. (SAS) was a United States women's gun rights advocacy group that supported gun use for self defense and empowerment. According to a 2003 ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times ...

, 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 The Servants Anonymous Society (SAS) is a nonprofit women's organization that provides aid to young women in exiting the sex industry, achieving sobriety, and avoiding sexual slavery. SAS offers life skills-based education to these women and safe ...

, a nonprofit women's organization * ''Sloboda a Solidarita'' or Freedom and Solidarity, a political party in Slovakia *

Slovak Academy of Sciences The Slovak Academy of Sciences ( sk, Slovenská akadémia vied, or SAV) is the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia fostering basic and strategic basic research. It was founded in 1942, closed after World War II, and then reestab ...

, the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia *

Society for Affective Science The Society for Affective Science is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering basic and applied research on affect. It was founded in 2013 by Lisa Feldman Barrett and James Gross James J. Gross is a psychologist best known for his re ...

, a non-profit organization devoted to the science of affect *

Society for Amateur Scientists The Society for Amateur Scientists (SAS) was a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to "helping ordinary people do extraordinary science". It was the first organization ever created for the generalists of citizen science. Rather than supporti ...

, an American non-profit organization *

Society for Animation Studies The Society for Animation Studies (SAS) is an international learned society dedicated to the study of animation history and theory. It was founded by Harvey Deneroff in 1987. As of 2022 its president is Chris Pallant.Space Access Society, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel *

Strong American Schools Strong American Schools, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is a nonprofit organization supported by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that seeks to promote sound education policies for all A ...

, 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 The Sussex Archaeological Society, founded in 1846, is one of the oldest county-based archaeological societies in the UK. A registered self-funding charity whose charitable aims are to enable people to enjoy, learn about and have access to the he ...

, an archaeological society based in Lewes, Sussex, UK

People

* Sas of Moldavia (died 1358), voivode ruling over what was to become Moldavia between 1354 and 1358 * Éva Sas, French politician *

Ferenc Sas Ferenc Sas (16 August 1915 – 3 September 1988), born as Ferenc Sohn, in Argentina known as Francisco "Sas" Sohn, was a Hungarian football player. With the Hungary he played in the final of the World Cup 1938. With Hungária MTK FC and CA Bo ...

, Hungarian footballer *

Hasan Şaş Hasan Gökhan Şaş (, born 1 August 1976) is a Turkish football coach and former player, who played as a winger. He is known for his time at Galatasaray and for his performance with the Turkey national team at the FIFA World Cup 2002, where ...

, Turkish footballer * Julian Sas, Dutch blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter *

Stephen A. Smith Stephen Anthony Smith (born ) is an American sports television personality, sports radio host, and sports journalist. He is a commentator on ESPN's ''First Take'', where he appears with Molly Qerim. He also makes frequent appearances as an N ...

, American sports analyst

Places

Sas, Iran Eslamabad ( fa, اسلام اباد, also Romanized as Eslāmābād; also known as Sās) is a village in Zanus Rastaq Rural District, Kojur District, Nowshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of ...

, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Sas, a tributary of the river Bouleț in Romania * Sas van Gent, a town in the Netherlands

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology and medicine

Sleep apnea syndrome Sleep apnea, also spelled sleep apnoea, is a sleep disorder in which pauses in breathing or periods of shallow breathing during sleep occur more often than normal. Each pause can last for a few seconds to a few minutes and they happen many tim ...

, 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 In anatomy, the meninges (, ''singular:'' meninx ( or ), ) are the three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord. In mammals, the meninges are the dura mater, the arachnoid mater, and the pia mater. Cerebrospinal fluid is located in th ...

, 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 high ankle sprain, also known as a syndesmotic ankle sprain (SAS), is a sprain of the Inferior tibiofibular articulation, syndesmotic ligaments that connect the tibia and fibula in the lower leg, thereby creating a mortise and tenon joint for the ...

, a type of ankle sprain

Computing

, (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 secure attention key (SAK) or secure attention sequence (SAS) is a special key or key combination to be pressed on a computer keyboard before a logging (computer security), login screen which must, to the user, be completely trustworthy. The ope ...

, 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 International Game Technology PLC (IGT), formerly Gtech S.p.A. and Lottomatica S.p.A., is a multinational gambling company that produces slot machines and other gambling technology. The company is headquartered in London, with major offices in ...

(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

* Small Astronomy Satellite 1, the first of a series of NASA X-ray satellites launched on December 12, 1970 ** Small Astronomy Satellite 2, launched November 15, 1972 **

Small Astronomy Satellite 3 The Small Astronomy Satellite 3 (SAS 3, also known as SAS-C before launch) was a NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope. It functioned from May 7, 1975 to April 1979. It covered the X-ray range with four experiments on board. The satellite, buil ...

, launched May 7, 1975 * Space Access Society, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel *

Space activity suit A mechanical counterpressure (MCP) suit, partial pressure suit, direct compression suit, or space activity suit (SAS) is an experimental spacesuit which applies stable pressure against the skin by means of skintight elastic garments. The SAS is ...

, a spacesuit which provides mechanical pressure by means of elastic garments *

Space adaptation syndrome Space adaptation syndrome (SAS) or space sickness is a condition experienced by as many as half of all space travelers during their adaptation to weightlessness once in orbit. It is the opposite of terrestrial motion sickness since it occurs when ...

, 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 A launch escape system (LES) or launch abort system (LAS) is a crew-safety system connected to a space capsule that can be used to quickly separate the capsule from its launch vehicle in case of an emergency requiring the abort of the launch, suc ...

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

Self-anchored suspension bridge A self-anchored suspension bridge is a suspension bridge type in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck, rather than directly to the ground or via large anchorages. The design is well-suited for construction atop elevated piers, or ...

, a suspension bridge in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck *

Side-angle-side Solution of triangles ( la, solutio triangulorum) is the main trigonometric problem of finding the characteristics of a triangle (angles and lengths of sides), when some of these are known. The triangle can be located on a plane or on a sphere. Appl ...

, 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 An autopilot is a system used to control the path of an aircraft, marine craft or spacecraft without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace human operators. Instead, the autopilot assists the operator' ...

, a limited form of autopilot that stabilizes an aircraft in one or more axes *

Synthetic aperture sonar Synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) is a form of sonar in which sophisticated post-processing of sonar data is used in ways closely analogous to synthetic aperture radar. Synthetic aperture sonars combine a number of acoustic pings to form an image wit ...

, a form of sonar analogous to synthetic aperture radar * Supercritical Anti-Solvent, a method used for

micronization Micronization is the process of reducing the average diameter of a solid material's particles. Traditional techniques for micronization focus on mechanical means, such as milling and grinding. Modern techniques make use of the properties of superc ...

of substances

Sport

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference Southwest Division ( ...

, a professional basketball team in San Antonio, Texas, United States *

SAS Championship The SAS Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions. It is played annually in the autumn in Cary, North Carolina at the Prestonwood Country Club. SAS Institute SAS Institute (or SAS, pronounced "sass") is an American multinat ...

, a golf tournament in Cary, North Carolina, United States *

SAS Masters Tour The Swedish Golf Tour (currently known as the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour for sponsorship reasons), is a developmental professional golf formerly operated by Svenska Golftourerna AB, owned equally by the Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Sweden ...

, a domestic professional golf tour operated by the Swedish Golf Association *

Stars Association for Sports Stars Association for Sports ( ar, جمعية نجوم الرياضة), or simply SAS, is a women's football club section of the similarly-named sports academy, based in Aley, Lebanon. Founded in 2011 as Stars Academy for Sports, they have comp ...

, a women's association football club in Aley, Lebanon

Transportation

Salton Sea Airport Salton Sea Airport is a privately owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Salton City, across California State Highway 86 from the western border of the new community ...

, IATA airport code SAS *

Sam Shing stop Sam Shing () is an MTR Light Rail terminus located on the ground near Hoi Wing Road, inside Hanford Garden and next to Sam Shing Estate in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. It began service on 2 February 1992 and belongs to Zone 1. It serves Sa ...

, MTR station code SAS * San Antonio station (Texas), Amtrak code SAS * Second Avenue Subway, a subway line in New York City

Other uses

* 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