SAC or Sac may refer to:
Organizations
Education
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Santa Ana College
Santa Ana College is a public community college in Santa Ana, California.
History
In 1915, Santa Ana Junior College opened its doors to 25 students as a department of Santa Ana High School. It was the second community college founded in Oran ...
, California, US
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San Antonio College
San Antonio College (SAC) is a public community college in San Antonio, Texas. It is part of the Alamo Colleges District and the oldest public two-year college in Texas. The college has an average semester enrollment of 22,028 credit students an ...
, Texas, US
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St. Andrew's College, Aurora, Canada
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Students' Administrative Council, University of Toronto, Canada
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SISD Student Activities Complex, in El Paso, Texas, US
* School-assessed coursework for
Victorian Certificate of Education
The Victorian Certificate of Education (often abbreviated VCE) is one credential available to secondary school students who successfully complete year 11 and 12 in the Australian state of Victoria. The VCE is the predominant choice for student ...
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Student Activity Complex, in Laredo, Texas, US
Government and military
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NATO Strategic Airlift Capability
The Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) is a multinational initiative that provides its participating nations assured access to military airlift capability to address the growing needs for both strategic airlifts and tactical airlifts.
SAC, esta ...
, multinational transport aircraft initiative
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Senior Aircraftman
Senior aircraftman (SAC) or senior aircraftwoman (SACW) was a rank in the Royal Air Force, ranking between leading aircraftman and senior aircraftman technician (SAC(T)) (although SACs in non-technical trades progress directly to corporal) an ...
, a Royal Air Force rank
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Senior Assistant Commissioner, a rank in the police of Singapore and Malaysia
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Southern Air Command (India), of the Indian Air Force
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Special Agent in Charge of a criminal investigation
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State Administration Council
The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Comm ...
, governing Myanmar after the 2021 coup d'état
China
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Second Artillery Corps
The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF; ), formerly the Second Artillery Corps (), is the strategic and tactical missile force of the People's Republic of China. The PLARF is the 4th branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and c ...
, later the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, China
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Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, Chinese aircraft manufacturer
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Standardization Administration of China
The Standardization Administration of China (SAC; ; abbr.: ) is the standards organization authorized by the State Council of China to exercise administrative responsibilities by undertaking unified management, supervision and overall coordinat ...
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Securities Association of China
United States
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Special Activities Center
The Special Activities Center (SAC) is a division of the United States Central Intelligence Agency responsible for covert and paramilitary operations. The unit was named Special Activities Division (SAD) prior to 2015. Within SAC there are two ...
of the CIA
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California State Prison, Sacramento
California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Folsom, in Sacramento County, California. The facility is also referenced as Sacramento State Prison, CSP-Sacramento, CSP-SAC, and occasionally, New F ...
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Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile c ...
, a nuclear-armed force active 1946-1992
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President's Science Advisory Committee
The President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC) was created on November 21, 1957, by President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower, as a direct response to the Soviet launching of the Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 satellites. PSAC was an upgr ...
Sports
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Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ...
, Basketball team, California, US
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Sooner Athletic Conference
The Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Originally developed as a five-team conference of Oklahoma-based schools, the SAC now boasts 12 s ...
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South Atlantic Conference
The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the southeastern United States. The SAC was founded in 1975 as a ...
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Swiss Alpine Club
The Swiss Alpine Club (german: Schweizer Alpen-Club, french: Club Alpin Suisse, it, Club Alpino Svizzero, rm, Club Alpin Svizzer) is the largest mountaineering club in Switzerland. It was founded in 1863 in Olten and it is now composed of 111 ...
Other organizations
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Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden (in Swedish: ''Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation, SAC - Syndikalisterna'')
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S.A.C. Capital Advisors, a hedge fund managed by Steven A. Cohen
* Satélite Argentino Científico,
Argentine research satellites of Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales
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Scottish Arbitration Centre
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Seoul Arts Center
The Seoul Arts Center, also referred to as SAC, is an arts complex in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, in South Korea. It consists of five main buildings: the Opera House, with three auditoriums; the Music Hall, with two concert halls; the Han ...
, South Korea
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Service d'Action Civique
The SAC (french: Service d'Action Civique; or ''Civic Action Service''), officially created in January 1960, was a Gaullist militia founded by Jacques Foccart, Charles de Gaulle's chief adviser for African matters, and , a former Resistant and ...
, a Gaullist organisation
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Shakespeare Authorship Coalition
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
,'S A C', Claremont,California
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Societas Apostolatus Catholici, a Catholic religious congregation
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Soldiers of Aryan Culture, an American white supremacist prison gang
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Songwriters Association of Canada
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Space Applications Centre
The Space Applications Centre (SAC) is an institution of research in Ahmedabad under the aegis of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is one of the major centres of ISRO that is engaged in the research, development and demonstra ...
, India
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State Affairs Commission of North Korea
The State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAC) is defined by the Constitution of North Korea, 2016 constitution as "the supreme policy-oriented leadership body of State power."
The current President of the State A ...
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Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation, a trade union federation in Sweden
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Superior Art Creations
Superior Art Creations (SAC) is an underground artscene group which caters primarily to and is well known within the warez scene. SAC members have made, besides ANSI and ASCII art, VGA bitmap graphics, tracker music, and a variety of other works. ...
, a computer art scene group
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The Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston, US, since 1897
Science and technology
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S-Allyl cysteine, a chemical constituent of garlic
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Sac spider
The sac spiders of the family Clubionidae have a very confusing taxonomic history. Once, this family was a large catch-all taxon for a disparate collection of spiders, similar only in that they had eight eyes arranged in two rows and conical anter ...
, a taxon
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Source of activation confusion model, in psychology
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Spindle assembly checkpoint, in biology
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Tin-silver-copper (SnAgCu), a solder formulation
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Supplemental access control Supplemental access control (SAC) is a set of security features defined by ICAO
for protecting data contained in electronic travel documents (e.g. electronic passports). SAC specifies the ''Password Authenticated Connection Establishment'' (PACE) p ...
, electronic travel document security features
* Soluble
adenylyl cyclase
Adenylate cyclase (EC 4.6.1.1, also commonly known as adenyl cyclase and adenylyl cyclase, abbreviated AC) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing; 3′,5′-cyclic-AMP-forming). It catalyzes the following reaction:
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Computing
* SA-C programming language
* S.A.C. (control code), in the 1950s FIELDATA
* SAC programming language
* Special Administration Console of Windows Emergency Management Services#SAC, Emergency Management Services
* Strict Avalanche Criterion in cryptography
* Selected Areas in Cryptography, an annual cryptography conference
* Symposium on Applied Computing, an annual conference
* Spatial Audio Coding or MPEG Surround
Biology and medicine
*SAC (gene)
* Amniotic sac
* Anal sac or anal gland
* Bursa sac or bursa
* Chorion
* Dural sac, a structure of spinal cord
* Egg sac, the reproductive structure of a spider
* Fecal sac
* Gestational sac
* Greater sac
* Gular skin or throat sac
* Ink sac
* Lacrimal sac, eye-and-nose-associated structure
* Lesser sac
* Ovule or embryo sac
* Pleural cavity or pleural sac
* Synovial sac, joint component
* Venom sac, in venom-secreting animals
* Vestibular sacs (disambiguation)
* Viscid sac
* Vocal sac
* Yolk sac
Transportation
* Sacramento Executive Airport (IATA code)
* Sacramento Valley Rail Station (Amtrak station code)
* St Albans City railway station (National Rail station code)
* Sports activity coupe, a BMW class of cars
* Self-adjusting clutch in the BMW 5 Series (E39), BMW 5 Series
Places
United States
* Sac City, Iowa
* Sac County, Iowa
* Sac River, Missouri
* Nickname of Sacramento, California
Other uses
* Sač, a baking vessel in the Balkans and the Middle East
* ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' (and ''GITS: SAC'' ''2nd GIG''), a Japanese TV series
* Sac language (ISO 639:sac)
* Sac (people), a North American tribe
* Sacrifice bunt, in baseball
* Slow air chamber, of a Native American flute
* Special Area of Conservation, in the EU and UK
* Summit Athletic Conference (IHSAA), Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
* SAC-46 (handgun), pistol, USA, 1945
See also
* Sack (disambiguation)
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