TAS, Tas, tas, or TAs may refer to:

Places

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

, Australia, an abbreviation * Tas-Anna, a rural locality in Neryuktyayinsky 1-y Rural Okrug of Olyokminsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia * Tas-Kystabyt, a mountain range in Far East Russia * Tas-Silġ, a rounded hilltop overlooking Marsaxlokk Bay, Malta, close to the city of Żejtun * River Tas, in Norfolk, England

People

Given name

* Tas Baitieri (born 1958), Australian former rugby league footballer and coach * Tas Bull (1932–2003), Australian trade union leader * Tas Pappas (born 1975), Australian skateboarder *Tas, father of Lél (Lehel), one of the Seven chieftains of the Magyars

Surname

* Adam Tas (1668–1722), South African community leader * Adam Tas (singer) (born 1981), South African singer and songwriter in Afrikaans * András Róna-Tas (born 1931), Hungarian historian and linguist * Henk Tas (born 1948), Dutch visual artist and photographer * Marcelo Tas (born 1959), Brazilian director, writer, actor and television host * Marja van der Tas (born 1958), Dutch politician * Rudi Tas (born 1957), Flemish Belgian composer, conductor and organist

Nicknames

*Nickname of Tasmiyah Janeesha Whitehead, arrested for the murder of Nikki Whitehead

Arts and entertainment

*'' The Absolute Sound'', an American audiophile magazine *'' Star Trek: The Animated Series'' * ''Tas'' (series), science fiction novels by E.C. Eliott * Tasslehoff Burrfoot, a character in Dragonlance novels

Education

* Taipei American School, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Tehran American School, Tehran, Iran * The Armidale School, New South Wales, Australia * The Associated Schools, a group of schools in Queensland, Australia * Trinity Anglican School, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Food

* Tas kebab, a Turkish meat stew

Military

* 44M Tas, a WW2 medium/heavy tank from Hungary * Tas-Samra Battery, a 1798–1800 artillery battery in Ħamrun, Malta *''TAs'', the Romanian designation of the German Sturmgeschütz III assault gun

Science and technology

Computing and telecommunications

* Thermal-assisted switching, an approach to computer memory * Tool-assisted speedrun, in video games * Telephony application server, in telecommunications * Test-and-set, an atomic instruction in synchronization

Material science

*Transient-absorption spectroscopy, a form of time-resolved spectroscopy *

TAS classification TAS stands for Total Alkali Silica. The TAS classification can be used to assign names to many common types of volcanic rocks based upon the relationships between the combined alkali and silica contents. These chemical parameters are useful because ...

, for types of volcanic rocks

Medicine

* Transesophageal atrial stimulation * TAS-102, a cancer drug * TAS-108 or SR16234, a steroid hormone *

Trent Accreditation Scheme The Trent Accreditation Scheme (TAS), now replaced ''de facto'' by a number of independent accreditation schemes, such as the QHA Trent Accreditation, was a British accreditation scheme formed with a mission to maintain and continually evaluate st ...

, in UK healthcare

Other fields

*Traffic Advisory System, for aircraft (e. g. TCAS) * True airspeed, of an aircraft * Total analysis system, chemical analysis technology * Neutron triple-axis spectrometry, a technique used in inelastic neutron scattering

Sports

* TAS de Casablanca, a Moroccan football club * TAS Racing, a motorcycle team in Moneymore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland * HK Taš, an ice hockey club in Belgrade, Serbia * Court of Arbitration for Sport (), Lausanne, Switzerland

Transportation

* Lotus Air (ICAO code: TAS), Egyptian airline * Tashkent International Airport (IATA code: TAS), Uzbekistan * TAS – Transportes Aéreos Salvador * TasRail, a train operator owned by the Government of Tasmania *Tvornica Automobila Sarajevo, a former Yugoslav automobile manufacturer; see

Other uses

* ''Tas'' (series), science fiction novels by E.C. Eliott * 44M Tas, a WW2 medium/heavy tank from Hungary * TAS – Transportes Aéreos Salvador, defunct Brazilian airline * Tas, father of Lél (Lehel), one of the Seven chieftains of the Magyars * Tas (clan), an agricultural clan in India and Pakistan * Taxpayer Advocate Service, United States * The Artists' Studio, a community theatre in Indiana, United States * The Atlas Society, an organization that promotes Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand * Travelers' Aid Society (spelled "Travellers" outside the US), a charitable organization