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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, 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, a special forces unit of the British Army
** Special Air Service Regiment, a special forces unit of the Australian Army
** 5th Special Air Service, a Belgian Second World War formation
** Canadian Special Air Service Company, a Canadian unit from 1947 to 1949
** Free French Special Air Service, the predecessor unit of the French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (1er RPIMa)
** New Zealand Special Air Service, 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
* South African Ship, the South African Navy warship prefix
* Specialized Administrative Sections, a French civil-military program during the Algerian War
* Su Altı Savunma, a special operations unit of the Turkish Navy

Brands and enterprises

* SAS (shoemakers), trademark of a shoe company in San Antonio, Texas, US
* SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia
* SAS Group (Scandinavian Airlines System Group), an airline company based in Stockholm, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark
** Scandinavian Airlines, the largest airline in Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway and Sweden)
** SAS Cargo Group, a cargo company in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
* SAS Institute, an analytics software company headquartered in North Carolina, US
** SAS (software), 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, an electronics manufacturer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US

Healthcare

* Andalusian Health Service (''Servicio Andaluz de Salud''), the government-run health system of Andalusia, Spain
* Scottish Ambulance Service

Schools

Asia

* St. Augustine's School, Kalimpong, a school in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
* Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, a boarding school in Malaysia
* Shanghai American School, an international school in Shanghai
* Singapore American School, an international school in Singapore

Europe

* Sankt-Ansgar-Schule, Hamburg, Germany
* School of Advanced Study, a postgraduate institution of the University of London, United Kingdom
* Studia Academica Slovaca, 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 (Savannah, Georgia)
* Saint Andrew's School (Saratoga, California)
* School for Advanced Studies, 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, 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, a nonprofit women's organization
* ''Sloboda a Solidarita'' or Freedom and Solidarity, a political party in Slovakia
* Slovak Academy of Sciences, the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia
* Society for Affective Science, a non-profit organization devoted to the science of affect
* Society for Amateur Scientists, an American non-profit organization
* Society for Animation Studies, an international scholarly organization
* Space Access Society, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel
* Strong American Schools, 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, 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, Hungarian footballer
* Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer
* Julian Sas, Dutch blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
* Stephen A. Smith, American sports analyst

Places

* Sas, Iran, 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, 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, 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 type of ankle sprain

Computing

* SAS (software), (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 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 (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, 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 spacesuit which provides mechanical pressure by means of elastic garments
* Space adaptation syndrome, 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

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

* Self-anchored suspension bridge, a suspension bridge in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck
* Side-angle-side, 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, a limited form of autopilot that stabilizes an aircraft in one or more axes
* Synthetic aperture sonar, a form of sonar analogous to synthetic aperture radar
* Supercritical Anti-Solvent, a method used for micronization of substances

Sport

* San Antonio Spurs, a professional basketball team in San Antonio, Texas, United States
* SAS Championship, a golf tournament in Cary, North Carolina, United States
* SAS Masters Tour, a domestic professional golf tour operated by the Swedish Golf Association
* Stars Association for Sports, a women's association football club in Aley, Lebanon

Transportation

* Salton Sea Airport, IATA airport code SAS
* Sam Shing stop, 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

See also

* History of the SAS (disambiguation)
* Saas (disambiguation)
* Sass (disambiguation)
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