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CAS may refer to:
Organisations
California Academy of Sciences , a major natural history museum and center for scientific research
Career Academies of Seminole, a program run by
Pinellas County Schools in
Florida
Casablanca American School , a
coed
private prep
school in
Casablanca ,
Morocco
Casualty Actuarial Society , a professional society of actuaries in the
United States
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing , a research center at Swinburne University in
Australia
Chemical Abstracts Service , a division of the
American Chemical Society which produces bibliographic and chemistry databases
Chinese Academy of Sciences , the national academy for the natural sciences of
China
Combined Associated Schools , an association of
private schools in
Sydney ,
Australia
Contemporary Art Society ,
UK
Contemporary Art Society (Australia)
Contemporary Arts Society ,
Canada
Court of Arbitration for Sport , an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sports
Children's Aid Society , a
private charity in
New York City
Children's Aid Society (Ontario) , a Canadian government organization
Christchurch Adventist School , a Seventh-day Adventist school in
New Zealand
Civil Aid Service , a
Hong Kong Civil Aid agency
Cinema Audio Society , an association of sound professionals in the motion picture and television industry
Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education , a consortium of professional student development organizations in higher education
Connecticut Association of Schools , the governing body for secondary school athletics and other competitions in
Connecticut , US
Czech Academy of Sciences , formerly Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic
Český atletický svaz , Czech Athletics Federation
Computing
CAS latency (column address strobe or column address select), a latency in reading computer memory
Central Authentication Service , a single sign-on protocol
Cloud Analytic Services, a server that provides the cloud-based, run-time environment for data management and analytics with
SAS (software)
Code Access Security in the Microsoft .NET framework
Compare-and-swap , a special CPU instruction, an atomic instruction used in multithreading to achieve synchronization
Computer algebra system , a software program that facilitates symbolic mathematics
Conditional access system, a technology used in set-top boxes to allow conditional viewing of TV channels
Content-addressable storage , a data storage mechanism
Copyright Alert System , also known as the 'six strikes' program
Cycle-accurate simulator , a computer program that simulates a microarchitecture in a cycle-accurate manner
Science and medicine
Calcium sulfide (CaS), a chemical compound
Coronary artery spasm (CAS)
Carotid artery stenting , endovascular surgery of the carotid artery
Cassiopeia (constellation) (Cas), standard astronomical abbreviation
Cells Alive System
Chemical Abstracts Service , a division of the American Chemical Society which produces bibliographic and chemistry databases
Cognitive Assessment System , an academic assessment test given to children
Complex adaptive system , special cases of complex systems
Computer Aided Surgery (journal)
Computer-assisted surgery , use computer technology in surgery
Critical animal studies , an interdisciplinary field in the humanities and social sciences
Critical autism studies
Hartley kernel , which also is known as the cosine and sine function
Cis-abienol synthase , an enzyme
CRISPR -associated (Cas) proteins, involved in the prokaryotic immune system and genome editing
CAS parameters , an image analysis method typically used in astronomy
Entertainment and sports
Military
Aerospace
Transport
Other uses
Certificate of Advanced Study , a postgraduate certificate
Channel-associated signaling , in telecommunications
Citizens Advice Scotland , the umbrella organisation for Citizens Advice Bureaux in Scotland
Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961), American author and artist
Collision avoidance system , an automobile safety system
Controlled American source, a placeholder term used by the Central Intelligence Agency in
classified documents to avoid disclosure of specific locations, operations, activities, or individuals
Controlled atmosphere stunning , a method for slaughtering animals
Creativity, activity, service , the community service aspect of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
See also
Topics referred to by the same term