CAS

For the word, see Cas (disambiguation).

CAS may refer to:

Institutions

• 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
• Chinese Academy of Sciences, the national academy for the natural sciences of China
• Combined Associated Schools, an association of private schools in Sydney, Australia
• 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 (Canada), a Canadian government organization (province of Ontario)
• 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

Computing

• CAS latency (column address strobe or column address select), a latency in reading computer memory
• Central Authentication Service, a single sign-on protocol
• Channel Associated Signaling, a type of communication signaling
• Code Access Security in the Microsoft .NET framework
• Compare-and-swap, a special CPU instruction
• Computer algebra system, a software program that facilitates symbolic mathematics
• Consumer alert system, a spyware/adware program
• Content-addressable storage, a data storage mechanism
• Cycle Accurate Simulator, a computer program that simulates a microarchitecture cycle-accurate

Science and medicine

• Calcium sulfide (CaS), a chemical compound
• Cassiopeia (constellation) (Cas), standard astronomical abbreviation
• Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society which produces bibliographic and chemistry databases
  • CAS registry number, unique numerical identifiers for chemical substances
• Cognitive Assessment System, an academic assessment test given to children
• Complex adaptive system, special cases of complex systems
• Computer assisted surgery, use computer technology in surgery
• Hartley kernel, which also is known as the cosine and sine function

Entertainment and sports

• Classic Arts Showcase, an American television channel promoting the fine arts
• Cowboy action shooting, a competitive shooting sport

Military

• Chief of the Air Staff, in some Commonwealth nations, the professional head of the air force
• Close air support, a military tactic whereby aircraft are in close proximity to friendly forces
• Combat armor suit, a specialized suit that provides powered armor
• Cost Accounting Standards, accounting requirements for larger defense and government contractors (United States)

Aerospace

• Calibrated airspeed, the airspeed shown by an airspeed indicator
• Covenant Aviation Security, LLC, a company that provides security services to the aviation industry
• Crew-alerting system, the cockpit computer that issues system warnings to pilots

Other

• Certificate of Advanced Study, a post-master's academic certificate
• Channel Associated Signaling in telecommunications
• Citizens Advice Scotland, the umbrella organisation for Citizens Advice Bureaux in Scotland
• Creativity, action, service, the community service aspect of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
• Controlled atmosphere stunning a method of killing livestock for food believed to be less cruel than other methods

See also

• All pages beginning with "CAS"
• All pages with titles containing "CAS"
• Cas (disambiguation)
• CASE (disambiguation)