AST

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AST is a three-letter abbreviation that stands for a number of different things.

• In aviation, it means Advanced Supersonic Transport.
• In computer science, it means abstract syntax tree.
• In mathematics, it refers to the Alternating series test.
• In medicine, it refers to the enzyme aspartate transaminase.
• In space, it means the Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
• In companies, it means Adilsoft Technologies.

• AST is an abbreviation for two time zones:
  • Alaska Standard Time - note that "AKST" is commonly used to designate Alaska Standard Time, to distinguish between Atlantic and Alaskan time.
  • Atlantic Standard Time.

• AST Research, Inc. manufactured personal computers from 1980 to 1999. The name was then owned by AST Computers, LLC.
• AST Sports Science is a manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements.
• ACT Scaling Test is a series of aptitude tests taken by Year 12 students in ACT, Australia.
• Action Sociale Tchadienne or Chadian Social Action, a Chadian political party.
• Active Servo Technology, a patented technology employed in Yamaha loudspeakers.
• Adequacy Style Troll.
• Alpha Sigma Tau is a popular sorority at colleges across the United States.
• Alternative Set Theory.
• Ancient Sanctuary, a Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game booster pack
• Applied Simulation Technologies provides virtual training software.
• Army Satellite Tracking Center, military.
• Army Science and Technology, military.
• Army Staff Target, military.
• Aspartate transaminase (aminotransferase).
• Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, (FAA).
• Association for Software Testing.
• Association of Surgical Technologists.
• Aston railway station (National Rail code), United Kingdom.
• Astro Star Tracker.
• Asturian language (ISO 639 alpha-3, ast).
• Asynchronous System Traps, a feature of certain DEC operating systems.
• Atlantic School of Theology.
• Conroe ISD Academy of Science and Technology, magnet high school.

For people:

• Andrey Silvestrov-Tchaly.
• Andrew S. Tanenbaum (a well-known computer scientist) often uses this acronym as his identifier.