CAS

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CAS can mean:

Institutions

• California Academy of Sciences
• Casualty Actuarial Society
• Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Anfa Airport in Casablanca (IATA location identifier)
• Court of Arbitration for Sport
• Combined Associated Schools, An association of private schools in Sydney

Computing

• CAS GmbH, a Demand Side Management solution provider based in Kaiserslautern, Germany
• Central Authentication Service, a single sign-on protocol
• Code Access Security in a Microsoft Operating System
• Compare-and-swap, a special CPU instruction
• Computer-assisted surgery
• Computer-aided surgery
• Cybercafé Administration Server, a software tool
• Conditional Access System
• Channel Associated Signaling, a type of communication signaling common for digital PBX
• Column Access Strobe / Column Address Select, a term relating to computer memory, see CAS Latency
• Content-addressable storage, a data storage mechanism
• Computer Algebra System

Science

• Complete active space, in quantum chemistry, a type of classification for the molecular orbitals
• Complex adaptive system
• Computer algebra system
• Concentration, Asymmetry, Clumpiness, a method of classifying galaxy morphologies
• Calcium sulfide a chemical compound.
• Chemical Abstracts Service, CAS Registry Number
• Cassiopeia (constellation), standard astronomical abbreviation

Military

• Chief of the Air Staff, in some Commonwealth nations, the professional head of the air force
• Close Air Support
• Certified Anti-Terrorism Specialist
• Changing Armour System, used by the Liger Zero and Berserk Führer, fictional mecha from the Zoids universe
• Combat Armor Suit, also known as powered armor

Other

• Children's Aid Society
• Contemporary Art Society
• Creativity, Action, Service
• Calibrated airspeed, the airspeed shown by an airspeed indicator
• Certificate of Advanced Study
• Certified Annuity Specialist
• Cowboy action shooting
• Creativity, Action, Service, the community service aspect of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
• Cinema Audio Society, a professional organization for sound Mixers from film and television
• Civil Aid Service, a Hong Kong Civil Aid agency
• Corporate Audit Services, a consulting department in a financial institution
• Create A Sim.