RAS

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RAS is an acronym that could mean one of the following:

Contents 1 Music 2 Fiction 3 Linguistics 4 Object Management Groups 5 Ideology 6 Professions 7 Science and technology 8 Transport 9 Broadcasting

[edit] Music

• RAS Records (Real Authentic Sound)

[edit] Fiction

• Rescue Aid Society; see The Rescuers
• RAS (film) - a 1973 film by Yves Boisset

[edit] Linguistics

• Redundant Acronym Syndrome

[edit] Object Management Groups

• Reusable Asset Specification

[edit] Ideology

• Radical Anti-Semitism

[edit] Professions

• Registered Accessibility Specialist

[edit] Science and technology

• RAS genes and RAS proteins implicated in development of cancer
• RAS coordinates (in medicine, a patient relative set of axis: Right/Left, Anterior/Posterior, Superior/Inferior the first of each couple corresponding to positive)
• Registration, Admission and Status
• Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
• Remote Access Service
• Renin-angiotensin system
• Reticular activating system
• Royal Astronomical Society
• Row Address Strobe; check DRAM memory
• Russian Academy of Sciences
• Renal artery stenosis
• Rail Adapter System; another name for the Picatinny Rail system used for mounting accessories on modern firearms.
• Recirculating Aquaculture System: production of aquatic organisms in highly controlled aquatic environments.

[edit] Transport

• Roundabout Appreciation Society
• Replenishment at sea (RAS), a technique for replenishing a ship while under way

[edit] Broadcasting

• Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol, a public broadcaster whose purpose is to relay programming from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to the German-speaking population.