Ras (disambiguation)
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RAS has several meanings:
- Rail Adapter System, such as on the M16A4 MWS, which permits modular accessories to be bolted onto modern firearms; synonymous with Rail Integration System;
- Reliability, Availability and Serviceability, properties of memory system for enterprise.
- Remote Access Service.
- Renin- Angiotensin- system.
- Reticular activating system.
- Replenishment at Sea
- row address select, input to dynamic random access memory (DRAM) indicating that the row address lines are valid.
- Royal Astronomical Society.
- Russian Academy of Science
- Sun Raster, the native raster format of the SunOS Unix OS.
- Ras and ras related proteins are important in the regulation of cancers
- Ras city, first capital city of medieval Serbian state of Raska
- a title in the Amharic language, meaning "head," as in Ras Tafari; the term is often used by members of the Rastafari movement, eg Ras Mida. See Ethiopian aristocratic and religious titles.
- in Arabic means "head" and "cape" and appears in placenames like Ras Tanura. See the related title of Rais.
- RAS Records is a record label for recorded music, especially Reggae.
- RAS syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome)
- Ras is a Gujarati dance with dandias.
- Hans Ras (1926-2003) is a Dutch philologist
- The Rás (originally Rás Tailteann) is an annual cycling race in Ireland.