Mas

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Mas may refer to:

• Mas (Provencal Farmhouse) a traditional farmhouse in Provence, France
• Masio, a town in Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy
• MAS 90, the first in a series of accounting software sold by Sage Software
• Más y Menos, fictional superhero characters, from the Teen Titans animated television series
• Malaysia, or its Football Association of Malaysia, in FIFA official reports.
• Mas Systems, a manufacturer of arcade game equipment

Mas may also be used for:

• Lord in Javanese
• Más (album), an album by Spanish-singer Alejandro Sanz
• "Más," a song by Kinky from their 2002 album Kinky
• Masquerade, a part of Carnival tradition in Trinidad and Tobago
• MAS (boat), Italian Motor Torpedo Boats of the 20th century

MAS may also stand for:

In computing:

• Micro-Architecture Specification, term used in computer engineering, typically a certain type of documentation for microprocessor design, see Computer architecture
• Macintosh Application Services, an Apple product enabling Unix servers to serve Classic Mac OS applications
• Microsoft AntiSpyware, an anti-spyware program released by Microsoft in 2005
• Motu Audio System, now known as Digital Performer, audio sequencer software published by Mark of the Unicorn
• Mozilla Application Suite, a combination web browser, email client, and newsgroup reader
• Multi-agent system, a system built around multiple autonomous entities which interact
• Mobile Access Service, a generic name for technologies that allow you to remotely log into a network or computer.
• Medical Archive Solution from HP, as in HP StorageWorks Medical Archive Solution. Turn-key storage solution for managing medical images, such as X-rays & MRIs.
• Media Application Server, a Multimedia_framework
• Memory attached storage, networked storage using DRAM.

In politics:

• Movement toward Socialism (Bolivia) (Movimiento al Socialismo), a Bolivian political party
• Movement toward Socialism (Venezuela) (Movimiento al Socialismo), a Venezuelan political party
• Mouvement pour une Alternative Socialiste (Movement for a Socialist Alternative), a Belgian Trotskyist organization

In science:

• Master of Applied Science, a professional degree
• Magic angle spinning, a technique used in solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
• Mandibular advancement splint, a device used to treat sleep apnea
• Marker assisted selection, a genome-tagging technique
• Milliarcsecond (mas), a unit of angular measurement
• Milliampere-second (mAs), a fraction of an ampere-hour, a unit of electric charge

In other:

• Master of Advanced Studies, an academic degree
• Muerte a Secuestradores (Death to Kidnappers), a Colombian paramilitary group
• Mongolian Academy of Sciences, a Mongolian college
• Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's central bank
• Malaysia Airlines (ICAO: MAS), the international airline of Malaysia
• Mutual Admiration Society (group), a musical collaboration between Glen Phillips and Nickel Creek
• Muslim American Society, an Islamic revival and reform movement
• Metropolitan Ambulance Service, Melbourne, Australia.
• MAS Holdings MAS Holdings Sri Lanka, Apparels Manufacturer
• Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne, a French government arms factory
• A male inhabitant of Dalarna, a province in Sweden

[edit] People with the surname Mas

• Artur Mas (born 1956), Catalan politician
• Nicolas Mas (born 1980), French rugby union footballer
• Count Pierre Barlatier de Mas (born 1871), French Count
• Baron Paul Albert Raymond Barlatier de Mas (born 1980), French Baron and Military Figure under Napoleon, Member of the Legion d´Honneur

[edit] Places

• Mas de las Matas, a town in Aragón, Spain