RAS
RAS or Ras may refer to:
People and titles
Hans Ras (1926-2003), Dutch philologist
Registered Accessibility Specialist
Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol, a public broadcaster whose purpose is to relay programming from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to the German-speaking population
Ras, an honorific used by members of the Rastafari movement
Ras, an Ethiopian aristocratic and court title, as in Ras Tafari
Ras, a leader in the Italian fascist movement
Locations
Stari Ras, first capital city of medieval Serbian state of Raska
Ras Tanura, city in eastern Saudi Arabia
Societies and groups
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, a society to further study into topics relating to science, literature, and the arts in relation to Asia
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, IEEE
IEEE I-RAS, Italian Chapter of the Robotic and Automation Society
Royal Astronomical Society, British society founded in 1802
Royal Adelaide Show, Australian agricultural show
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Automobile Society, a member of the FIA
Medical terms
Ras (protein), a family of proteins involved in cellular signal transduction.
Renal artery stenosis, anatomical term for the narrowing of the renal artery
Renin-angiotensin system, hormone system that regulates blood pressure
Reticular activating system, neurological system in the brain
RAS, for a recurrent aphthous ulcer
Rhythmic auditory stimulation
Retinoic acid syndrome
Science and technology
RAS, for Registration, Admission and Status, a telephony term
Radio Access Station, Apparatus in a portable internet system (Such as IEEE 802.16e)
.ras, the native raster format of the SunOS Unix operating system
Reliability, Availability and Serviceability, properties of information technology systems
Remote Access Service, combination of hardware and software for remote access to computing systems especially for networking
Row Address Strobe, one of four control signal types in asynchronous DRAM
Reusable Asset Specification, OMG Standard for packaging digital artifacts
Reflection anisotropy spectroscopy, an optical surface analysis tool
RAS, Return Authorization, a method for returning mechandise.
Transport
Roundabout Appreciation Society
RAS, for Replenishment at Sea, a method of Underway replenishment
Radar Advisory Service - Replaced by Deconfliction Service for Air Traffic Control Services Outside Controlled Airpsace (ATSOCAS)
Fiction and entertainment
RAS Records, a reggae record label
Ras, or Ra's, nickname for the fictional Batman villain Ra's al Ghul
Rescue Aid Society, a fictional society in the 1977 film The Rescuers
Nickname used by the Senior Knight of Inferia, Rassius Luine, from the PS1 game, Tales of Eternia
Royal Adelaide Show
Other uses
Rail Adapter System; another name for the Picatinny rail system used for mounting accessories on modern firearms
RAS syndrome, Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome
Rás Tailteann, an annual cycling race in Ireland
Regimental aviation squadron
Recirculating Aquaculture System
Translation
The word "RAS" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Danish, German, Esperanto, French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish.
Translation in Swedish: Ras (olika betydelser).
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