SAC

Sac or SAC may refer to:

Sac

Anatomical enclosures

Reproductive structures:
Gestational sac
Yolk sac
Amniotic sac
Viscid sac
Chorionic sac, a.k.a. chorion
Egg sac, reproductive structure of spiders
Vocal sac, in frogs
Fecal sac, in birds
Venom sac (structure), in venom-secreting animals
Throat sac, a.k.a. gular skin
Ink sac, in cephalopods
Anal sac, a.k.a. anal glands
Abdominal cavities:
Lesser sac
Greater sac
Lacrimal sac, eye-and-nose-associated structure
Vestibular sacs
Bursa sac, a.k.a. bursa (anatomy)
Synovial sac, joint component
Embryo sac, a.k.a. ovule
Dural sac, structure of spinal cord
Pleural sac, a.k.a. pleural cavity

Other uses

Sac (people), North American tribe
Sac language, a.k.a. Fox language
Sač, baking vessel
Sac, a.k.a. saj, bread loaf & its baking vessel

SAC

Organizations

Computers
Symposium on Applied Computing, an annual conference sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing
Selected Areas in Cryptography, an annual cryptography workshop series
Superior Art Creations, an underground group of computer art scene enthusiasts
Education
Sydney Adventist College, a Seventh-Day Adventist high school located in Sydney, New South Wales
St. Andrew's College, multiple colleges named after St. Andrew
Scottish Agricultural College, an organization based in Scotland
St Aloysius' College, multiple colleges named after St Aloysius
Students' Administrative Council, University of Toronto, the largest students' union in Canada
San Antonio College, A College of the Alamo Community Colleges in San Antonio, Texas
Saint Anselm College, a Benedictine, Catholic, Liberal Arts College in Manchester, NH
Santa Ana College, a college in Santa Ana, California
St. Anthony College, a college in Roxas City, Philippines
Government/military
Second Artillery Corps, one of four branches of the Chinese armed forces
Southern Air Command of the Indian Air Force
Strategic Air Command, the operational establishment of the United States Air Force in charge of America's bomber-based and ballistic missile-based strategic nuclear arsenal from 1946 to 1992
Senate Appropriations Committee, a standing committee of the United States Senate with jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.
Sports Affairs Council, a council under the Executive Yuan of Taiwan
Standardization Administration of China
California State Prison, Sacramento, in the USA
Sports
Sacramento Kings, basketball team
South Atlantic Conference
Swiss Alpine Club
Other organizations
Satélite Argentino Científico, Argentine research satellites of Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales
SAC Capital Advisors, a hedge fund managed by Steven A. Cohen
Scottish Arts Council, a Scottish public body
Service d'Action Civique, a Gaullist organisation
Societas Apostolatus Catholici, a religious congregation within the Roman Catholic Church
Songwriters Association of Canada, a Canadian organization dedicated exclusively to Canadian composers, lyricists and songwriters
Space Applications Centre, an Indian Space Research Organization Research lab
Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation, an anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation in Sweden

Government/Military (roles)

Supreme Allied Commander, the most senior commander in some multinational military organizations
Senior Aircraftman, a rank in the Royal Air Force
Senior Assistant Commissioner, a rank in the Singapore Police Force
Special Agent in Charge, an FBI term for an agent holding a position of authority at the scene of a crime or investigation

Education

School-assessed coursework, a type of school-based assessment in which students complete the assessment tasks specified in the study design
Student activity center, a type of building found on university campuses

Places

Student Activity Complex in Laredo, Texas
SISD Student Activities Complex in El Paso, Texas

Sports

Baseball:
SAC, sacrifice bunt
SAC, sacrifice fly

Science, Technology, and Medicine

Spindle assembly checkpoint in biology
Source of activation confusion model in psychology
S-Allyl cysteine, a chemical constituent of garlic
Sac spider, a large catch-all taxon for a large group of disparate collection of spiders
SAC, a.k.a. lead-free solder

Computers

SAC programming language, a strict purely functional programming language
SA-C programming language, a C family language targeted at programming circuits
Strict Avalanche Criterion, a property of boolean functions of relevance in cryptography
Special Administration Console, a system console that provides headless server operation
Spatial Audio Coding (MPEG Surround), a lossy compression format for surround sound

Transportation

Sacramento Executive Airport in Sacramento, California (FAA location identifier code: SAC)
Sacramento Valley Rail Station, California; Amtrak station code SAC
Sports Activity Coupe, a BMW class of cars
Super Aero City, a bus model of Hyundai Motors

Video Games

Secret Agent Clank, a game for the PSP

Television, Film, and Music

Stand Alone Complex, in philosophy of Ghost in the Shell
Stand Alone Complex, television animation series a.k.a Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Super Adventure Club, fictional organization in plot of episode "The Return of Chef" on South Park television series

Other uses

Special Area of Conservation, a protected area in the European Union
Suburban Activity Center, a relatively new concentration of business, shopping and entertainment outside a traditional urban area

Translation

The word "SAC" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, Esperanto, French, Italian, Japanese.