fas

fas


Fas or FAS may refer to:

Businesses

  • Fiat Automobili Srbija, an automobile-manufacturing company based in Kragujevac, Serbia
  • Film Authors' Studio, a Croatian film-production company

Organizations

In research and academia

  • Architecture and Surveying Institute, formerly the Faculty of Architects and Surveyors
  • Faculty of Arts and Science:
  • Federation of American Scientists, a non-profit organization formed in 1945 by scientists from the Manhattan Project
  • Federation of Astronomical Societies, an international union of astronomical societies, formed in 1974

In sport

  • Football Association of Serbia
  • Football Association of Singapore
  • Club Deportivo FAS, a Salvadoran football club

Other organizations

  • Femmes Africa Solidarité, an NGO founded in 1996
  • Foras Áiseanna Saothair, a state agency in Ireland responsible for employment assistance
  • Foreign Agricultural Service, a service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture with primary responsibility for overseas programs
  • Freedom and Solidarity, a conservative liberal political party in Slovakia
  • Fuerzas Armadas de España, the Spanish Armed Forces

Places

  • Fes, Morocco, the third-largest city in Morocco, as an alternate spelling
  • Poti, Georgia, a port city in Georgia

In science and technology

In biology and medicine

  • Fas receptor, also known as CD95, a receptor protein of the TNF receptor family that induces apoptosis on binding the Fas ligand
  • Fatty acid synthase, an enzyme in humans
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome, a birth-defect caused by overconsumption of alcohol during pregnancy
  • Foreign accent syndrome, a medical condition whereby a person acquires an accent when speaking their native language, usually as a result of brain damage

Other uses in science and technology

  • Fabric-attached storage, for computer data
  • Feedback arc set, a concept in graph theory
  • Ferrous Ammonium Sulfate or Mohr's Salt, a light green crystalline solid with the formula Fe(SO4)2(NH4)2.6H2O (CAS number: 10045-89-3)
  • Final assembly schedule, schedule for items to finish in a make-to-order (MTO) or assemble-to-order (ATO) environment
  • Forced Auto Stop, a hypermiling technique involving turning off an automobile's internal combustion engine, shifting into neutral and coasting down hills to reduce gasoline use

Other uses

  • Fas, Latin for "permissible" or "right", a concept of ancient Roman religion
  • Federal Aid Highway System, roads built in the United States with funds provided by the federal government
  • Financial Accounting Standard, a standard determined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
  • Free African Society, an 18th-century African-American community
  • Free Alongside Ship, in trade, an International Commercial Term

See also

  • Fass (disambiguation)

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