TAS, Tas, tas, or TAs may refer to:

Places

  • Tasmania, Australia, an abbreviation
  • Tas-Anna, a rural locality in Neryuktyayinsky 1-y Rural Okrug of Olyokminsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia
  • Tas-Kystabyt, a mountain range in Far East Russia
  • Tas-Silġ, a rounded hilltop overlooking Marsaxlokk Bay, Malta, close to the city of Żejtun
  • River Tas, in Norfolk, England

People

Given name

  • Tas Baitieri (born 1958), Australian former rugby league footballer and coach
  • Tas Bull (1932–2003), Australian trade union leader
  • Tas Pappas (born 1975), Australian skateboarder
  • Tas, father of Lél (Lehel), one of the Seven chieftains of the Magyars

Surname

  • Adam Tas (1668–1722), South African community leader
  • Adam Tas (singer) (born 1981), South African singer and songwriter in Afrikaans
  • András Róna-Tas (born 1931), Hungarian historian and linguist
  • Henk Tas (born 1948), Dutch visual artist and photographer
  • Marcelo Tas (born 1959), Brazilian director, writer, actor and television host
  • Marja van der Tas (born 1958), Dutch politician
  • Niels Tas (born 1983), Belgian politician
  • Rudi Tas (born 1957), Flemish Belgian composer, conductor and organist

Nicknames

  • Nickname of Tasmiyah Janeesha Whitehead, arrested for the murder of Nikki Whitehead

Arts and entertainment

  • The Absolute Sound, an American audiophile magazine
  • Star Trek: The Animated Series
  • Tas (series), science fiction novels by E.C. Eliott
  • Tasslehoff Burrfoot, a character in Dragonlance novels

Education

  • Taipei American School, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
  • Tehran American School, Tehran, Iran
  • The Armidale School, New South Wales, Australia
  • The Associated Schools, a group of schools in Queensland, Australia
  • Trinity Anglican School, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Food

  • Tas kebab, a Turkish meat stew

Military

  • 44M Tas, a WW2 medium/heavy tank from Hungary
  • Tas-Samra Battery, a 1798–1800 artillery battery in Ħamrun, Malta
  • TAs, the Romanian designation of the German Sturmgeschütz III assault gun

Science and technology

Computing and telecommunications

  • Thermal-assisted switching, an approach to computer memory
  • Tool-assisted speedrun, in video games
  • Telephony application server, in telecommunications
  • Test-and-set, an atomic instruction in synchronization

Material science

  • Transient-absorption spectroscopy, a form of time-resolved spectroscopy
  • TAS classification, for types of volcanic rocks

Medicine

  • Transesophageal atrial stimulation
  • TAS-102, a cancer drug
  • TAS-108 or SR16234, a steroid hormone
  • Trent Accreditation Scheme, in UK healthcare

Other fields

  • Traffic Advisory System, for aircraft (e. g. TCAS)
  • True airspeed, of an aircraft
  • Total analysis system, chemical analysis technology
  • Neutron triple-axis spectrometry, a technique used in inelastic neutron scattering

Sports

  • TAS de Casablanca, a Moroccan football club
  • TAS Racing, a motorcycle team in Moneymore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • HK Taš, an ice hockey club in Belgrade, Serbia
  • Court of Arbitration for Sport (), Lausanne, Switzerland

Transportation

  • Lotus Air (ICAO code: TAS), Egyptian airline
  • Tashkent International Airport (IATA code: TAS), Uzbekistan
  • TAS – Transportes Aéreos Salvador
  • TasRail, a train operator owned by the Government of Tasmania
  • Tvornica Automobila Sarajevo, a former Yugoslav automobile manufacturer; see

Other uses

  • Tas (series), science fiction novels by E.C. Eliott
  • 44M Tas, a WW2 medium/heavy tank from Hungary
  • TAS – Transportes Aéreos Salvador, defunct Brazilian airline
  • Tas (clan), an agricultural clan in India and Pakistan
  • Taxpayer Advocate Service, United States
  • The Artists' Studio, a community theatre in Indiana, United States
  • The Atlas Society, an organization that promotes Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand
  • Travelers' Aid Society (spelled "Travellers" outside the US), a charitable organization
  • The Autobiography Society, organization studying autobiography and biography
  • Tool-assisted speedrun, a type of speedrun in the video gaming scene, commonly abbreviated to TAS

See also

  • Taz (disambiguation)