ASR
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ASR may refer to:
- AsrAsrThe Asr prayer is the afternoon daily prayer recited by practising Muslims. It is the third of the five daily prayers . The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam, in Sunni Islam, and one of the ten Practices of the Religion according to Shia Islam...
, the daily afternoon prayer in Islam - ASR RecordsASR RecordsASR Records was co-founded in 1995 by Ahmad Alaadeen along with Victoria Dunfee. Alaadeen was also the initial founding artist on the label, with his first commercial US Release of the CD titled, "Blues for RC and Josephine Too "...
, a record label - Academy at Swift RiverAcademy at Swift RiverAcademy at Swift River, also known as ASR, is a coeducational therapeutic boarding school for teenagers, located in Cummington, Massachusetts. Established in 1997, it is a part of the Aspen Education Group....
, a coeducational therapeutic boarding school for teenagers - Accelerated Share RepurchaseAccelerated Share RepurchaseAccelerated share repurchase refers to a method that publicly traded companies may use to buy back shares of its stock from the market.The ASR method involves the company buying its shares from an investment bank , and paying cash to the investment bank while entering into a forward contract...
, a method that publicly traded companies may use to buy back shares of its stock from the market - Acute stress reactionAcute stress reactionAcute stress reaction is a psychological condition arising in response to a terrifying or traumatic event...
, a psychological condition arising in response to a terrifying or traumatic event - Air-sea rescueAir-sea rescueAir-sea rescue is the coordinated search and rescue of the survivors of emergency water landings as well as people who have survived the loss of their sea-going vessel. ASR can involve a wide variety of resources including seaplanes, helicopters, submarines, rescue boats and ships...
, the coordinated search and rescue of sea-bound accident survivors - Airport surveillance radarAirport Surveillance RadarAn airport surveillance radar is a radar system used at airports to detect and display the position of aircraft in the terminal area.-Digital Airport Surveillance Radar :...
, a radar system used at airports to detect and display the position of aircraft - Alkali Silica ReactionAlkali Silica ReactionThe alkali–silica reaction is a reaction which occurs over time in concrete between the highly alkaline cement paste and reactive non-crystalline silica, which is found in many common aggregates....
, a reaction between alkali and amorphous silica which occurs over time in concrete leading to its destruction - Allegheny Southern Railway, a Pennsylvanian railroad company that was superseded by Everett RailroadEverett RailroadThe Everett Railroad is a short-line railroad that operates ex-Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Hollidaysburg area of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It runs freight trains over two separate lines, one from Brooks Mill and Sproul, and the other, owned by the Morrison's Cove Railroad, from...
- Amazon.comAmazon.comAmazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
Sales Rank, a measure of a book's popularity - American Sociological ReviewAmerican Sociological ReviewThe American Sociological Review is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of sociology, including new theoretical developments, results of research that advance the understanding of fundamental social processes, and methodological innovations. It is published by SAGE...
, an academic journal - Analyte specific reagentAnalyte Specific ReagentAnalyte-specific reagents are a class of biological molecules which can be used to identify and measure the amount of an individual chemical substance in biological specimens.-Regulatory definition:The U.S...
, a class of biological molecules - AnnaSophia RobbAnnaSophia RobbAnnaSophia Robb is an American film and television actress. She gained prominence in 2005 with starring roles in Because of Winn-Dixie and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and starred in Bridge to Terabithia , Race to Witch Mountain , and Soul Surfer .-Personal life:Robb was born in Denver,...
(born 1993), American film and television actress - Answer/seizure ratio, a telecommunications success determination ratio
- Apple Software RestoreApple Software Restoreasr or Apple Software Restore is a command line utility in Mac OS X used to apply a DMG disk image to a selected volume or mount point on a file system. It is often used for cloning large numbers of Macintosh computers...
, a command line utility in Mac OS X - Aquifer storage and recoveryAquifer Storage and RecoveryAquifer storage and recovery is the re-injection of potable water back into an aquifer for later recovery and use. ASR has been done for municipal, industry and agriculture use...
the re-injection of potable water back into an aquifer for later recovery and use - ARCA Sim Racing '08, a stock-car racing simulator
- A.S. RomaA.S. RomaAssociazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
, an Italian professional football club from Rome - Auto Service Request, a capability of Oracle Corporation#Services
- Automated System RecoveryAutomated System RecoveryAutomated System Recovery is a feature of the Windows XP operating system that can be used to simplify recovery of a computer's system or boot volumes. ASR consists of two parts: an automated backup, and an automated restore...
, a feature of Windows XP and lower Microsoft Windows operating systems - Automatic system recoveryAutomatic system recoveryAutomatic system recovery is a device or process that detects a computer failure and attempts recovery. The device may make use of a Watchdog timer. This may also refer to a Microsoft recovery technology by the same name.-External links:****...
, a device or process that detects a computer failure and attempts recovery - Automotive shredder residueAutomotive shredder residueThe shredding of automobiles and major household appliances is a process where a hammermill acts as a giant tree chipper by grinding the materials fed into it to fist-size pieces. The shredding of automobiles results in a mixture of ferrous metal, non-ferrous metal The shredding of automobiles and...
, a mixture of metallic waste resulting from the shredding of automobiles - Erkilet International AirportErkilet International AirportErkilet Airport or Kayseri Erkilet Airport is a military airbase and public airport located north of Kayseri in the Kayseri Province of Turkey....
(IATA code: ASR), a Turkish military airbase and public airport - Soybean rustSoybean rustSoybean rust, also known as Asian soybean rust, is a disease that affects soybeans and other legumes. It is caused by two types of fungi, Phakopsora pachyrhizi and Phakopsora meibomiae. P. meibomiae is the weaker pathogen of the two and generally does not cause widespread problems...
(a.k.a. Asian Soybean Rust), a disease that affects soybeans and other legumes - Speech recognitionSpeech recognitionSpeech recognition converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker—as is the case for most desktop recognition software...
(a.k.a. automatic speech recognition), the conversion of spoken words to text - Traction control systemTraction control systemA traction control system , also known as anti-slip regulation , is typically a secondary function of the anti-lock braking system on production motor vehicles, designed to prevent loss of traction of driven road wheels...
(a.k.a. Anti-Slip Regulation), an electro-hydraulic system on production vehicles designed to prevent loss of traction - startle reactionStartle reactionThe startle response is a brainstem reflex that serves to protect the back of the neck , or the eye , and also facilitates escape from sudden stimuli. It is found across the lifespan and in many species. An individual's emotional state may lead to a variety of different responses...
, basis of the acoustic startle response diagnostic used in human and mouse studies of schizophreniaSchizophreniaSchizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...