PACS
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PACS is an acronym with several meanings:
PACs is the plural of PAC
; for example:
- Pacte civil de solidaritéPacte civil de solidaritéIn France, a pacte civil de solidarité commonly known as a PACS /paks/ , is a form of civil union between two adults for organising their joint life. It brings rights and responsibilities, but less so than marriage...
, a form of civil union in France - Palo Alto Chinese SchoolPalo Alto Chinese SchoolFounded in 1976, Palo Alto Chinese School is located in Palo Alto, California and is the oldest Chinese school in the San Francisco Bay Area. The school was formed with a merger between a Cantonese school and a Mandarin school...
, Palo Alto, Calif. - Partial Anterior Circulation Stroke Syndrome, the symptoms of a type of an ischemic stroke
- Peace and conflict studiesPeace and conflict studiesPeace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyses violent and nonviolent behaviours as well as the structural mechanisms attending social conflicts with a view towards understanding those processes which lead to a more desirable human condition...
, an academic field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviors of social conflicts - Physics and Astronomy Classification SchemePhysics and Astronomy Classification SchemePACS is acronym for Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme.PACS numbers, developed by the American Institute of Physics, have been used in Physical Review since 1975 to identify fields and sub-fields of physics.- External links :...
, a scheme developed by the American Institute of Physics - Picture archiving and communication systemPicture archiving and communication systemA picture archiving and communication system is a medical imaging technology which provides economical storage of, and convenient access to, images from multiple modalities . Electronic images and reports are transmitted digitally via PACS; this eliminates the need to manually file, retrieve, or...
, a digital medical image management, communication, review and distribution system - Political Action Committees (PACs), groups organized to elect or defeat political candidates
- Poorest Areas Civil Society ProgramPoorest Areas Civil Society ProgramThe Poorest Areas Civil Society program was designed to help millions of people living in some of India’s poorest districts. Its goal was to cut the poverty rate in India in half by the year 2015. Through a network of 665 civil society organizations, it covered almost 20,000 villages in 94...
(2001–2008), a defunct Indian social welfare program - Primary airport control stationPrimary airport control stationPrimary Airport Control Station, or PACS, is a survey marker established in the vicinity of an airport and tied directly to the National Spatial Reference System. This control consists of permanent marks with precisely determined latitudes, longitudes and elevations...
, a survey marker established in the vicinity of an airport - Provisional Army of the Confederate States, the "volunteer" or wartime-expansion component of the Confederate States Army
- Cape Sarichef AirportCape Sarichef AirportCape Sarichef Airport was a small landing strip located on the western end of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was used to supply and support a United States Coast Guard LORAN station and U.S. Air Force DEW Line site during the Cold War.It is now a private-use...
(ICAO airport code), on Unimak Island of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska - Photodetecting Array Camera and Spectrometer, an instrument of the Herschel Space ObservatoryHerschel Space ObservatoryThe Herschel Space Observatory is a European Space Agency space observatory sensitive to the far infrared and submillimetre wavebands. It is the largest space telescope ever launched, carrying a single mirror of in diameter....
- Prince Avenue Christian School, Oconee County, Ga.
PACs is the plural of PAC
PAC
- People :* Ben Satterly , a British professional wrestler* Pac , a noble family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania* Sean Waltman , an American professional wrestler* Tupac Shakur, an American hip-hop artist- Political :...
; for example:
- Political action committees
- Premature atrial contractionPremature atrial contractionPremature atrial contractions , also known as atrial premature complexes or atrial premature beats , are a common cardiac arrhythmia characterized by premature heartbeats originating in the atria...
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