TAS
Encyclopedia
Organizations
- Trent Accreditation SchemeTrent Accreditation SchemeThe Trent Accreditation Scheme , , was a British accreditation scheme formed with a mission to maintain and continually evaluate standards of quality, especially in health care delivery, through the surveying and accreditation of health care organisations, especially...
, an internationally-active hospital quality and safety surveying group - Taipei American School, an international school in Taipei, Taiwan
- The Armidale SchoolThe Armidale SchoolThe Armidale School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, located in Armidale, on the New England Tablelands of northern New South Wales, Australia...
, New South Wales, Australia - The Associated SchoolsThe Associated SchoolsThe Associated Schools is an incorporated body involving fourteen co-educational independent Queensland secondary schools in a variety of sporting and cultural activities established in 1956 following the disbanded Metropolitan Secondary School Sports Association in 1955, which had been...
, an affiliated group of schools located in South East Queensland - The Artists' StudioThe Artists' StudioThe Artists' Studio, frequently abbreviated TAS, was founded by David and Joellyn Youngin January 2003 as an independent for-profit community theatre...
, a community theatre in Indiana - TAS Software, a UK and Ireland subsidiary of The Sage GroupThe Sage GroupThe Sage Group plc , commonly known as Sage, is a global enterprise software company headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. It is the world's third-largest supplier of enterprise resource planning software , the largest supplier to small businesses, and has 6.1 million customers...
- Trinity Anglican SchoolTrinity Anglican SchoolTrinity Anglican School is a private Anglican School located in Tropical North Queensland, Australia.Since its foundation in 1983, TAS has built a reputation for academic excellence, service to the community and leadership in Technology, the Arts and Sport....
, denotes White Rock & Marlin Coast campus of Trinity Anglican School in Cairns, Qld. Australia - The Atlas SocietyThe Atlas SocietyThe Atlas Society — of which The Objectivist Center is a part — is a research and advocacy organization promoting "a culture that affirms the core Objectivist values of reason, individualism, freedom, and achievement." It is part of the Objectivist movement that split off from the Ayn Rand...
- The American StatisticianThe American StatisticianThe American Statistician, established in 1947, is a magazine published quarterly by the American Statistical Association.- External links :*...
, a magazine - Tribunal Arbitral du Sport, the French name for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, headquartered in Lausanne
- Tameio Asfalisis Symbolaiografon, Greek public insurance organisation for notaries
Television, film, and music
- Star Trek: The Animated SeriesStar Trek: The Animated SeriesStar Trek: The Animated Series is an animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe following the events of Star Trek: The Original Series of the 1960s...
- The Acacia StrainThe Acacia StrainThe Acacia Strain is an American deathcore band from Chicopee, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 2001, the band itself has undergone numerous changes in the member line-up...
- The Absolute SoundThe Absolute SoundThe Absolute Sound is an American monthly magazine which reviews audiophile-oriented sound-reproduction and recording equipment and recordings, and comments on various music-related subjects. It was founded in 1973 by Harry Pearson, who was the Editor in Chief...
magazine
Books
- Tasslehoff BurrfootTasslehoff BurrfootTasslehoff Burrfoot is a fictional character of the kender race from the Dragonlance series of novels, written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. He was born in Kendermore. His parents are unknown and he has few known relatives. He has a sister, and also claims to have an Uncle Trapspringer...
, a character in many of the Dragonlance novels - Thought As a System, a book and theory by David BohmDavid BohmDavid Joseph Bohm FRS was an American-born British quantum physicist who contributed to theoretical physics, philosophy, neuropsychology, and the Manhattan Project.-Youth and college:...
- The Amber SpyglassThe Amber SpyglassThe Amber Spyglass is the third and final novel in the His Dark Materials series, written by English author Philip Pullman, and published in 2000....
, The last book in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
Business
- Telephone Answering Service, live operator answering call center
Science and technology
- Towed array sonarTowed array sonarA towed array sonar is a sonar array that is towed behind a submarine or surface ship. It is basically a long cable, up to 5 km, with hydrophones that is trailed behind the ship when deployed. The hydrophones are placed at specific distances along the cable...
, a sonar array that is towed behind a submarine or surface ship - Toxin-antitoxin systemToxin-antitoxin systemA toxin-antitoxin system is a set of two or more closely linked genes that together encode both a protein 'poison' and a corresponding 'antidote'. When these systems are contained on plasmids – transferable genetic elements – they ensure that only the daughter cells that inherit the plasmid...
- Chemistry
- Total Analysis SystemTotal analysis systemTotal Analysis System describes a device that automates and includes all necessary steps for chemical analysis of a sample e.g. sampling, sample transport, filtration, dilution, chemical reactions, separation and detection....
- TAS classificationTAS classificationThe TAS classification can be used to assign names to many common types of volcanic rocks based upon the relationships between the combined alkali content and the silica content. These chemical parameters are useful, because the relative proportions of alkalis and silica play an important role in...
, the chemical classification and nomenclature of volcanic rocks using the Total Alkali versus Silica (TAS) diagram
- Total Analysis System
- Neutron triple-axis spectrometry
Computers
- Test-and-setTest-and-setIn computer science, the test-and-set instruction is an instruction used to write to a memory location and return its old value as a single atomic operation. If multiple processes may access the same memory, and if a process is currently performing a test-and-set, no other process may begin...
, a special CPU instruction - Thermal Assisted SwitchingThermal Assisted SwitchingThermal Assisted Switching, or TAS, is one of the new 2nd generation approaches to MRAM currently being developed. A few different designs have been proposed, but all rely on the idea of reducing the required switching fields by heating...
, a new approach to MRAM - Tool-assisted speedrunTool-assisted speedrunA tool-assisted speedrun is a speedrun movie or performance of a video game produced by means of emulation and using features unavailable to regular players, such as slow motion or frame-by-frame advance of the gameplay, and re-recording of previous portions of a performance...
, a video game speedrun in which tools are used
Transportation
- Tashkent International Airport, IATA code TAS
- True AirspeedTrue airspeedTrue airspeed of an aircraft is the speed of the aircraft relative to the airmass in which it is flying. True airspeed is important information for accurate navigation of an aircraft.-Performance:...
(aviation), the speed of the aircraft relative to the airmass that it is in, and not to the ground - Tokyo Auto SalonTokyo Auto SalonThe is an annual auto show held in January at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba City, Japan for Performance and custom dress-up parts and technology display. Hosted by the Nippon Auto Parts Aftermarket Committee ....
, an annual auto show held in January at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba City, Japan for Performance and custom dress-up parts and technology display.
Places
- TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, a state of Australia - River TasRiver TasThe River Tas is a river which flows northwards through South Norfolk in England - towards Norwich. The area is named the Tas Valley after the river. The origin of the name of the river is uncertain - it may have taken it from the village of Tasburgh or vice versa.Tributaries which have their...
, in Norfolk, England, from which the village of TasburghTasburghTasburgh is a civil parish and a village in the south of Norfolk, England. The River Tas flows nearby and Tasburgh Hall lies to the west of the village. The local church is dedicated to St...
is named