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CAS, CaS, or cas may refer to:

• CAS latency (column address strobe or column address select), a latency in reading computer memory
• Central Authentication Service, a single sign-on protocol
• Cloud Analytic Services, a server that provides the cloud-based, run-time environment for data management and analytics with SAS (software)
• Code Access Security in the Microsoft .NET framework
• Compare-and-swap, a special CPU instruction, an atomic instruction used in multithreading to achieve synchronization
• Computer algebra system, a software program that facilitates symbolic mathematics
• Conditional access system, a technology used in set-top boxes to allow conditional viewing of TV channels
• Content-addressable storage, a data storage mechanism
• Copyright Alert System, a former voluntary code
• Cycle-accurate simulator, a computer program that simulates a microarchitecture in a cycle-accurate manner

• Cas (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name, nickname, or surname
• Cas (people), an ancient people near the Caspian Sea

• California Academy of Sciences, a major natural history museum and center for scientific research
• Casablanca American School, a school in Casablanca, Morocco
• Casualty Actuarial Society, an professional society of actuaries in the United States
• Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society
• Chinese Academy of Sciences, the national academy for the natural sciences of China
• Combined Associated Schools, an association of private schools in Sydney, Australia
• Contemporary Art Society, England, UK (
• Contemporary Art Society (Australia)
• Contemporary Arts Society, Canada
• Court of Arbitration for Sport, an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sports
• Children’s Aid Society, a private charity in New York, US
• Children’s Aid Society (Ontario), a Canadian government organization
• Christchurch Adventist School, a Seventh-day Adventist school in New Zealand
• Civil Aid Service, a Hong Kong Civil Aid agency
• Cinema Audio Society, an association of sound professionals in the motion picture and television industry
• Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education, a consortium of professional student development organizations in higher education
• Connecticut Association of Schools, the governing body for secondary school sports competitions in Connecticut, US
• Czech Academy of Sciences, a research association in the Czech Republic
• Český atletický svaz, Czech Athletics Federation
• Comite d’action socialiste – Socialist Action Committee, a French Resistance network

• Calcium sulfide (CaS), a chemical compound
• Carotid artery stenting, endovascular surgery of the carotid artery
• Cas (mathematics), also known as the cosine and sine (cas) function (or Hartley kernel)
• Cas guava (Psidium friedrichsthalianum), a Costa Rican guava species
• CAS parameters, an image analysis method typically used in astronomy
• Cassiopeia (constellation) (Cas), standard astronomical abbreviation
• Cells Alive System, a line of commercial freezers sold by Japanese ABI Corporation
• Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society which produces bibliographic and chemistry databases
• Childhood apraxia of speech, a developmental speech disorder
• Cis-abienol synthase, an enzyme
• Cognitive Assessment System, an academic assessment test given to children
• Complex adaptive system, special cases of complex systems
• Computer Aided Surgery (journal)
• Computer-assisted surgery, use of computer technology in surgery
• CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins, involved in the prokaryotic immune system and genome editing
• Critical animal studies, an interdisciplinary field in the humanities and social sciences
• Critical autism studies, an interdisciplinary research field led by autistic people

• Čas, the former official daily newspaper of the Democratic Party of Slovakia
• Caș, a type of cheese made in Romania
• Cas Cay, an island in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
• Certificate of Advanced Study, a postgraduate certificate
• Channel-associated signaling, in telecommunications
• Citizens Advice Scotland, the umbrella organisation for Citizens Advice Bureaux in Scotland
• Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961), American author and artist
• Collision avoidance system, an automobile safety system
• Controlled atmosphere stunning, a method for slaughtering animals
• County Antrim Shield, football tournament in Northern Ireland
• Creativity, activity, service, the community service aspect of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

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