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SAS or Sas may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

SAS (novel series), a French book series by Gérard de Villiers
Shimmer and Shine, an American animated children's television series
Southern All Stars, a Japanese rock band
Strong Arm Steady, an American hip hop group from California
Sunday All Stars, a Philippine Sunday variety show from 2013 to 2015
SAS: Secure Tomorrow, a 2008 video game

Film and television

SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia
SAS: Are You Tough Enough?, a British documentary series
SAS: Red Notice, a 2021 action thriller film
SAS: Rogue Heroes, a British historical drama TV series
SAS: Who Dares Wins, a British reality TV series
- Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, an American adaptation of the show
- SAS Australia: Who Dares Wins, an Australian adaptation of the show
- Erikoisjoukot, a Finnish adaptation of the show

Organizations

For sporting organizations, see § Sport.

Military

An abbreviation for "Special Air Service" in various armed forces, including:
- Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British Army
- Special Air Service Regiment, a special forces unit of the Australian Army
- 5th Special Air Service, a Belgian Second World War formation
- Canadian Special Air Service Company, a Canadian unit from 1947 to 1949
- Free French Special Air Service, the predecessor unit of the French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (1er RPIMa)
- New Zealand Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the New Zealand Army
- Rhodesian Special Air Service, several special forces units from Rhodesia
- Special Air Service, a unit within the Special Forces of Zimbabwe
South African Ship, the South African Navy warship prefix
Specialized Administrative Sections, a French civil-military program during the Algerian War
Su Altı Savunma, a special operations unit of the Turkish Navy

Brands and enterprises

SAS Group (Scandinavian Airlines System Group), an airline company based in Stockholm, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark
- Scandinavian Airlines, the largest airline in Scandinavia
- SAS Cargo Group, a cargo subsidiary of the company
SAS Institute, an analytics software company headquartered in North Carolina, US
- SAS (software), the main software product of the company
- SAS language, the language used to program the software
SAS (shoemakers), trademark of a shoe company in San Antonio, Texas, US
SAS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia
Société par actions simplifiée, French designation of a joint stock type of company
Southern Audio Services, an electronics manufacturer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US

Healthcare

Andalusian Health Service (Servicio Andaluz de Salud), the government-run health system of Andalusia, Spain
Scottish Ambulance Service

Schools

Asia

St. Augustine's School, Kalimpong, a school in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, a boarding school in Malaysia
Shanghai American School, an international school in Shanghai
Singapore American School, an international school in Singapore

Europe

Sankt-Ansgar-Schule, Hamburg, Germany
School of Advanced Study, a postgraduate institution of the University of London, United Kingdom
Studia Academica Slovaca, a summer school teaching the Slovak language

United States

Saint Andrew's School (Boca Raton, Florida)
Saint Andrew's School (Saratoga, California)
Saint Andrew's School (Savannah, Georgia)
Saline Area Schools, a school district in Michigan
School for Advanced Studies, a high school program in Miami, Florida
Semester at Sea, a shipboard academic program

Other organizations

Second Amendment Sisters, a women's advocacy group focusing on gun rights in the United States of America
Sense about Science, a UK-based organization promoting respect for good science
Servants Anonymous Society, a nonprofit women's organization
Sloboda a Solidarita or Freedom and Solidarity, a political party in Slovakia
Slovak Academy of Sciences, the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia
Society for Affective Science, a non-profit organization devoted to the science of affect
Society for Amateur Scientists, an American non-profit organization
Society for Animation Studies, an international scholarly organization
Space Access Society, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel
Strong American Schools, an American non-profit organization that promotes sound education policies
Surfers Against Sewage, a UK-based campaign for clean, safe recreational water
Sussex Archaeological Society, an archaeological society based in Lewes, Sussex, UK

People

Éva Sas, French politician
Ferenc Sas, Hungarian footballer
Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer
Julian Sas, Dutch blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
Sas of Moldavia (died 1358), voivode ruling over what was to become Moldavia between 1354 and 1358
Stephen A. Smith, American sports analyst

Places

For transit infrastructure, see § Transportation.

Sas, a tributary of the river Bouleț in Romania
Sas, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province
Šas, a village in Montenegro
Sas van Gent, a town in, Zeeland province, the Netherlands

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology and medicine

Sleep apnea syndrome, a sleep disorder in which pauses in breathing or periods of shallow breathing during sleep occur more often than normal
Solvent-accessible surface, the surface area of a biomolecule that is accessible to a solvent
Subarachnoid space, the space between the arachnoid mater and pia mater in the brain
Subvalvular aortic stenosis (non-human), an abnormal, congenital heart murmur
Syndesmotic ankle sprain, a type of ankle sprain

Computing

SAS (software), (Statistical Analysis System) an integrated software suite produced by SAS Institute Inc.
SAS language, a data processing and statistical analysis language
Secure Attention Sequence, a special key combination which invokes a trusted login process (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Delete on Windows NT systems)
Serial Attached SCSI, a computer bus technology for the transfer of data to and from storage devices (e.g., hard disks)
Shared access signature, a security token which can be attached to a URL
Short Authentication String, a method used in the ZRTP cryptographic protocol
Slot Accounting System protocol, a slot machine communication method created by the International Game Technology (IGT) corporation
Sorcerer's Apprentice syndrome, a network protocol flaw in the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Spatially Aware Sublayer, an optional sublayer of the MAC that provides spatial reuse in Resilient Packet Ring

Space

Small Astronomy Satellite (disambiguation), one of three of NASA-operated space telescopes
Space Access Society, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel
Space activity suit, a spacesuit which provides mechanical pressure by means of elastic garments
Space adaptation syndrome, an illness akin to motion sickness experienced by many first-time space travellers
Sistema Avariynogo Spaseniya, (Russian: CAC, Система Аварийного Спасения), the Soyuz launch escape system

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

Self-anchored suspension bridge, a suspension bridge in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck
Side-angle-side, a concept in geometry for determining congruence or similarity of triangles
Small-angle scattering, a scattering technique based on the deflection of a beam of particles away from the straight trajectory after it interacts with a sample
Solid axle suspension, a type of automobile suspension
Stability augmentation system, a limited form of autopilot that stabilizes an aircraft in one or more axes
Synthetic aperture sonar, a form of sonar analogous to synthetic aperture radar
Supercritical Anti-Solvent, a method used for micronization of substances

Sport

San Antonio Spurs, a professional basketball team in San Antonio, Texas, United States
SAS Championship, a golf tournament in Cary, North Carolina, United States
SAS Masters Tour, a domestic professional golf tour operated by the Swedish Golf Association
Stars Association for Sports, a women's association football club in Aley, Lebanon

Transportation

For transportation companies, see § Brands and enterprises.

Salton Sea Airport, IATA airport code SAS
Sam Shing stop, MTR station code SAS
San Antonio station (Texas), Amtrak code SAS
Second Avenue Subway, a subway line in New York City
St Annes-on-the-Sea railway station, British railway station with station code SAS

Other uses

Sas coat of arms, a European coat of arms (German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Ukrainian)
Statements on auditing standards, a series of internationally recognized auditing standards