SAS - Definition and Overview

SAS is a Three-Letter Acronym which may refer to:

• Scandinavian Airlines System: Scandinavian airline, with the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish governments as the largest shareholders
• Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Semester at Sea, a shipboard academic program administered by the University of Pittsburgh
• Special Air Service, a British special forces unit well-known for its counter-terrorist role
• Special Air Service (Australia), an Australian special forces unit more often employed in unconventional warfare
• Special Air Service of New Zealand (SAS NZ), a New Zealand special forces unit
• Serial Attached SCSI, a protocol and physical interface for transporting SCSI over serial links which is compatible with the SATA physical interconnect
• SAS Institute, software company
• SAS programming language
• SAS strategic methodology
• Southern All Stars, a Japanese rock band
• Society for Amateur Scientists
• Special Activities Staff, the CIA's paramilitary division.
• Space activity suit