# ACS

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'''ACS''' or '''Acs''' may refer to:
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==Aviation==
* ACS-3, the military version of [Raybird-3](/source/Raybird-3), a Ukrainian UAV
* [Aerial Common Sensor](/source/Aerial_Common_Sensor), a Lockheed Martin reconnaissance aircraft airframe for the US Army and Navy
* [Air Cess](/source/Air_Cess), a cargo airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
* IATA airport code for [Achinsk Airport](/source/Achinsk_Airport) in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

==Companies and commerce==
* [ACS:Law](/source/ACS%3ALaw), a British law firm specializing in intellectual property cases
* [Advanced Card Systems](/source/Advanced_Card_Systems), a Hong Kong–based developer of smart cards and smart card readers
* [Advanced Composites Solutions](/source/Advanced_Composites_Solutions), a Brazilian engineering company specialized in composite materials technology
* [Advanced Contact Solutions](/source/Advanced_Contact_Solutions), a Philippine business process outsourcing company
* [Affiliated Computer Services](/source/Affiliated_Computer_Services), an American business and technology outsourcing company
* [Alaska Communications System](/source/Alaska_Communications_System), former name of AT&T Alascom, an American communications services company
* [Alaska Communications Systems](/source/Alaska_Communications_Systems), an American communications services company, distinct from AT&T Alascom
* [Alternative compensation system](/source/Alternative_compensation_system), a way to allow reproduction of digital copyrighted works while still paying the authors and copyright owners
* [Applied Communication Sciences](/source/Applied_Communication_Sciences), a telecommunications research, engineering and consulting company based in the US
* [Grupo ACS](/source/Grupo_ACS) (''Actividades de Construcción y Servicios''), a civil engineering firm based in Madrid, Spain
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==Computing==
* Access Control Server, a component of Cisco's [Network Admission Control](/source/Network_Admission_Control)<!--OK 2nd link--> technology
* Access Control Server, the server authenticating a card in the [3-D Secure](/source/3-D_Secure) framework
* [Access Control Service](/source/Access_Control_Service), a cloud-based service for authentication and authorization
* [ACS-1](/source/ACS-1) and ACS-360, supercomputers designed but never completed in the 1960s by the IBM ''Advanced Computing Systems''
* Action Code Script, a scripting language used in video games such as ''[Hexen: Beyond Heretic](/source/Hexen%3A_Beyond_Heretic)''
* [Adobe Creative Suite](/source/Adobe_Creative_Suite), a software package by Adobe Inc.
* [Atacama Large Millimeter Array](/source/Atacama_Large_Millimeter_Array) ("ALMA")  Common Software, a control framework used in ground-based astronomy projects
* Audit Collection Services, a component of Microsoft [System Center Operations Manager](/source/System_Center_Operations_Manager)
* [ATA Command Set](/source/ATA_Command_Set)

==Education==
* [ACS International Schools](/source/ACS_International_Schools), a group of international schools in the UK
* Advanced Communicator, Silver ("ACS"),  [Toastmasters International](/source/Toastmasters_International) Recognition for advanced Communication training
* [Alabaster City Schools](/source/Alabaster_City_Schools), a school district headquartered in Alabaster, Alabama
* [Alperton Community School](/source/Alperton_Community_School), a secondary school in London, UK
* [American College of Sofia](/source/American_College_of_Sofia), a secondary school in Sofia, Bulgaria
* [American Community School at Beirut](/source/American_Community_School_at_Beirut), an international private school located in Beirut, Lebanon
* [American Community School in Amman](/source/American_Community_School_in_Amman), an international school in Amman, Jordan
* [American Community School of Abu Dhabi](/source/American_Community_School_of_Abu_Dhabi), an international school of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
* [American Community Schools](/source/American_Community_Schools), an English-speaking private school system in Athens, Greece
* [American Cooperative School of La Paz](/source/American_Cooperative_School_of_La_Paz)
* [American Cooperative School of Tunis](/source/American_Cooperative_School_of_Tunis)
* [Anglo-Chinese School](/source/Anglo-Chinese_School), Singapore, a group of Methodist schools in Singapore
* [Anglo-Chinese Schools, Malaysia](/source/Anglo-Chinese_Schools%2C_Malaysia), a group of Methodist schools in Malaysia
* [Arkansas Correctional School](/source/Arkansas_Correctional_School), a school system in prisons, in Arkansas
* [Associated Colleges of the South](/source/Associated_Colleges_of_the_South), a group of liberal arts colleges in the USA
* [Assumption College School](/source/Assumption_College_School), a catholic high school in Ontario, Canada
* [Aurora Christian Schools](/source/Aurora_Christian_Schools), a private PreK-12 school in Aurora, Illinois, USA
* [Avery Coonley School](/source/Avery_Coonley_School), a private elementary school in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
* [Lehman Alternative Community School](/source/Lehman_Alternative_Community_School), a combined middle and high school Ithaca, New York

==Government==
* [Administration for Children's Services](/source/Administration_for_Children's_Services), governmental agency of New York City
* [American Community Survey](/source/American_Community_Survey), a project of the US Census Bureau
* [Australian Customs Service](/source/Australian_Customs_Service), former Australian government agency for border protection, duties and taxes (1985–2009)

==Medicine==
* [Acetyl-CoA synthetase](/source/Acetyl-CoA_synthetase), an enzyme
* [Abdominal compartment syndrome](/source/Abdominal_compartment_syndrome)
* Acute [compartment syndrome](/source/compartment_syndrome)
* [Acute coronary syndrome](/source/Acute_coronary_syndrome), a form of chest pain due to reduced oxygen supply to the heart muscle
* [Advanced Cataract Surgery](/source/Advanced_Cataract_Surgery), the modern method of cataract removal using phacoemulsification
* [Alternate care site](/source/Alternate_care_site), a non-traditional medical treatment facility established in a public health crisis
* [Atriocaval shunt](/source/Atriocaval_shunt), a surgical procedure
* [2-Amino-3-carboxymuconic semialdehyde](/source/2-Amino-3-carboxymuconic_semialdehyde), a chemical in tryptophan metabolism

==Military ==
* [Army Combat Shirt](/source/Army_Combat_Shirt), flame-resistant shirt developed for the US Army
* [Attack Characterization System](/source/Attack_Characterization_System)
* [Auxiliary crane ship](/source/List_of_auxiliaries_of_the_United_States_Navy), a US Navy hull 
* [Cavalry Corps (Ireland)](/source/Cavalry_Corps_(Ireland)) (1st Armoured Cavalry Squadron), an armoured reconnaissance unit of the Irish Army
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==Organizations and societies==
* [Active Club Scotland](/source/Active_Club_Scotland), a far-right hate group linked to the worldwide Active Club Network
* [American Cancer Society](/source/American_Cancer_Society), an American voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer
* [American Ceramic Society](/source/American_Ceramic_Society), an American professional organization
* [American Cheese Society](/source/American_Cheese_Society), a professional organization of the American cheese industry
* [American Chemical Society](/source/American_Chemical_Society), an American professional association
* [American College of Surgeons](/source/American_College_of_Surgeons), a fellowship of American surgeons
* [American Colonization Society](/source/American_Colonization_Society), an organization that helped in founding Liberia as a colony for freed slaves
* [American Constitution Society for Law and Policy](/source/American_Constitution_Society_for_Law_and_Policy), an organization of lawyers and law students in the US
* [American Cryonics Society](/source/American_Cryonics_Society), non-profit corporation that supports and promotes research and education into cryonics
* [American CueSports Alliance](/source/American_CueSports_Alliance), a US-based pool league <!--they do not use "ACSA"-->
* [Association of Caribbean States](/source/Association_of_Caribbean_States), an advisory, consultative body of Caribbean countries
* [Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians](/source/Association_of_Cricket_Statisticians_and_Historians), an association founded England in 1973 to collect cricket data
* [Audience Council Scotland](/source/Audience_Council_Scotland), a BBC Trust organisation in Scotland
* [Australian Cinematographers Society](/source/Australian_Cinematographers_Society), a professional not-for-profit organisation
* [Australian Computer Society](/source/Australian_Computer_Society), an association for information and communications technology professionals
* [Australian Cricket Society](/source/Australian_Cricket_Society), an association of cricket lovers
* [Automobile Club of Switzerland](/source/Automobile_Club_of_Switzerland), a Swiss motor sports organization
* [Redfern Aboriginal Children's Services](/source/Redfern_Aboriginal_Children's_Services), a community services organisation for Indigenous children in Sydney, Australia

==Sports==
* [AC Sparta Prague](/source/AC_Sparta_Prague), a Czech football club
* [AC Sporting](/source/AC_Sporting), a Lebanese football club

== Technology and science ==
* [Advanced Camera for Surveys](/source/Advanced_Camera_for_Surveys), an instrument aboard the Hubble Space Telescope
* [Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3)](/source/Solar_sail), a NASA technology demonstration for future small spacecraft
* [Air cavity system](/source/Air_cavity_system), a modern marine craft design concept based upon capturing air beneath a vessel's hull to reduce drag and increase speed and fuel efficiency
* [Anticenter shell](/source/Anticenter_shell), a supershell located outside of the galaxy
* [Attitude control system](/source/Attitude_control_system), a spacecraft system

==Other uses==
* An abbreviation for [Acroá language](/source/Acro%C3%A1_language), an extinct Ge language of Brazil
* [Acs (surname)](/source/Acs_(surname)), a surname
* ''[American Crime Story](/source/American_Crime_Story)'', an anthology television series

==See also == 

* [Ács](/source/%C3%81cs), a Hungarian town 
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