RAS

RAS or Ras may refer to:

People and titles

Ras (Rapper)
RAS (musician)
Hans Ras (1926–2003), Dutch philologist
Registered Accessibility Specialist
Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol, a public broadcaster whose purpose is to relay programming from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to the German-speaking population in the province of Bolzano, Italy
Ras, an Ethiopian aristocratic and court title, as in Ras Tafari
Ras, an honorific taken from the Ethiopian and used by members of the Rastafari movement
Ras, a colloquial appellation taken from the Ethiopian for a high rank fascist dominating in one province

Stari Ras, first capital city of medieval Serbian state of Raska
Ras-e Jonubi, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
Ras-e Sharqi, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
“Ras” is the Arabic for a “head,” hence a cape, promontory or headland; and a common word in Arabic place names (e.g. Al Ras)

Remote Astronomical Society Observatory of New Mexico, also known as RAS.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, a society to further study into topics relating to science, literature, and the arts in relation to Asia
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, IEEE
IEEE I-RAS, the Italian Chapter of the Robotic and Automation Society
Royal Astronomical Society, a British learned society founded in 1820
Royal Adelaide Show, an Australian agricultural show
Russian Academy of Sciences
Richardson Aventist School (now North Dallas Adventist Academy)

Ras subfamily, a family of related proteins found inside biological cells
Ras superfamily, a superfamily of proteins involved in cellular signal transduction
Ras gene, codes for the production of Ras protein
Renal artery stenosis, anatomical term for the narrowing of the renal artery
Renin-angiotensin system, hormone system that regulates blood pressure
Reticular activating system, a neurological system in the brain concerning sleep and arousal
RAS, for a recurrent aphthous ulcer
Retinoic acid syndrome
Responder apathy syndrome
RAS algorithm, for iterative proportional fitting the cell values of a matrix to fit column and row totals
SAR supergroup, a clade named after the acronym of its constituent group: Stramenopiles, Alveolates, and Rhizaria

RAS, for Registration, Admission and Status, a telephony term
Radio Access Station, apparatus in a portable internet system (Such as IEEE 802.16e)
.ras, the native raster format of the SunOS Unix operating system
Reliability, Availability and Serviceability, properties of information technology systems
Remote Access Service, combination of hardware and software for remote access to computing systems especially for networking
Row Address Strobe, one of four control signal types in asynchronous DRAM
Reusable Asset Specification, OMG Standard for packaging digital artifacts
RAS, for recirculating aquaculture system.

Roundabout Appreciation Society
Replenishment at Sea, NATO/Commonwealth term for underway replenishment a method of transferring fuel, munitions, and stores from one ship to another while under way
Railway Air Services, a British company formed by the four principal railway companies in 1934

RAS Records, a reggae record label
Ras, or Ra's, nickname for the fictional Batman villain Ra's al Ghul
A nickname used by the Senior Knight of Inferia, Tales of Eternia#Main characters Rassius Luine, from the PS1 game Tales of Eternia
Royal Adelaide Show
Rás 1 and Rás 2, Icelandic radio stations

Ras cheese, also known as Roumy or Romy cheese, one of the main types of cheese in Egypt.
RAS syndrome, redundant acronym syndrome syndrome
Rás Tailteann, an annual cycling race in Ireland
Radial arm saw
Reasonable Articulable Suspicion, in United States law, a legal standard of proof that is less than probable cause.