Fas

Fas or FAS may refer to:

Places

• Fez, Morocco, the third-largest city in Morocco, as an alternate spelling.
• Poti, Georgia, a port city in Georgia.

Businesses

• Fiat Automobili Srbija, an automobile-manufacturing company based in Kragujevac, Serbia
• Film Authors' Studio, a Croatian film-production company

Organizations

In research and academia

• Architecture and Surveying Institute, formerly the Faculty of Architects and Surveyors
• Faculty of Arts and Science (disambiguation), a faculty of several universities
• Federation of American Scientists, a non-profit organization formed in 1945 by scientists from the Manhattan Project
• Federation of Astronomical Societies, an international union of astronomical societies, formed in 1974

In sport

• Football Association of Serbia
• Football Association of Singapore
• Club Deportivo FAS, a Salvadoran football club

Other organizations

• Federal Antimonopoly Service, Russia
• Femmes Africa Solidarité, an NGO founded in 1996
• Foras Áiseanna Saothair, a state agency in Ireland responsible for employment assistance
• Foreign Agricultural Service, a service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture with primary responsibility for overseas programs
• Freedom and Solidarity, a conservative liberal political party in Slovakia
• Fuerzas Armadas de España, the Spanish Armed Forces

In science and technology

In biology and medicine

• Fas receptor, also known as CD95, a receptor protein of the TNF receptor family that induces apoptosis on binding the Fas ligand
• Fatty acid synthase, an enzyme in humans
• Fetal alcohol syndrome, a birth-defect caused by overconsumption of alcohol during pregnancy
• Foreign accent syndrome, a medical condition whereby a person acquires an accent when speaking their native language, usually as a result of brain damage

Other uses in science and technology

• Fabric-attached storage, for computer data
• Feedback arc set, a concept in graph theory
• Ferrous Ammonium Sulfate or Mohr's Salt, a light green crystalline solid with the formula Fe(SO₄)₂(NH₄)₂.6H₂O (CAS number: 10045-89-3)
• Final assembly schedule, schedule for items to finish in a make-to-order (MTO) or assemble-to-order (ATO) environment
• Forced Auto Stop, a hypermiling technique involving turning off an automobile's internal combustion engine, shifting into neutral and coasting down hills to reduce gasoline use

Other uses

• Fas language of Papua New Guinea
• Fas, Latin for "permissible" or "right", a concept of ancient Roman religion
• Federal Aid Highway System, roads built in the United States with funds provided by the federal government
• Financial Accounting Standard, a standard determined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
• Free African Society, an 18th-century African-American community
• Free Alongside Ship, in trade, an International Commercial Term
• Financial Assistance Scheme, a part of the UK welfare system
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, a German newspaper

See also

• Fass (disambiguation)