RAS
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'''RAS''' or '''Ras''' may refer to:
==People and titles==
*[[Hans Ras]] (1926-2003), Dutch philologist
* [[Rais]], Urdu honorific for chieftain
*[[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
* Ras, an honorific used by members of the [[Rastafari movement]]
* Ras, an Ethiopian aristocratic and court title, as in [[Ras Tafari]]
==Locations==
* [[Stari Ras]], first capital city of medieval Serbian state of Raska
* [[Ras Tanura]], city in eastern Saudi Arabia
==Societies and groups==
*[[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
*[[Royal Astronomical Society]], British society founded in 1802
*[[Royal Adelaide Show]], Australian agricultural show
*[[Russian Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Russian Automobile Society]], a member of the [[FIA]]
==Medical terms==
*[[Ras (protein)]] implicated in development of cancer
*[[Renal artery stenosis]], anatomical term for the narrowing of the renal artery
*[[Renin-angiotensin system]], hormone system that regulates blood pressure
*[[Reticular activating system]], neurological system in the brain
*RAS, for a recurrent [[aphthous ulcer]]
*[[Rhythmic auditory stimulation]]
*[[Retinoic Acid Syndrome]]
==Science and technology==
* RAS, for [[Registration, Admission and Status]], a telephony term
* Radio Access Station, Apparutus 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
*[[Reusable Asset Specification]], OMG Standard for packaging digital artifacts
*[[Reflection anisotropy spectroscopy]], an optical [[Surface analysis tools|surface analysis tool]]
==Transport==
*[[Roundabout Appreciation Society]]
* RAS, for Replenishment at Sea, a method of [[Underway replenishment]]
==Fiction and entertainment==
*[[RAS Records]], a reggae record label
*Ras, or Ra's, nickname for the fictional Batman villain [[Ra's al Ghul]]
*Rescue Aid Society, a fictional society in the 1977 film ''[[The Rescuers]]''
*Nickname used by the Senior Knight of Inferia, [[Tales_of_Eternia#Characters|Rassius Luine]], from the PS1 game, Tales of Eternia
==Other uses==
*Rail Adapter System; another name for the [[Picatinny rail]] system used for mounting accessories on modern firearms
*[[RAS syndrome]], Redundant Acronym Syndrome
* [[Rás Tailteann]], an annual cycling race in Ireland
==See also==
*[[Ra (disambiguation)]]
*[[RAH]], disambiguation
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