ACT
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ACT is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a therapy based on a pragmatic philosophy called functional contextualism
- ACT (cognitive model), a symbolic cognitive architecture, created by John R. Anderson (the abbreviation variously stands for "Adaptive Control of Thought", "Adaptive Character of Thought", and "Atomic Components of Thought")
- ACT (audio format) used in some Chinese MP4/MTV Players
- ACT!, contact management software
- ACT (examination), a college entrance exam, competitor to the SAT
- A.C.T, a progressive rock band from Sweden
- ACT Music + Vision, a record label
- ACT New Zealand, a political party and movement in New Zealand
- ACT Theatre, in San Francisco, California
- ACT Theatre, in Seattle, Washington
- Act of Parliament, a law enacted by the parliament
- Ada Core Technologies, a computer software company that develops an Ada compiler, tools and libraries
- AIDS Committee of Toronto
- Allied Command Transformation, the NATO strategic command
- Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT or ACT-Phils), a militant, progressive, nationalist alliance of teachers, educators and teacher organization in the Philippines. For more details, visit http://www.actphils.org
- America Coming Together, a United States political group
- American Conservatory Theater, a repertory theater and theater school in San Francisco
- Annual Change Traffic, the fraction of a software product's source code that changes in a year
- Applied Computer Techniques, a computer services company founded in 1965; in 1985 it was renamed Apricot Computers
- Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy, a treatment for malaria
- Ascot railway station, a railway station in the United Kingdom with the National Rail code "ACT"
- Asia Container Terminals Ltd.
- Assertive Community Treatment, a system for treating mental illness
- Association for Citizenship Teaching, a professional subject association for teachers of citizenship
- Association for Competitive Technology, a pro-Microsoft lobby group
- Association of Cinematograph Technicians
- Association of Corporate Treasurers
- Astrographic Catalog/Tycho, a star catalogue
- Atacama Cosmology Telescope, a telescope under construction in the Andes in Chile
- Australian Capital Territory, the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Aviation Composite Technology, an aircraft manufacturer in the Philippines
- Waco Regional Airport, an airport in Waco, Texas, United States, which has the IATA airport code "ACT"
