AST
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AST is a three-letter abbreviation that stands for a number of different things.
- In aviation, it means Advanced Supersonic Transport.
- In computer science, it means abstract syntax tree.
- In mathematics, it refers to the Alternating series test.
- In medicine, it refers to the enzyme aspartate transaminase.
- In space, it means the Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
- In companies, it means Adilsoft Technologies.
- AST is an abbreviation for two time zones:
- Alaska Standard Time - note that "AKST" is commonly used to designate Alaska Standard Time, to distinguish between Atlantic and Alaskan time.
- Atlantic Standard Time.
- AST Research, Inc. manufactured personal computers from 1980 to 1999. The name was then owned by AST Computers, LLC.
- AST Sports Science is a manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements.
- ACT Scaling Test is a series of aptitude tests taken by Year 12 students in ACT, Australia.
- Action Sociale Tchadienne or Chadian Social Action, a Chadian political party.
- Active Servo Technology, a patented technology employed in Yamaha loudspeakers.
- Adequacy Style Troll.
- Alpha Sigma Tau is a popular sorority at colleges across the United States.
- Alternative Set Theory.
- Applied Simulation Technologies provides virtual training software.
- Army Satellite Tracking Center, military.
- Army Science and Technology, military.
- Army Staff Target, military.
- Aspartate transaminase (aminotransferase).
- Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, (FAA).
- Association for Software Testing.
- Association of Surgical Technologists.
- Aston railway station (National Rail code), United Kingdom.
- Astro Star Tracker.
- Asturian language (ISO 639 alpha-3, ast).
- Asynchronous System Traps, a feature of certain DEC operating systems.
- Atlantic School of Theology.
- Conroe ISD Academy of Science and Technology, magnet high school.
For people:
- Andrey Silvestrov-Tchaly.
- Andrew S. Tanenbaum (a well-known computer scientist) often uses this acronym as his identifier.
