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ACS is a three-letter acronym that may refer to: TLA is a three-lettered abbreviation for Three-Letter Abbreviation. ...

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American groups

The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a medical organization with a corporate attitude in the United States. ... The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. ... The American Colonization Society (in full, The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America) founded Liberia, a colony on the coast of West Africa in 1817 and transported free blacks there, in an effort to remove them from the United States. ... The American Community Survey (ACS) is a project of the U.S. Census Bureau that replaces the long form in the decennial census. ... The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is an organization to promote a progressive understanding of the United States Constitution. ... American Cryonics Society is a California non-profit corporation dedicated to cryonics. ...

Australian groups

The Australian Cinematographers Society was established to— * Further the advancement of cinematography in all fields and give due recognition to the outstanding work performed by Australian cinematographers. ... The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is an association for information and communications technology professionals. ... The Australian Customs Service (ACS) is responsible for overseeing international movement of trade goods and people into Australia, for the collection of customs and excises, for undertaking border management activities, and for detecting drugs coming into the country. ...

Education

The Lehman Alternative Community School (LACS) is a public, educational alternative, combined middle and high school in the Ithaca City School District in Ithaca, New York. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The ACS International Schools, formerly known as the American Community Schools, are three academic campuses based in Southern England. ... The first Anglo Chinese School (simply known as ACS) was built in Klang. ... Name Anglo-Chinese School Abbreviation ACS Country Singapore Indonesia Founded March 1, 1886 Community Urban Religion Christian (Methodist) Students Boys ACS (Junior), ACS (Primary), ACS (Barker Road) Mixed ACS (Independent), ACS (International) Singapore, ACJC STB-ACS (International) Jakarta Levels Primary 1-6 Secondary 1-5 JC 1-2 IB 1... Overview The Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) is a consortium of 16 private liberal arts colleges Members Birmingham-Southern College 900 Arkadelphia Rd. ... Assumption College Secondary School is an IB authorized school in Windsor, Ontario. ... The American Community Schools are a system of private schools in Athens, Greece, it is located in Aghia Paraskevi. ...

Aviation and the Navy

Air Cess is a cargo airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. ... An Auxiliary Crane Ship is a vessel of the United States Military Sealift Command designed to operate where port facilities are limited or damaged to transfer cargo between themselves, other vessels, and piers. ... The Lockheed Martin Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) platform is a reconnaissance aircraft airframe, for the United States Army and Navy. ...

Science, Technology, and Medicine

  • Action Code Script, a scripting language used in video games such as HeXen and modern Doom ports
  • Advanced Camera for Surveys, an instrument aboard the Hubble Space Telescope
  • Acute coronary syndrome, a form of chest pain due to reduced oxygen supply to the heart muscle
  • ACS-1 and ACS-360, a supercomputer designed (but never completed) by the IBM Advanced Computing Systems group in the 1960s
  • American College of Surgeons

Action Code Script (ACS) is a scripting language used in HeXen and modern Doom ports. ... Introduction The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) is a third generation axial instrument aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). ... There are different forms of heart disease: Coronary heart disease Ischaemic heart disease Cardiovascular disease The study of heart disease is Cardiology This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The ACS-1 and ACS-360 are two related supercomputers designed by IBM as part of the IBM Advanced Computing Systems project from 1961 to 1969. ... The ACS-1 and ACS-360 are two related supercomputers designed by IBM as part of the IBM Advanced Computing Systems project from 1961 to 1969. ... International Business Machines Corporation (known as IBM or Big Blue; NYSE: IBM) is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. ...

Companies

Grupo ACS, (Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, SA), (IBEX-35:ACS) is a spanish company dedicated to civil and engineering construction, all types services and telecommunications. ... A BUNCH OF DOT HEADS go ahead change it again bitch! ... AT&T Alascom is an Alaskan telecommunications company; specifically, an interexchange carrier (IXC). ... Alaska Communications Systems is one of the two major corporations which provide communications services to Alaska. ... Third party administration is an American business term used in the field of employee benefits. ... Self-funded health care is an arrangement under which an employer helps finance the health care costs of its employees, taking on some of the risk of loss. ...

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The American Council on Education, the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives.
ACE is a federally registered trademark of the American Council on Education and may not be used or reproduced without the express written permission of the American Council on Education.
Register now for ACE's 2008 Annual Meeting, February 9–12 in San Diego.
Agent-Based Computational Economics (Tesfatsion) (677 words)
ACE researchers pursuing this objective are interested in evaluating whether designs proposed for economic policies, institutions, or processes will result in socially desirable system performance over time.
ACE researchers are exploring a variety of ways to address this objective ranging from careful consideration of methodological principles to the practical development of programming, visualization, and validation tools.
News items of possible interest to ACE researchers are collected by the moderator and posted in batched html-document form at the ACE Website during the regular academic year (August-May) as time permits and the news warrants.
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