SAS

Stockholm-based airline

SAS is an acronym with several meanings depending on context.

In military usage, it refers to the Special Air Service, an elite British Army unit specializing in covert operations and counterterrorism.

In computing and data analysis, SAS is a statistical software suite widely used for analytics and business intelligence.

In aviation, SAS is Scandinavian Airlines.

airline

Copenhagen

Denmark's capital city

Star Alliance · Scandinavia · carrier · flights · livery · hub

analytics

statistics

Collected numerical information

predictive · multivariate · clustering · variance · correlation · biostatistics · econometrics · sampling · inference · factor

military

Special Air Service

British elite military unit

regiment · Hereford · selection · parachute · counter-terrorism · hostage rescue · beret · badged · trooper · covert

intelligence

espionage

Covert intelligence gathering

  • spyCovert information gatherer
  • covertIntentionally concealed
  • surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects

reconnaissance · informant · undercover · classified · agent · operative · clandestine · intercept · counterintelligence · MI6

Categories
Opposites
software paradigm

SASR

Eighteenth alphabet symbol

open-source software · Python · free software · GNU · freeware

MILITARY SPECIAL FORCES (UK vs. adversary/contrast)

SASSpetsnaz

Russian elite military units

IRA · Al-Qaeda · ISIS · Viet Cong

military unit type

SASconventional forces

Traditional armed units

line infantry · conscript army

Family

sassy, sassed, sassing, sasses

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G