STAR
STAR is an acronym for:
Organizations*
Society for Telescopy, Astronomy, and Radio, a non-profit New Jersey astronomy club.
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Special Tactics and Rescue of the Singapore Police Force
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Special Tactics and Response or
Special Tasks and Rescue, synonyms of
SWAT*
Star (strategies + architecture), an architecture office in the Netherlands
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STAR, an interbank network
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STAR Repair, the
Best Buy Repair and Service Database, based on Clarify eFrontOffice
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Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail - A non-profit automotive initiative to create voluntary IT standards for how manufacturers, dealers, and customers communicate with each other.
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Students Taking Action with Recognition, in STAR Events. A Program in
FCCLA.
* [http://www.star-reading.org/ STARthe
Reading Football Club's supporters' club
Fictional organizations*
Scientific and Technological Advanced Research Labs, a fictional research organization in the
DC Comics universe.
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S.T.A.R.S.; Special Tactics And Rescue Service, a fictional task force in the
Resident Evil video game franchise
Technology* Satellite Television Asian Region, or
STAR TV*
Shock Trauma and Rescue, or
Shock Trauma Air Rescue, a synonym for
air ambulance*
Source tree adaptive routing protocol, a method of organizing
wireless mesh networks
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STAR Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC, one of the four detectors at the
RHICStandardized tests*
Standardized Testing and Reporting, a measure of school performance in California
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STAR Math, STAR Reading, or STAR Early Literacy--periodic assessments of mathematical, reading, and early literacy abilities, respectively, created by
Renaissance Learning, Inc. The acronym, which used to refer to reading, lost its meaning with the release of STAR Math.
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Supplementary Tests of Achievement in Reading published by the
New Zealand Council for Educational ResearchMiscellaneous*
Self-Defining Text Archive and Retrieval - file format
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Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, also known as the
OSTAR*
Situation, Task, Action, Result, an interview technique
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Standard Terminal Arrival Route, the route that planes follow under
instrument flight rules when they approach an airport
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StAR, the
steroidogenic acute regulator protein
