Act
Appearance
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png)
Look up act in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Act, ACT, or The Act may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- A.C.T, a Swedish band
- The Act (1989 film), a 1989 British television film by Richard Langridge
- The Act, American rapper also known as UnoTheActivist
- Act (band), a British band
- The Act (band), a Norwegian rock band from the 1980s
- Act (drama), a segment of a dramatic or musical work (such as a play, opera, or ballet)
- The Act (musical), a 1977 musical
- The Act (TV series), a 2019 true crime TV series
- The Act (video game), a 2007 arcade game produced by Cecropia
- ACT Music, a German music label
- ACT Theatre, in Seattle, Washington, US
- Acting, theatrical performance
- Acts, a 2012 album by American band RNDM
- American Conservatory Theater, in San Francisco, California, US
- Arts & Culture Trust, a South African cultural organisation responsible for the ACT Awards
Business organizations
[edit]- AdaCore, formerly Ada Core Technologies, Ada specialist software company
- Advanced Cell Technology, stem cell company
- Advanced Computer Techniques, a U.S. software company 1962–1994
- Applied Computer Techniques, later Apricot Computers, UK
- Atria Convergence Technologies, a telecommunications company in India
- Aviation Composite Technology, an aircraft manufacturer in the Philippines
Education
[edit]- ACT (nonprofit organization), provides assessments etc. for US school students etc.
- ACT (test), for college admission, US
- Asian College of Technology, Cebu City, Philippines
- Australian College of Theology
Government / military
[edit]- AC Transit, a transit agency serving Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California
- Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation, a rule made by the California Air Resources Board which requires trucks to decarbonize
- Advanced Concepts Team, a research team of the European Space Agency
- Agency for Community Transit, a paratransit system for Madison County Transit, Illinois
- Allied Command Transformation, a NATO strategic command
- Azienda comunale del traffico, a former transport operator in Lugano, Switzerland
- Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (Spanish: Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación)
Law
[edit]- Act (document), a document recording the legality of a transaction or contract
- Acting (law) refers to someone temporarily exercising the powers of a vacant position
- Act of Parliament, Act of Congress, or Act of Tynwald, a statute or law passed by a legislature
- Advance corporation tax, a tax collected in the UK until 1999
Political parties and campaigning/advocacy groups
[edit]- Act! (Italy), an Italian political party
- ACT Alberta, a Canadian coalition to raise awareness about human trafficking
- ACT Alliance, an alliance of churches for coordinating humanitarian assistance and development work
- ACT New Zealand, a political party in New Zealand
- ACT Teachers Partylist, a political party in the Philippines
- ACT for America, an advocacy group in the United States
- ACT-CIS Partylist, a political party in the Philippines
- Action for Children's Television, an organization dedicated to improvements in children's television
- Agir (France) (French for "Act"), a political party in France
- Alliance for Change and Transparency, a political party in Tanzania
- Amazon Conservation Team, a non-profit organization that works to protect the Amazon rainforest
- America Coming Together, a US political group
Professional organizations
[edit]- Academy of Clinical Thyroidologists, United States
- Alliance of Concerned Teachers, Philippines
- American College of Toxicology
- Association for Citizenship Teaching, UK
- Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians, UK
- Association of Corporate Treasurers, UK
Other organizations
[edit]- ACT, former name of Together for Short Lives, a children's charity in the United Kingdom
- Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust, a UK charity
- Anglican Church in Thailand
- The Association of Commercial Television in Europe, a group representing the business interests of commercial television in the EU
- Australian Civic Trust, an Australian urban design organization
Sports
[edit]- Australia national cricket team
- American Canadian Tour, a stock car racing series
Transport
[edit]- ACT, the IATA code for Waco Regional Airport, Texas, US
- ACT, the National Rail code for Ascot railway station, Berkshire, UK
Science, technology, and mathematics
[edit]Computing
[edit]- ACT (NASDAQ), Automated Confirmation of Transactions, a trade reporting and clearing system
- Act! LLC, a customer relationship management software
- ACT-R, a symbolic cognitive architecture
- Apple Certified Trainer, one of the Apple certification programs
Medicine
[edit]- Acceptance and commitment therapy, a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy
- Acetylcholine, (ACt/ACh) a neurotransmitter
- Activated clotting time, a test of coagulation
- Adoptive cell transfer, transfer of cells into a patient, usually immune system cells
- Artemisinin based combination therapy, a treatment for malaria
- Assertive community treatment, a system for treating mental illness
Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics
[edit]- Act or S-act, the action of a monoid on a set, or a semiautomaton
- ACT (audio format), a file format
- Ford ACT, a transit system
- Astrographic Catalog/Tycho or Tycho-2 Catalogue
- Atacama Cosmology Telescope, Chile
- ACT, a codon for the amino acid Threonine
Other uses
[edit]- ACT, in linguistics, glossing abbreviation for active voice
- ACT, the ISO 639-3 language code for Achterhooks, a Dutch dialect
- ACT mouthwash, produced by Chattem
- Acting rank, temporary military rank
- Australian Capital Territory ("The ACT"), the territory in which the Australian capital city of Canberra is seated
- Courtney Act, Australian drag queen, singer, and television personality