ACT
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ACT is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a therapy based on a pragmatic philosophy called functional contextualism.
- ACT (cognitive model), a symbolic cognitive architecture, created by John R. Anderson.
- ACT (examination), a college entrance exam, competitor to the SAT.
- ACT New Zealand, a political party and movement in New Zealand.
- Act of Parliament, a law enacted by the parliament.
- Ada Core Technologies, a computer software company that develops an Ada compiler, tools and libraries.
- Allied Command Transformation, the NATO strategic command.
- America Coming Together, a United States political group.
- American Conservatory Theater, a repertory theater and theater school in San Francisco.
- Annual Change Traffic, the fraction of a software product's source code that changes in a year.
- Applied Computer Techniques, a computer services company founded in 1965. In 1985 it was renamed Apricot Computers.
- Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy, a treatment for malaria.
- Ascot railway station, a railway station in the United Kingdom with the National Rail code "ACT".
- Association for Citizenship Teaching, a professional subject association for teachers of citizenship.
- Association for Competitive Technology, a pro-Microsoft lobby group.
- Atacama Cosmology Telescope, a telescope under construction in the Andes in Chile.
- Australian Capital Territory, the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia.
- Aviation Composite Technology, an aircraft manufacturer in the Philippines.
- Waco Regional Airport, an airport in Waco, Texas, United States, which has the IATA airport code "ACT".
Act also can mean
- A action of somebody or something.
- A part of a literary work.
ACT is also a standardized test; originally an abbreviation for American College Testing but in 1996 the company officially shortened the name to only the abbreviation "ACT". Scores range from 1-36, with 36 being the highest possible score. The test includes a reading section, a science section, a math section, and an english section. Recently, ACT has also offered a writing section.
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