Aks or AKS may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Aks'' (2001 film), a 2001 Indian Hindi supernatural thriller by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra * ''Aks'' (2018 film), a 2018 Pakistani horror film * ''Aks'' (album), released by Lucky Ali in 2000 * ''Aks'' (TV series), a 2012 Pakistani drama

Organizations

Academic Karelia Society The Academic Karelia Society (''Akateeminen Karjala-Seura'', AKS) was a Finnish nationalist and Finno-Ugric activist organization aiming at the growth and improvement of newly independent Finland, founded by academics and students of the Univers ...

, a Finnish activist organization, 1922–1944 *

Academy of Korean Studies The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS; ) is a South Korean research and educational institute focusing on Korean studies. It was established on June 22, 1978, by the Ministry of Education & Science Technology. Works Journals *'' Korea Journal'' ...

, a South Korean research and educational institute *

Politiets Aktionsstyrke The Politiets Aktionsstyrke (AKS, English: ''Special Intervention Unit'') is the police tactical unit of the Danish National Police. History The unit's operational functions are closely guarded secrets, so not much is known. What has been publ ...

, a Danish special-task police force *

AKS Lytham AKS Lytham (AKS), is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private co-educational day school located on the Fylde, Lancashire, England. It is based on a coastal 35-acre site in Lytham St Annes. AKS Lytham is a member of Headmasters' and Hea ...

, a school in Lancashire, UK

Companies

* AKS Inc, an aircraft propeller manufacturer * AKS (company), a Japanese talent agency, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan *

AK Steel AK Steel Holdings Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in West Chester Township, Ohio. The company, whose name was derived from the initials of Armco, its predecessor company, and Kawasaki Steel Corporation, was acquir ...

(NYSE:AKS), a US steel manufacturer

Military

* Aks 13000, or Aks 13, part of the Norwegian resistance movement in World War II *

Army Kinematograph Service The Army Kinematograph Service (AKS) was established during the Second World War by the British government in August 1941 to meet the increasing training and recreational needs of the British Army. Created by the newly established Directorate of ...

, a World War II British unit * A US Navy hull classification symbol: General stores issue ship (AKS) *

AKS-47 The AK-47, officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova (; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is an assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kala ...

, a variant of the AK-47 assault rifle

Science and technology

* Alkenylsuccinic anhydrides, used in papermaking * Ajtai–Komlós–Szemerédi network, a

sorting network In computer science, comparator networks are abstract devices built up of a fixed number of "wires", carrying values, and comparator modules that connect pairs of wires, swapping the values on the wires if they are not in a desired order. Such ne ...

algorithm *

EMS Synthi AKS The EMS Synthi A and the EMS Synthi AKS are portable modular analog synthesisers made by EMS of England. The Synthi A model debuted in May 1971, and then Synthi AKS model appeared in March 1972 a with a built-in keyboard and sequencer. The EMS S ...

, an analog synthesizer *

AKS primality test The AKS primality test (also known as Agrawal–Kayal–Saxena primality test and cyclotomic AKS test) is a deterministic primality-proving algorithm created and published by Manindra Agrawal, Neeraj Kayal, and Nitin Saxena, computer scientist ...

, a deterministic primality-proving algorithm * Azure Kubernetes Service, a software product to deploy containerized applications

Other uses

* Aks, a metathesis of "ask" in African American Vernacular, and other forms of English {{Disambiguation