Wikipedia / Act
Wikipedia / Act
Act, ACT, or The Act may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
The Act, American rapper also known as UnoTheActivist
A.C.T, a Swedish band
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)
Acting, theatrical performance
ACT Music, a German music label
The Act (musical), a 1977 musical
The Act (1989 film), a 1989 British television film by Richard Langridge
Acts (album), a 2012 album by American band RNDM
ACT (album), a 2009 album by Ben Wendel, Harish Raghavan, and Nate Wood
Act (EP), a 2024 EP by Kang Daniel
ACT Theatre, in Seattle, Washington, US
The Act (TV series), a 2019 true crime TV series
The Act (video game), a 2007 arcade game produced by Cecropia
American Conservatory Theater, in San Francisco, California, US
Arts & Culture Trust, a South African cultural organisation responsible for the ACT Awards
Business and organizations
Act (Brazil), a political party
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
Air ACT, a Turkish charter airline
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
ACT (for-profit organization), provides assessments for US school students, etc.
ACT (test), for college admission, US
Asian College of Technology, Cebu City, Philippines
Aksorn Charoen Tat, Thai educational publishing company
Government and military
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
Law
Act (document), a document recording the legality of a transaction or contract
Acting (law), 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
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-CIS Partylist, a political party in the Philippines
ACT for America, an advocacy group in the United States
Action for Children's Television, an organization dedicated to improvements in children's television
Act! (Italy), an Italian political party
ACT New Zealand, a political party in New Zealand
Alliance of Concerned Teachers, a political party in the Philippines
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
Academy of Clinical Thyroidologists, United States
Alliance of Concerned Teachers, Philippines
Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians, UK
Other organizations
ACT, former name of Together for Short Lives, a children's charity in the United Kingdom
Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust, a UK charity
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
Science, technology, and mathematics
Computing
Act! LLC, a customer relationship management software
ACT (NASDAQ), Automated Confirmation of Transactions, a trade reporting and clearing system
ACT-R, a symbolic cognitive architecture
Apple Certified Trainer, one of the Apple certification programs
Medicine
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
ACT, a codon for the amino acid Threonine
ACT (audio format), a file format
Act or S-act, the action of a monoid on a set, or a semiautomaton
Astrographic Catalog/Tycho or Tycho-2 Catalogue
Atacama Cosmology Telescope, Chile
Ford ACT, a transit system
Sports
American Canadian Tour, a stock car racing series
Other uses
ACT, the National Rail code for Ascot railway station, Berkshire, UK
Acting rank, temporary military rank
, in linguistics, glossing abbreviation for active voice
ACT mouthwash, produced by Chattem
ACT, the ISO 639-3 language code for Achterhooks, a Dutch dialect
Australian Capital Territory, the territory in which the Australian capital city of Canberra is seated
Courtney Act, Australian drag queen, singer, and television personality
Waco Regional Airport in Texas, USA (IATA airport code ACT)