ALS (disambiguation)
ALS is short for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a chronic and fatal form of motor neuron disease; also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
ALS or Als may also mean:
Places
- Als (island), Denmark
Aviation
- Airman Leadership School, a U.S. Air Force program
- ALS – Aircraft Leasing Services, a Kenyan airline
- Approach lighting system, an airport runway lighting system
- San Luis Valley Regional Airport, IATA code ALS
Medicine
- Advanced life support, a level of medical training
- Anterolateral system, part of the nervous system
- Antibodies from lymphocyte secretions, an immunological assay
Science and technology
- Acetolactate synthase, an enzyme
- Advanced Light Source, a synchrotron radiation facility
- ALSN, Automatic Train Signalling (автоматична локомотивна сигналізація), a train protection system
- Alternate line service, a mobile phone feature
- Aluminized Steel, as used in engineering drawings
- Ammonium lauryl sulfate, a household chemical
- Antilag system, a system used on turbocharged engines
- Audio Lossless Coding, an audio codec
- LS TTL, Advanced Low-power Schottky
- Photodetector, ambient light sensor
- Alternating least squares, a matrix factorization method
Organizations
- Als, a nickname used for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League
- ALS Association, an American nonprofit organization
- Arrowhead Library System (Wisconsin)
- Australian Linguistic Society
- Associated London Scripts, a comedy-writers collective founded by Spike Milligan.
Other uses
- als, ISO 639-3 code for the Tosk Albanian language
- Alternative Learning System (Philippines), a modular non-formal education program
- Associate of the Linnean Society of London
- Auld Lang Syne, a traditional Scottish folk song
- Autographed Letter Signed, a term used by autograph collectors
- Singapore Area Licensing Scheme
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