Ans

Ans or ANS or variation, may refer to:

Places

 * Ans, Belgium, a municipality in Belgium
 * Ans, Denmark, a village in Denmark
 * Angus, Scotland, UK; a council area by its Chapman code
 * Ainsdale railway station, England, UK (by station code )
 * Andahuaylas Airport, Peru (by IATA airport code )

People

 * Ans (given name), a Dutch feminine given name
 * Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress

Organizations

 * Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
 * Astronomical Netherlands Satellite, a Dutch satellite
 * American Name Society
 * American Nuclear Society
 * American Numismatic Society, formerly the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society
 * ANS Group of Companies, a news organization in Azerbaijan
 * Armée Nationale Sihanoukiste, a Cambodian resistance group; see Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
 * Audubon Naturalist Society, an American environmental organization

Chemistry and biology

 * Adrenergic nervous system, adrenaline and noradrenaline neurotransmitters distribution in human body
 * 8-Anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid, a fluorescent chemical compound used as a molecular probe
 * Anthocyanidin synthase, an enzyme in the leucocyanidin biosynthesis pathway
 * Approximate number system, a hypothesized physiological basis for the sense of number
 * Autonomic nervous system, part of the peripheral nervous system in the body
 * L -Aspartate-nitro-succinate pathway for production of nitrite

Technology

 * , an unofficial file extension for ANSI art
 * Advanced Network and Services, a non-profit network service provider in the 1990s
 * American National Standards, defined by the American National Standards Institute
 * ans, a variable in calculators referring to the most recent answer
 * ANS carriage control characters (or ASA control characters), for computer line printers
 * Asymmetric numeral systems, coding in data compression
 * Authoritative name server, a DNS server
 * Artificial neural system, or Artificial neural network
 * Air Navigation Services, as delivered by an Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP)

Music

 * ANS (album), a box set from the British band Coil
 * ANS synthesizer, a Russian photoelectric musical instrument

Other uses

 * Al Ansar FC, a Lebanese association football club
 * Amman National School, in Amman, Jordan
 * Ansvarlig selskap, a Norwegian personal responsibility company model
 * Algemeen Nijmeegs Studentenblad, a Dutch student magazine
 * Akademia Nauk Stosowanych, a vocational university in Nowy Targ, Poland