Cast

Cast stands for:

Cast (band) , English band
Cast (biliary tract) , cast of the biliary tract through protein deposits
Cast (medicine) , an immobilizing cast as an alternative to a plaster cast

Cast (mexican band)

Occupation , v. a. in film and in advertising

Google Cast , a streaming architecture from Google, see Chromecast # Streaming architecture

Geography:

Cast , local name for a municipality in the province of Brescia in Italy, see Casto
Cast (Finistère) , commune in France

People:

Joachim Cast (* 1968), German soccer player
Kristin Cast (* 1986), American author
Phyllis Christine Cast (* 1960), American author
Tricia Cast (born 1966), American actress

CAST stands for:

CAST (algorithm) ( Carlisle Adams and Stafford Tavares ), a symmetrical block encryption method with 64-bit block length (also called CAST-5 or CAST-128 )
CAST (study) ( Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial ), a clinical efficacy study of drugs to prevent sudden cardiac death after a heart attack
CAST (degree) , a BA degree at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZFH) in the field of audiovisual media and visual communication
CAST (Verein) ( Competence Center for Applied Security Technology ), a non-profit association in Darmstadt that deals with IT security #
CAST-256 ( Carlisle Adams and Stafford Tavares ), a symmetrical block encryption method with a 128-bit block length
CAST experiment ( CERN Axion Solar Telescope ), an experiment at the European nuclear research center CERN to search for axions
Cellular Antigen Stimulation Test , a leukotriene release test with patient's blood outside of standard diagnostics for the detection of (pseudo-) allergies
Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies , a non-governmental organization in the arms industry based in Moscow
Certification Authorities Software Team , an international body for the harmonization of security regulations for complex software and hardware systems in aviation
China Academy of Space Technology , the organizational unit of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) responsible for the Dong-Fang-Hong satellite program
China Association for Science and Technology , a non-governmental organization that promotes scientific collaboration between Chinese scientists and engineers
Cluster Affinity Search Technique , a data mining algorithm for gene expression data (Ben-Dor et al. 1999)
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking , a Los Angeles-based organization that campaigns against human trafficking and slavery
Commercial Aviation Safety Team , an American association of organizations in the aviation industry to improve safety in aviation
Computer Aided Software Testing , the automation of activities when testing software and hardware in IT
Consolidated African Selection Trust Ltd. , a company in the diamond business

See also:

List of all Wikipedia articles whose title begins with Cast
List of all Wikipedia articles whose title contains Cast
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