San

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SAN (acronym), San, or san may refer to:

People

• The indigenous people of southern Africa, variously referred to as Bushmen, San, Sho, Basarwa, Kung, or Khwe

Technology

• A Storage area network (SAN), an architecture to attach remote computer storage devices to servers in such a way that the devices appear as locally attached to the operating system
• A System Area Network (SAN), high-performance, connection-oriented network that can link a cluster of computers
• A Subject Alternative Name (SAN), part of the X.509 standard for a public key certificate that permits it to identify more than one entity or device

Fiction

• San (comics) is the name of a character of the Marvel Universe
• Princess Mononoke, San is the original name of Princess Mononoke
• The Dream (film), known as San, a 1966 Yugoslavian film

Geography

• San, Mali, a town
• San (river), a river in south-eastern Poland and western Ukraine, (the Celtic word (san) means river)
• Sydney Adventist Hospital, due to the original name being the Sydney Sanitarium, which was shortened to the word "san"

Organizations and groups

• South African Navy
• SAN Ecuador (Servicio Aéreo Nacional), National Air Service

Transportation

• IATA airport code SAN: San Diego International Airport, California
• Sandersville Railroad
• Société Aeronautique Normande defunct French aircraft manufacturer

Other languages

• San (letter), Greek letter between Pi and Qoppa
• -san San (Japanese honorific) used after a person's name, the equivalent of Mr., Mrs. or Miss
• In geographical names meaning saint, like in San Francisco ("Saint Francis)

Other uses

• Senior Advocate of Nigeria, rank that may be conferred on legal practitioners in Nigeria
• Styrene-acrylonitrile resin, copolymer plastic consisting of styrene and acrylonitrile
• Sinoatrial node, pacemaking tissue in the right atrium of the heart
• The Battle Creek Sanitarium was nicknamed The San by its guests
• San (High and Mighty Color album), High and Mighty Color's 3rd album

See also

• Sans (disambiguation)

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