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ACT is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a therapy based on a pragmatic philosophy called functional contextualism
• ACT (cognitive model), a symbolic cognitive architecture, created by John R. Anderson (the abbreviation variously stands for "Adaptive Control of Thought", "Adaptive Character of Thought", and "Atomic Components of Thought")
• ACT!, contact management software
• ACT (examination), a college entrance exam, competitor to the SAT
• ACT New Zealand, a political party and movement in New Zealand
• ACT Theatre, in Seattle, Washington
• Act of Parliament, a law enacted by the parliament
• Ada Core Technologies, a computer software company that develops an Ada compiler, tools and libraries
• Allied Command Transformation, the NATO strategic command
• America Coming Together, a United States political group
• American Conservatory Theater, a repertory theater and theater school in San Francisco
• Annual Change Traffic, the fraction of a software product's source code that changes in a year
• Applied Computer Techniques, a computer services company founded in 1965; in 1985 it was renamed Apricot Computers
• Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy, a treatment for malaria
• Ascot railway station, a railway station in the United Kingdom with the National Rail code "ACT"
• Association for Citizenship Teaching, a professional subject association for teachers of citizenship
• Association for Competitive Technology, a pro-Microsoft lobby group
• Astrographic Catalog/Tycho, a star catalogue
• Atacama Cosmology Telescope, a telescope under construction in the Andes in Chile
• Australian Capital Territory, the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia
• Aviation Composite Technology, an aircraft manufacturer in the Philippines
• Waco Regional Airport, an airport in Waco, Texas, United States, which has the IATA airport code "ACT"

See also

• Act (disambiguation)