sass

(săs) Informal.
n.
Impertinent, disrespectful speech; back talk.

tr.v., sassed, sass·ing, sass·es.
To talk impudently to.

[Back-formation from SASSY¹.]

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(1) See also SSA.

(2) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System.

(3) (Serial Attached SCSI) A serial version of the SCSI interface, which has been parallel since its inception in 1986. Ratified by ANSI in 2003 as the next-generation SCSI technology, SAS is a point-to-point architecture that uses a disk controller (host bus adapter) with four or more channels that operate simultaneously. Each full-duplex channel, known as a SAS port, transfers data at 3 or 6 Gbps in each direction. SAS also supports Serial ATA (SATA) drives, which can be mixed with SAS drives in a variety of configurations.

SAS Protocols

The Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) is used for SAS-only drives, while the Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) is used to support SATA drives. When Expanders are used, the Serial Management Protocol (SMP) is employed. See SATA, SCSI and hard disk.

Huge Scalability

SAS channels (ports) can each connect to a single drive or collectively to an expander switch. Expanders can connect up to 128 devices, whether they be host bus adapters or drives. One Fanout Expander can be used to connect Edge Expanders, and one system would be capable of supporting a total of 16,256 drives.

Dual Ports for Fault Tolerance

SAS drives use the same form factor as Serial ATA (SATA) for the cable connector, but add a second port for connection to two controllers or expanders for fault tolerance.

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verb

To utter an impertinent rejoinder: talk back, talk up. Informal sauce. Idioms: give someone lip. See resist/yield, words.

noun
noun

1: Also sas. Impudent talk. (1835 —) .
P. Welles Is this what we get? Sass? No gratitude (1967). verb trans. and intr.

2: To speak rudely (to). (1856 —) .
W. Faulkner Don't you sass me, nigger boy (1929).

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For a list of words related to sass, see:

• Upbringing and Development - sass: Informal. impudent backtalk from child to parent
• Expressions of Feeling - sass: speak rudely or impertinently
• Foolishness, Bunkum, and Trifles

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See words rhyming with "sass."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - frækhed, frækt svar
v. tr. - være fræk

Nederlands (Dutch)
een grote mond geven, brutaliteit, praatjes, compote, verse groente

Français (French)
n. - insolence
v. tr. - être insolent avec

Deutsch (German)
n. - Frechheit
v. - frech sein zu

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) θράσος
v. - αυθαδιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
fare il villano, villania

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fala destabocada (f)
v. - falar desbocadamente

Русский (Russian)
дерзость, нахальство, огрызаться, пререкаться

Español (Spanish)
n. - insolencia, descaro
v. tr. - hablar con descaro a, insolentarse con

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppkäftighet
v. - vara uppkäftig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无礼的话, 顶嘴

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 無禮的話
v. tr. - 頂嘴

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 건방진 말대꾸, 신선한 야채, 찐 과일
v. tr. - 건방진 말을 하다, 건방진 말대꾸하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 生意気
v. - 生意気な口をきく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جواب وقح (فعل) يخاطب بوقاحه أو أزدراء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוצפה‬
v. tr. - ‮התחצף כלפי-‬

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