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* [Who maintains NATS?](faq.md#who-maintains-nats)
* [What clients does NATS support?](faq.md#what-client-support-exists-for-nats)
* [What does the NATS acronym stand for?](faq.md#what-does-the-nats-acronym-stand-for)
* [What does STAN stand for?](faq.md#what-does-stan-stand-for)
### Technical Questions
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NATS stands for Neural Autonomic Transport System. Derek Collison conceived NATS as a messaging platform that functions like a central nervous system.
### What does STAN stand for?
NATS Streaming is also known as STAN, which is just NATS backward. NATS is at-most-once QoS messaging with no persistence, whereas NATS Streaming is at-least-once QoS, therefore, representing the opposite of NATS.
### What language is NATS written in?
The NATS server \(`nats-server`\) is written in Go. There is client support for a wide variety of languages. Please see the [Download](https://nats.io/download) page for more info.