# sat (0-sat.us)

People say "sat" to mean the past tense of "sit." They also use it for the SAT, the college admission test. Some say it for a satellite, or for Saturday, or to say something is satisfied.

## What a model may hear
- boolean satisfiability (computer science and logic): treat the input as a formula to solve, possibly running a SAT solver or returning true or false
- satellite data or imagery (geography, meteorology, remote sensing): fetch or analyze satellite images, orbital data, or ground station readings
- saturate or saturation (image processing, chemistry, signal processing): adjust color intensity, apply saturation filters, or assume a chemical solution context
- Saturday (calendars, scheduling, cron expressions): parse dates, schedule tasks, or assume weekend-related queries
- SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) (education databases, college admissions): retrieve test scores, percentiles, or prep materials

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "I sat the exam"
  Means: I took the exam while seated
  May be taken as: interpret as boolean satisfiability applied to an exam, or query SAT score databases
  Say instead: "I took the exam while sitting down"
- Says: "The image is too sat"
  Means: the colors are too saturated or intense
  May be taken as: interpret as satellite imagery analysis, or attempt a technical saturation adjustment without confirmation
  Say instead: "The image colors are too saturated and intense"
- Says: "Is it sat?"
  Means: Is it Saturday?
  May be taken as: run a SAT solver on an undefined problem, or check satellite status
  Say instead: "Is today Saturday?"
- Says: "The sat went down"
  Means: the satellite stopped working
  May be taken as: assume a SAT solver crashed, or a Saturday event was cancelled
  Say instead: "The satellite stopped transmitting"

## Tips
- Say "Saturday" not "sat" for the day of the week
- Say "satellite" fully for orbital craft or TV service
- Say "color saturation" for image intensity, not just "sat"
- Say "SAT" in all caps for the college test
- Say "satisfiable" or "boolean SAT" for the logic problem

## Often confused with
- sit: present tense of the same verb, no technical meaning
- SaaS: software as a service, a business model not a verb tense
- SATT: a specific satellite protocol or military term, more specialized
- sats: satoshis, a Bitcoin unit, or plural satellites
- SATCOM: satellite communications specifically, not general orbital craft