Amis
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Amis may refer to:
The acronym AMIS may stand for:
People (sur)named Amis:
- Amis people (or Amis), a tribe of Taiwanese aborigines
- Amis languageAmis languageAmis is the Formosan language of the Amis Ami, an indigenous tribal people living along the east coast of Taiwan . It is spoken from Hualien in the north to Taitung in the south, with another population near the southern end of the island, though the northern varieties are sometimes considered a...
, an indigenous language of Taiwan - AMIS (ISP)AMIS (ISP)AMIS is an Internet service provider in Slovenia. It has around 40,000 customers and is situated in Maribor and Ljubljana., AMIS was also the second largest fixed telephony service provider in Slovenia, as well as the fourth largest in Croatia....
, an Internet service provider (ISP) in Slovenia and Croatia
The acronym AMIS may stand for:
- African Union Mission in SudanAfrican Union Mission in SudanThe African Union Mission in Sudan was an African Union peacekeeping force operating primarily in the country's western region of Darfur with the aim of performing peacekeeping operations related to the Darfur conflict. Originally founded in 2004, with a force of 150 troops, by mid-2005, its...
(AMIS) - American Musical Instrument SocietyAmerican Musical Instrument SocietyThe American Musical Instrument Society was formed in 1971 "to promote better understanding of all aspects of the history, design, construction, restoration, and usage of musical instruments in all cultures and from all periods"...
(AMIS) - AMI SemiconductorAMI SemiconductorAMI Semiconductor is a company engaged the design and manufacture of customer specific integrated circuit solutions, including solutions for the automotive, medical and industrial markets. Among its products are products that integrate processing of analog and digital signals...
, designer and manufacturer of silicon chips - Association for Music in International Schools
- Atari Message Information SystemAtari Message Information SystemThe Atari Message Information System was one of the first BBS software packages available for the Atari 8-bit family of computers....
, known as "AMIS" and was Bulletin board system for 8-bit Atari computers - Audio Messaging Interchange SpecificationAudio Messaging Interchange SpecificationAbbreviated and regularly referred to as AMIS, the Audio Messaging Interchange Specification is a standard that allows the transmittal of intact voice mail messages between voice mail systems of different vendors - allowing a user to "forward" a voice mail message to a user on a different voice...
, a method to move messages from one voice mail system to another - Adaptive Multimedia Information System, a software program that you can use to read DAISY Digital Talking BookDAISY Digital Talking BookDAISY is a standard for digital talking books. DAISY books are typically used by people have "print disabilities," including blindness, impaired vision, dyslexia...
s - Alternate Multiplex Interrupt Specification - a method of sharing a software interrupt by many TSR programs
- Abandoned Mines Information SystemAbandoned Mines Information SystemThe Abandoned Mines Information System is a database created by the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry of Ontario, Canada. It includes over 5,600 abandoned and inactive mines throughout Ontario, as well as associated hazards...
, a database containing abandoned and inactive mines in Ontario, Canada
People (sur)named Amis:
- B. D. AmisB. D. AmisB. D. Amis was an African American labor organizer and civil rights leader. Particularly influential in the fight for African Americans' and workers during the period of official segregation in the South and informal discrimination throughout the country, Amis is most remembered for his militant...
, American labor and civil rights leader - John AmisJohn AmisJohn Preston Amis , is a British broadcaster, classical music critic, music administrator, and writer. He has been a frequent contributor for The Guardian and to BBC radio and television music programming....
, British music critic and broadcaster - Kenneth AmisKenneth AmisKenneth Amis is the tuba player with the Empire Brass. He is also the assistant conductor of the MIT Wind Ensemble, a group he has been involved with since its creation in 1999. In addition, as of 2005, Amis is an Affiliated Artist of MIT....
, composer and tuba player - Kingsley AmisKingsley AmisSir Kingsley William Amis, CBE was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, various short stories, radio and television scripts, along with works of social and literary criticism...
, British novelist - Martin AmisMartin AmisMartin Louis Amis is a British novelist, the author of many novels including Money and London Fields . He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester, but will step down at the end of the 2010/11 academic year...
, British novelist, son of Kingsley Amis - Rufus Travis AmisRufus Travis AmisRufus Amis was an American entrepreneur who co-founded and served as CEO of, Aero Design and Engineering Company, which built one of the first twin engine planes for private use in the USA, the Aero Commander...
, American entrepreneur - Stephen AmisStephen AmisStephen Amis is a film and television screenwriter, film director and film producer, known mostly for his independent sci-fi, action and fantasy-themed films. He is the winner of numerous awards, including a 1986 Victorian Young Achiever's Award and two Australian Cinematographer's Awards. He...
, Australian film producer and director, cousin of Martin Amis - Suzy AmisSuzy AmisSusan Elizabeth "Suzy" Amis is an American former film actress and former model.-Career:Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Amis first worked as a Ford model before she began acting in the 1980s. She made her feature film debut in the 1985 comedy film Fandango, opposite Kevin Costner...
, American actress and model