SU
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SU, Su or su may refer to:
In geography:
in computing:
several units:
in aviation:
the following organizations:
SU may also refer to the following universities
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other uses:
In geography:
- Su, Cambodia, a village in LamingLamingLaming is a commune in Bar Kaev District in northeast Cambodia. It contains five villages and has a population of 2,622....
, Cambodia - JiangsuJiangsu' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...
(Sū, 苏), province of the People's Republic of China - Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
(former ISO country code) and its country-code TLD .su.su.su was assigned as the country code top-level domain for the Soviet Union on September 19, 1990. It remains in use today, even though the Soviet Union itself no longer exists, and is administered by the Russian Institute for Public Networks .In 2001, the managers of the domain stated that they... - SuboticaSuboticaSubotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
, a city in Serbia (license plate code)
in computing:
- su (Unix)Su (Unix)The su command, also referred to as super user substitute user, spoof user, set user or switch user, allows a computer operator to change the current user account associated with the running virtual console....
, the substitute user command - Seismic UnixSeismic UnixSeismic Unix is an open source seismic utilities package supported by the Center for Wave Phenomena at the Colorado School of Mines .- History :...
, a collection of seismic data processing tools - SuperUserSuperuserOn many computer operating systems, the superuser is a special user account used for system administration. Depending on the operating system, the actual name of this account might be: root, administrator or supervisor....
, a privileged computer user account - .su.su.su was assigned as the country code top-level domain for the Soviet Union on September 19, 1990. It remains in use today, even though the Soviet Union itself no longer exists, and is administered by the Russian Institute for Public Networks .In 2001, the managers of the domain stated that they...
, country code top-level domain for the Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
several units:
- Statistical UnitStatistical unitA unit in a statistical analysis refers to one member of a set of entities being studied. It is the material source for the mathematical abstraction of a "random variable"...
- Subscriber unit
- Sun unitSun unitThe sun unit is a measure of sun intensity weighted for skin damage related to the UV index.-Basics of solar radiation:Solar radiation sustains life on earth and determines climate...
, a unit of sunlight intensity - a unit of long distance measurement in the show Battlestar GalacticaBattlestar GalacticaBattlestar Galactica is an American science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica TV series in 1978, and was followed by a brief sequel TV series in 1980, a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games...
similar to a light-year
in aviation:
- AeroflotAeroflotOJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines , commonly known as Aeroflot , is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation, based on passengers carried per year...
, a Russian airline (IATA code) - Vought SU, a US Navy Scout aircraft
- SukhoiSukhoiSukhoi Company is a major Russian aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, famous for its fighters...
, a Russian aircraft company
the following organizations:
- Scripture UnionScripture UnionScripture Union is an international, inter-denominational, evangelical Christian movement. It was founded in 1867, and works in partnership with individuals and churches across the world...
, a Christian organisation - Socialist Youth (Norway)Socialist Youth (Norway)Socialist Youth is the youth league of the Socialist Left Party of Norway.The current head of the organisation is Olav Magnus Linge. SU considers itself a revolutionary party and wants to gain popular support for socialism in Norway. In this respect it differs from SV, the mother party.SU...
, a Norwegian youth league - Students' unionStudents' unionA students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
- SU carburetor (Skinners Union)
SU may also refer to the following universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
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- Sabancı UniversitySabanci UniversitySabancı University is a private research institution located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1996. SU is a small and highly focused university with 2861 undergraduates and 624 graduates, maintaining a strong emphasis on social and natural sciences...
in Istanbul, Turkey - Salisbury UniversitySalisbury UniversitySalisbury University is a public university in Salisbury, Maryland.According to U.S. News and World Report's 2009 America's Best Colleges index, "In guidebooks and surveys by U.S...
in Salisbury, Maryland, United States - Seattle UniversitySeattle UniversitySeattle University is a Jesuit Catholic university located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA.SU is the largest independent university in the Northwest US, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools, and is one of 28 member...
in Seattle, WashingtonSeattle, WashingtonSeattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
, United States - Seton Hall UniversitySeton Hall UniversitySeton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the...
in South Orange, New Jersey, United States - Sheffield University in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Shenandoah UniversityShenandoah UniversityShenandoah University is a comprehensive private university located in Winchester, Virginia in the United States. It has an enrollment of approximately 3,800 students across more than ninety programs in six schools: College of Arts & Sciences, Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business, Shenandoah...
in Winchester, Virginia, United States - Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg University of Pennsylvania, commonly known as Ship, or SU, is a public university located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 40 miles west-southwest of Harrisburg...
in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States - Silliman UniversitySilliman UniversitySilliman University is a private research university located in Dumaguete, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it was the first American private school to be founded in the country. The University is named after Dr...
in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines - Silpakorn UniversitySilpakorn UniversitySilpakorn University is a well-known public university in Thailand. The university was founded in Bangkok in 1943 by Italian-born art professor Corrado Feroci, who took the Thai name Silpa Bhirasri when he became a Thai citizen. It is the leading Thai university in the fine arts and archaeology,...
in Bangkok, Thailand - Singularity UniversitySingularity UniversitySingularity University is an academic institution in Silicon Valley whose stated aim is to "assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s...
in California, United States - Sofia UniversitySofia UniversityThe St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia or Sofia University is the oldest higher education institution in Bulgaria, founded on 1 October 1888...
in Sofia, Bulgaria - South UniversitySouth UniversitySouth University is a proprietary university owned by Education Management Corporation with programs in business, health care, design, and legal and criminal justice, operating at locations in Savannah, Georgia; Round Rock, Texas; Columbia, South Carolina; Montgomery, Alabama; Novi, Michigan; Glen...
in Savannah, Georgia, United States - Southern UniversitySouthern UniversitySouthern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States - Staffordshire UniversityStaffordshire UniversityStaffordshire University is a university with its main campus based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and with other campuses in Stafford, Lichfield and Shrewsbury.- History :...
in Staffordshire, United Kingdom - Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in Stanford, California, United States - Stellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch University is a public research university situated in the town of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Other nearby universities are the University of Cape Town and University of the Western Cape....
in Stellenbosch, South Africa - Stockholm UniversityStockholm UniversityStockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...
in Stockholm, Sweden - Syracuse UniversitySyracuse UniversitySyracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
in Syracuse, New York, United States
other uses:
- Su (Basque), the Basque spirit of fire
- Su (kana)Su (kana)す, in hiragana, or ス in katakana is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Their shapes come from the kanji 寸 and 須, respectively. Both kana represent the sound )...
, す or ス, Japanese kana - Su (surname)Su (surname)Sū or So is the 41st most common Chinese family name in 2006.-Origins:There are many theories to the origins of the surname.One suggests that it derives from a minority ethnic group...
, a Chinese surname - su-, the Sanskrit cognate of Greek εὖ
- Su (Shugo Chara!), a fictional character in the manga series Shugo Chara!
- Samokhodnaya ustanovka (disambiguation)
- Sinclair UserSinclair UserSinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum...
, a magazine - Special unitary groupSpecial unitary groupThe special unitary group of degree n, denoted SU, is the group of n×n unitary matrices with determinant 1. The group operation is that of matrix multiplication...
, a term used in algebra, SU(n) - Statens UddanneslsesstøtteStudent loans in DenmarkStudent loans in Denmark are administered by the “Danish State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme Agency”, a Danish government agency.These universal grants, are called SU . State Educational Support...
, a government grant for students in Denmark - StumbleUponStumbleUponStumbleUpon is a discovery engine that finds and recommends web content to its users. Its features allow users to discover and rate Web pages, photos, and videos that are personalized to their tastes and interests using peer-sourcing and social-networking principles.Toolbar versions exist for...
, a web discovery service - SulfonylureaSulfonylureaSulfonylurea derivatives are a class of antidiabetic drugs that are used in the management of diabetes mellitus type 2. They act by increasing insulin release from the beta cells in the pancreas.-First generation:* Carbutamide...
, a drug for treating Diabetes - Sundanese LanguageSundanese languageSundanese is the language of about 27 million people from the western third of Java or about 15% of the Indonesian population....
- SuperUser, a computer Q&A site