USS
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USS may refer to:
Various organizations:
In computing:
USS may also refer to:
Various organizations:
- Union of Secondary StudentsUnion of Secondary StudentsThe Union of Secondary Students was founded in January 2001 by Shane O'Donnell, Lorcan Fox, Graham Barry, Carly-Anne Gannon and Lyndsey O Connell. With the help of the Union of Students in Ireland, the founders set up a meeting, which took place in University College Dublin on 28 March 2001...
, a student-rights advocacy group in Ireland - Union Switch & SignalUnion Switch & SignalUnion Switch and Signal was a supplier of railway signaling equipment, systems and services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As of January 1, 2009, US&S is known as Ansaldo STS USA.-History:...
, a supplier of railroad switching equipment - Union Syndicale Suisse, the Swiss Trade Union Confederation
- United Seamen's ServiceUnited Seamen's ServiceThe United Seamen's Service, sometimes abbreviated as the USS, is a non-profit, federally-chartered organization founded in 1942 to promote the welfare of American seafarers and their dependents, seafarers of all nations, US government military and civilian personnel, and other persons engaged in...
- United States SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
- United States Steel CorporationU.S. SteelThe United States Steel Corporation , more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States, Canada, and Central Europe. The company is the world's tenth largest steel producer ranked by sales...
- Universal Shoping solution from HEAERIE
- USA SwimmingUSA SwimmingUSA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams which officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the...
, formerly United States Swimming, the National Governing Body for competitive swimming in the United States
In computing:
- Unformatted System Services, the mechanism within VTAMVTAMVirtual Telecommunications Access Method is IBM's software package that provides communications via telecommunication devices for mainframe environments. It is the implementation of Systems Network Architecture for mainframes...
to format a terminal's initial screen and route to selected applications. Sometimes also referred to as USSTAB or USS Table which is the assembler macro used to in the construction of such screens. The resulting screen image is called a USS message. - UNIX System ServicesUNIX System ServicesUNIX System Services is a required, included component of z/OS. USS is a certified UNIX implementation optimized for mainframe architecture. It is the first UNIX 95 to not be derived from the AT&T source code...
, a component of z/OS - Upload Speed Sense, a method of regulating a host's upload bandwidth in the eMuleEMuleeMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows. Started in May 2002 as an alternative to eDonkey2000, eMule now connects to both the eDonkey network and the Kad network...
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USS may also refer to:
- Ubiquitous Synergy SeekerUbiquitous Synergy SeekerUbiquitous Synergy Seeker is a musical duo that began working out of Parkdale, a neighbourhood situated in the west end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
, a Canadian band - UltrasoundUltrasoundUltrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is thus not separated from "normal" sound based on differences in physical properties, only the fact that humans cannot hear it. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is...
Scan, a scientific and medical diagnostic technique - United Star Ship or United Space Ship, as a ship prefixShip prefixA ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship.Prefixes for civilian vessels may either identify the type of propulsion, such as "SS" for steamship, or purpose, such as "RV" for research vessel. Civilian prefixes are often...
in the Star TrekStar TrekStar Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
franchise - United States ShipUnited States ShipUnited States Ship is a ship prefix used to identify a commissioned ship of the United States Navy and only applies to a ship while she is in commission. Before commissioning, she is referred to as "Pre Commissioning Unit" .After decommissioning, she is referred to by name, with no prefix.From the...
, typically as a ship prefix in the United States Navy (includes submarines) - United States SIGINT system
- United States Standard, an older standard of screw threadScrew threadA screw thread, often shortened to thread, is a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force. A screw thread is a ridge wrapped around a cylinder or cone in the form of a helix, with the former being called a straight thread and the latter called a tapered thread...
- Universal Spinal System, an implantable device (instrumentation) for correcting a spine exhibiting scoliosisScoliosisScoliosis is a medical condition in which a person's spine is curved from side to side. Although it is a complex three-dimensional deformity, on an X-ray, viewed from the rear, the spine of an individual with scoliosis may look more like an "S" or a "C" than a straight line...
- Universities Superannuation SchemeUniversities Superannuation SchemeThe Universities Superannuation Scheme is a pension scheme in the United Kingdom. Its members include academic and academic-related staff in many United Kingdom universities, mainly those that were universities prior to 1992...
, a pension scheme in the United Kingdom - Uxbridge Secondary SchoolUxbridge Secondary SchoolUxbridge Secondary School is the lone high school in the Township of Uxbridge, Ontario, and is one of 21 high schools within the Durham District School Board...
, a high school in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada - Union of Sovereign States, the planned successor to 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....
- Universal Studios SingaporeUniversal Studios SingaporeUniversal Studios Singapore is a theme park located within Resorts World Sentosa on Sentosa Island, Singapore. It was a key component of Genting's bid for the right to build Singapore's second integrated resort. On 8 December 2006, the Singapore government announced that the consortium had won the...
- Universal Serial Interface Protocol, a protocol develop by SiemensSiemensSiemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...