Bos (disambiguation)
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Related to Boston, Massachusetts
- The city of BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
- The IATA airport code for Boston Logan International AirportLogan International AirportGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport is located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts . It covers , has six runways, and employs an estimated 16,000 people. It is the 19th busiest airport in the United States.Boston serves as a focus city for JetBlue Airways...
- South StationSouth StationSouth Station, New England's second-largest transportation center , located at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street in Dewey Square, Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest train station and intercity bus terminal in Greater Boston, a prominent train station in the northeastern...
, Amtrak station code BOS and MBTA rail terminus - Boston BruinsBoston BruinsThe Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
National Hockey League team - Boston Red SoxBoston Red SoxThe Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
American League Baseball team
Acronyms
- British Origami SocietyBritish Origami SocietyThe British Origami Society is a registered charity , devoted to the art of origami . The Society has over 700 members worldwide and publishes a bi-monthly magazine called British Origami...
- British Orthodontic SocietyBritish Orthodontic SocietyThe British Orthodontic Society is a membership organisation with over 1800 members in the United Kingdom. It is the largest of the dental specialist groups and dates back nearly a century to the formation of the British Society for the Study of Orthodontics...
- Basic oxygen steelmakingBasic oxygen steelmakingBasic oxygen steelmaking , also known as Linz-Donawitz-Verfahren steelmaking or the oxygen converter process is a method of primary steelmaking in which carbon-rich molten pig iron is made into steel. Blowing oxygen through molten pig iron lowers the carbon content of the alloy and changes it into...
- Bank of ScotlandBank of ScotlandThe Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a history dating to the 17th century, it is the second oldest surviving bank in what is now the United Kingdom, and is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland to...
- Balls of Steel (disambiguation), multiple meanings
- Behavioral Observation Scale, used for employee performance appraisalPerformance appraisalA performance appraisal, employee appraisal, performance review, or development discussion is a method by which the job performance of an employee is evaluated typically by the corresponding manager or supervisor. A performance appraisal is a part of guiding and managing career development...
- B.O.S. Better Online SolutionsB.O.S. Better Online SolutionsB.O.S. Better Online Solutions is a publicly traded company, headquartered in Israel, that provides RFID and supply chain solutions. Its shares are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market.- Company :...
, an Israeli RFID company - Blue Oak SchoolBlue Oak SchoolBlue Oak School is an independent school in Napa, California. The building the school is housed within was originally built in 1909 and called the Washington Primary School. In the 1950s, the building became the Napa County Offices. In 2002 the building was renovated and named Blue Oak School...
, school in Napa, CA sometimes called BOS for short - Board of Studies, NSW state education board.
- Borneo Orangutan SurvivalBorneo Orangutan SurvivalThe Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation is an Indonesian non-profit NGO founded by Dr Willie Smits in 1991 and dedicated to the conservation of the endangered Bornean Orangutan and its habitat through the involvement of local people...
, Borneo Orangutan Survival International Foundation - Business Operating System (software), a cross-platform operating system
- Business Operating System (management)Business operating system (management)The phrase business operating system refers to standard, enterprise-wide collection of business processes used in many diversified industrial companies...
, a standard collection of business processes - Book of ShadowsBook of ShadowsA Book of Shadows is a book containing religious texts and instructions for magical rituals found within the Neopagan religion of Wicca. Originating within the Gardnerian tradition of the Craft, the first Book of Shadows was created by the pioneering Wiccan Gerald Gardner sometime in the late 1940s...
, a witch's book of rituals - Balance of systemBalance of systemThe balance of system or BOS encompasses all components of a photovoltaic system other than the photovoltaic panels. This includes wiring, switches, support racks, an inverter, and batteries in the case of off-grid systems. In the case of free-standing systems, land is sometimes included as part of...
, components of a photovoltaic system other than the photovoltaic panels - Bonita Open SolutionBonita Open SolutionBonita Open Solution is an open-source BPM and Workflow suite, created in 2001.It was started in French National Institute for Research in Computer Science, and then had incubated several years inside of the French computer science company Bull...
, open-source workflow and business process management software
People
- Bert BosBert BosGijsbert Bos is a computer scientist. He studied mathematics at the University of Groningen, and wrote his PhD thesis on Rapid user interface development with the script language Gist....
, Dutch computer scientist - Jan BosJan BosJan Bos is a Dutch speedskater and sprint cyclist.In 1998 he became world champion sprint and he won the silver medal that year on the 1000 meter sprint during the Winter Olympics in Nagano....
(born 1975), Dutch skater & cyclist - Jan Just BosJan Just BosJan Justus Bos was a Dutch botanist, television presenter, and rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics....
(1939-2003), Dutch botanist, television presenter and rower - Jan Ritzema BosJan Ritzema BosJan Ritzema Bos was a Dutch plant pathologist and first director of the Willie Commelin Scholten Foundation and founder of the Plant Protection Service in 1899 in Amsterdam. He carried out application-oriented research and was nominated as Director of the newly founded 'Institute of...
(1850-1928), Dutch phytopathologist - Lex BosLex BosJacobus Gerardus Maria Alexander Bos is a former field hockey goalkeeper from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch National Team that finished sixth in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he was the stand-in for first choice Pierre Hermans...
(born 1957), Dutch field hockey player - Lambert BosLambert BosLambert Bos was a Dutch scholar, critic and forerunner of Tiberius Hemsterhuis....
(1670-1717), Dutch scholar and critic - Mark BosMark BosMark Bos is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....
(born 1960), Australian-rules footballer - Ricardo van den BosRicardo van den BosRicardo van den Bos is a Dutch Muay Thai kickboxer from Zwolle. He fought for the WBC Muay Thai heavyweight title in 2007, but lost by TKO to Shane del Rosario. As of January 2011, he is currently the 20th ranked WBC Muay Thai heavyweight. -Kickboxing record:-External links:*...
(born 1984), Dutch Muay Thai fighter - Stef BosStef BosStef Bos is a Dutch singer who has been living in Antwerp, Belgium, since 1984. He sings in Dutch , and has been successful in Belgium, the Netherlands and South-Africa ever since his breakthrough single "Papa" came out in 1990.He wrote Belgium's entry into the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, "Door...
(born 1961), Dutch singer - Theo BosTheo BosTheo Bos is a Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion. He lives in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Theo Bos is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos. Bos rides for UCI ProTeam .-Early life:Theo Bos was born on 22 August 1983 in Hierden,...
(born 1983), Dutch cyclist - Wouter BosWouter BosWouter Jacob Bos is a Dutch management consultant and former politician of the Labour Party . He was Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister in the Cabinet Balkenende IV from February 22, 2007 till February 23, 2010...
(born 1963), Dutch politician, leader of the Labour Party, PvdA
Other
- BosBosBos is the genus of wild and domestic cattle. Bos can be divided into four subgenera: Bos, Bibos, Novibos, and Poephagus, but these divisions are controversial. The genus has five extant species...
, genus of domestic cattle - Boş , a village in HunedoaraHunedoaraHunedoara is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southeastern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boş, Groş, Hăşdat, Peştişu Mare and Răcăştia....
, Hunedoara County, Romania - bos, the ISO 639 alpha-3 code for the Bosnian languageBosnian languageBosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
- BOS/360 (basic operating system), a primitive operating system for the smallest computers of System/360 series, developed by IBM
- Boeddhistische Omroep StichtingBoeddhistische Omroep StichtingBoeddhistische Omroep Stichting is a special broadcaster on the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system, which is allowed to broadcast on radio and television because of their religious background...
, a Dutch public broadcaster