PS
Encyclopedia
Writing and linguistics
- PostscriptPostscriptA postscript, abbreviated P.S., is writing added after the main body of a letter . The term comes from the Latin post scriptum, an expression meaning "written after" .A postscript may be a sentence, a paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often hastily and...
, writing added after the main body of a letter - Pashto languagePashto languagePashto , known as Afghani in Persian and Pathani in Punjabi , is the native language of the indigenous Pashtun people or Afghan people who are found primarily between an area south of the Amu Darya in Afghanistan and...
, ISO 639 alpha-2 language code
Entertainment, music and literature
- Priory of SionPriory of SionThe Prieuré de Sion, translated from French as Priory of Sion, is a name given to multiple groups, both real and fictitious. The most notorious is a fringe fraternal organisation, founded and dissolved in France in 1956 by Pierre Plantard...
(Prieuré de Sion), a French fringe group and its fictitious predecessor and successor organisations - PS ClassicsPS ClassicsPS Classics is a record label that specializes in musical theatre and standard vocals. Founded in 2000 by Grammy-nominated freelance producer Tommy Krasker and singer/actor Philip Chaffin, their releases have been critically acclaimed for their meticulous sonic detail and high-quality packaging and...
, a record label - P.S.P.S.p.s. is a 2004 drama film directed by Dylan Kidd. The screenplay by Kidd and Helen Schulman is based on Schulman's 2001 novel P.S. I Love You So Damn Much. The film stars Laura Linney and Topher Grace.-Plot synopsis:...
, a 2004 film - P.S. (A Toad Retrospective)P.S. (A Toad Retrospective)P.S. is a compilation by Toad the Wet Sprocket. Released in 1999, it was a posthumous look back at their career featuring hits and fan favorites. Although the band had officially split up prior to this release, Glen Phillips, Dean Dinning and Randy Guss and Todd Nichols reunited to record a new...
, a compilation album of music by Toad the Wet Sprocket - P.S. (album), a compilation album of film music by Goran Bregovic
- "PS", 2003 song by The Books from the album The Lemon of PinkThe Lemon of PinkThe Lemon of Pink is the second album by The Books, released October 7, 2003 on the Tomlab record label.-Reception:Initial critical response to The Lemon of Pink was very positive...
Computers and technology
- .ps.ps.ps is the Internet country code top-level domain ccTLD officially designated for the Palestinian territories.It is administered by the Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority.Registrations are processed via certified registrars....
, the Palestinian Internet domain extension or top-level domain (ccTLD) - ps (Unix)Ps (Unix)In most Unix-like operating systems, the ps program displays the currently-running processes. A related Unix utility named top provides a real-time view of the running processes....
, an application that displays statistics on running processes - Parametric StereoParametric StereoParametric Stereo is a feature and an Audio Object Type defined and used in MPEG-4 Part 3 to further enhance efficiency in low bandwidth stereo media. Advanced Audio Coding Low Complexity combined with Spectral band replication and Parametric Stereo was defined as HE-AAC v2...
, Audio Object Type defined and used in MPEG-4 Part 3 (MPEG-4 Audio) to further enhance efficiency in low bandwidth stereo media - PostScriptPostScriptPostScript is a dynamically typed concatenative programming language created by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in 1982. It is best known for its use as a page description language in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. Adobe PostScript 3 is also the worldwide printing and imaging...
, a page description language - Adobe PhotoshopAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop...
, a graphics editor and creator by Adobe - MPEG program stream, an MPEG-2 container format
- Windows PowerShellWindows PowerShellWindows PowerShell is Microsoft's task automation framework, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on top of, and integrated with the .NET Framework...
, a Microsoft application
Chemistry
- PhosphatidylserinePhosphatidylserinePhosphatidylserine is a phospholipid component, usually kept on the inner-leaflet of cell membranes by an enzyme called flippase...
, a phospholipid - PolystyrenePolystyrenePolystyrene ) also known as Thermocole, abbreviated following ISO Standard PS, is an aromatic polymer made from the monomer styrene, a liquid hydrocarbon that is manufactured from petroleum by the chemical industry...
, a common type of plastic - Porous siliconPorous siliconPorous silicon is a form of the chemical element silicon which has introduced nanoporous holes in its microstructure, rendering a large surface to volume ratio in the order of 500 m2/cm3.-History:...
- ChloropicrinChloropicrinChloropicrin, also known as PS, is a chemical compound with the structural formula Cl3CNO2. This colourless highly toxic liquid was once used in chemical warfare and is currently used as a fumigant and nematocide.-History:...
, a highly toxic chemical compound - Ps, PositroniumPositroniumPositronium is a system consisting of an electron and its anti-particle, a positron, bound together into an "exotic atom". Being unstable, the two particles annihilate each other to produce two gamma ray photons after an average lifetime of 125 ps or three gamma ray photons after 142 ns in...
, pseudo-chemical symbol
Units
- Ps, picosecondPicosecondA picosecond is 10−12 of a second. That is one trillionth, or one millionth of one millionth of a second, or 0.000 000 000 001 seconds. A picosecond is to one second as one second is to 31,700 years....
, an SI unit of time equivalent to 10−12 of a second, standard abbreviation ps (uncapitalized) - PS, the German abbreviation for the word Pferdestärke, meaning horsepower
- Peta second, an SI unit of time equivalent to 1015 secondSecondThe second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock....
s - Picosiemens, an SI unit of electric conductance based on the siemensSiemens (unit)The siemens is the SI derived unit of electric conductance and electric admittance. Conductance and admittance are the reciprocals of resistance and impedance respectively, hence one siemens is equal to the reciprocal of one ohm, and is sometimes referred to as the mho. In English, the term...
Transportation
- United p.s.United p.s.United p.s. is a premium service offered by United Airlines on flights between John F. Kennedy International Airport and San Francisco International Airport or Los Angeles International Airport. The fleet consists of specially configured Boeing 757-200 aircraft with three classes of service: United...
, a "Premium Service" offered by United Airlines - Paddle steamerPaddle steamerA paddle steamer is a steamship or riverboat, powered by a steam engine, using paddle wheels to propel it through the water. In antiquity, Paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans...
, a steamboat or steamship operated by paddle propulsion - Ukraine International AirlinesUkraine International AirlinesCJSC Ukraine International Airlines , Aviyakompaniya Mizhnarodni Avialiniyi Ukrayiny) is one of the flag carriers of Ukraine, based in Kiev. It operates scheduled domestic and international passenger and cargo services to cities in western Europe...
, IATA airline designator - Pacific Southwest AirlinesPacific Southwest AirlinesPacific Southwest Airlines was a United States airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988. It was one of the first large discount airlines in the United States and is considered a precursor to Southwest Airlines...
, defunct airline that formerly used the IATA airline designator
Places
- PalauPalauPalau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a...
, FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code - Palestinian territoriesPalestinian territoriesThe Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...
, ISO 3166 country code - Proton SynchrotronProton SynchrotronThe Proton Synchrotron is the first major particle accelerator at CERN, built as a 28 GeV proton accelerator in the late 1950s and put into operation in 1959. It takes the protons from the Proton Synchrotron Booster at a kinetic energy of 1.4 GeV and lead ions from the Low Energy Ion Ring at 72...
, a 1959 particle accelerator at CERN
Religion
- Ps, for PastorPastorThe word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....
, a minister in a Pentecostal Christian Church - Ps., abbreviation for PsalmsPsalmsThe Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible...
, a book in the Tanakh or Christian Bible
Political parties
- Parti Socialiste (disambiguation)
- Partido Socialista (disambiguation)
- Partito Socialista (disambiguation)
- Social Democratic Party (Andorra)Social Democratic Party (Andorra)The Social Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Andorra.In the April 24 2005 legislative elections, the party came second in the elections, with 38.1 % of the popular vote and 11 out of 28 seats. It remained in opposition to the government of the Liberal Party of Andorra...
Partit Socialdemòcrata - Socialist Party of AlbaniaSocialist Party of AlbaniaThe Socialist Party of Albania , is a centre-left, social democraticand socially liberal political party in Albania, it is currently the leading opposition party in Albania. It seats 66 MPs in the 2009 Albanian parliament . It achieved power in 1997 after a political crisis and governmental...
Partia Socialiste - Socialist Party of ChileSocialist Party of ChileThe Socialist Party of Chile is a political party, that is part of the center-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy coalition. Its historical leader was the late President of Chile Salvador Allende Gossens, who was deposed by General Pinochet in 1973...
Partido Socialista de Chile - Socialist Party of RomaniaSocialist Party of RomaniaThe Socialist Party of Romania was a Romanian socialist political party, created on December 11, 1918 by members of the Romanian Social Democratic Party , after the latter emerged from clandestinity...
Partidul Socialist [din România] - True FinnsTrue FinnsTrue Finns or The Finns is a populist and nationalist political party in Finland, founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party. The head of the movement is Timo Soini. In the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election, The party won 19.1% of votes, becoming the third largest party...
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Companies and organizations
- Pacific SecuritiesPacific SecuritiesThe Pacific Securities Co., Ltd. is a Kunming-based company principally engaged in the securities industry. The company is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange ....
, Kunming, Yunnan - PeopleSoftPeopleSoftPeopleSoft, Inc. was a company that provided Human Resource Management Systems , Financial Management Solutions , Supply Chain and customer relationship management software, as well as software solutions for manufacturing, enterprise performance management, and student administration to large...
, an ERP software company - PeopleSupportPeopleSupportAegis Limited is a multinational outsourcing company that provides customer lifecycle management services, technology solutions, Finance and HR outsourcing services, transcription and captioning, and back office support...
, a Los Angeles-based business process outsourcing company
Games
- Pet SocietyPet SocietyPet Society is an internet social game developed by Playfish. The game, which is launched within Facebook, has been ranked as one of the most popular Facebook applications...
, internet social game by Playfish - Phantasy Star (series), series of RPG games by SEGA
- PlanetSidePlanetSidePlanetSide is a massively-multiplayer online first-person-shooter computer game published by Sony Online Entertainment and released on May 20, 2003....
, a MMOFPS by Sony - PlayStationPlayStationThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
, a series of video game consoles developed by Sony Computer Entertainment - Pokémon Gold and SilverPokémon Gold and Silverare the second installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. The games have dual-mode capabilities allowing them to also be played on earlier Game Boy models. They were first released in Japan in 1999 and to...
, a Game Boy Color video game - Pokémon Ruby and SapphirePokémon Ruby and Sapphireare the third installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing games, developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. The games were first released in Japan in late 2002 and later released to the rest of the world in 2003 . Pokémon Emerald, a special edition version,...
, a Game Boy Advance video game - Pokémon SnapPokémon Snapis a first-person rail shooter and simulation video game developed by HAL Laboratory with Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is part of the Pokémon series, and one of the first console games based on the Pokémon series...
, a Nintendo 64 video game - Pokémon StadiumPokémon StadiumPokémon Stadium, known as in Japan, is a strategy game developed by Nintendo EAD with the assistance of Creatures and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was released on April 30, 1999 in Japan, February 29, 2000 in North America, and April 7, 2000...
, a Nintendo 64 video game - Pokémon Stadium 2Pokémon Stadium 2Pokémon Stadium 2, known as in Japan, is a video game for the Nintendo 64. It features all 251 Pokémon from the first and second generations. It was released in North America as simply Pokémon Stadium 2, as it was the second Stadium game to be released there. In Japan, Pokémon Stadium Kin Gin was...
, a Nintendo 64 video game
Other uses
- Public school (government funded), e.g., P.S. 45
- Police Sergeant
- Pyramid schemePyramid schemeA pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business model that involves promising participants payment or services, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, rather than supplying any real investment or sale of products or services to the public...
, tricking people into making money for a company/individual through obligations and false pretenses of mutual gain - P.S., a patient with bilateral lesions of the thalamusThalamusThe thalamus is a midline paired symmetrical structure within the brains of vertebrates, including humans. It is situated between the cerebral cortex and midbrain, both in terms of location and neurological connections...
, one of the first case-studies of autobiographical memoryAutobiographical memoryAutobiographical memory is a memory system consisting of episodes recollected from an individual's life, based on a combination of episodic and semantic memory.-Formation:Conway and Pleydell-Pearce proposed that autobiographical...