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- So (kana)So (kana)そ, in hiragana, or ソ, in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent .-Stroke order:-Alternative form:...
, the romanisation of the Japanese kana そ and ソ - Superintending Officer in Construction
- SomaliaSomaliaSomalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code- .so.so.so is the Internet country code top-level domain for Somalia. After a long absence, the .so domain was officially relaunched on November 1, 2010 by .SO Registry, which is regulated by the nation's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.-Overview:...
, the top-level Internet domain of Somalia
- .so
- Somali languageSomali languageThe Somali language is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Its nearest relatives are Afar and Oromo. Somali is the best documented of the Cushitic languages, with academic studies beginning before 1900....
, (ISO 639) - Special OlympicsSpecial OlympicsSpecial Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 3.1 million athletes in 175 countries....
, an international organization created to help people with intellectual disabilities develop self-confidence and social skills through sports training and competition - Sao civilisationSao civilisationThe Sao were an African civilisation that flourished from ca. the 6th century to as late as the 15th century. The Sao lived by the Chari River south of Lake Chad in territory that would later be part of Cameroon and Chad. They are the earliest people to have left clear traces of their presence in...
or So, an African civilisation that flourished from ca. the 6th century to ca. 15th century - Sao region or So region, an obsolete name for a region in West Africa that approximately coincides with modern day Cameroon's Far North Region and Nigeria's Adamawa StateAdamawa StateAdamawa is a state in northeastern Nigeria, with its capital at Yola. It was formed in 1991 from part of Gongola State with four administrative divisions namely: Adamawa, Ganye, Mubi and Numan. It is one of the thirty-six States which constitute the Federal Republic of Nigeria.-Geography:Adamawa...
- Significant otherSignificant otherSignificant other is colloquially used as a gender-blind term for a person's partner in an intimate relationship without disclosing or presuming anything about marital status, relationship status, or sexual orientation, as it is vague enough to avoid offense by using a term that an individual...
In business:
- Sales orderSales OrderThe sales order, sometimes abbreviated as SO, is an order issued by a business to a customer. A sales order may be for products and/or services. Given the wide variety of businesses, this means that the orders can be fulfilled in several ways...
, an order received by a business from a customer - Sosoliso AirlinesSosoliso AirlinesSosoliso Airlines was a scheduled, domestic, passenger airline. For much of its existence it had its head office in Ikeja, Lagos State. Originally its head office was on the grounds of Enugu Airport in Enugu.-History:...
IATA airline designator - Superior AviationSuperior AviationSuperior Aviation is an American airline based in Lansing, Michigan, USA. It was established in 1979 and operates scheduled passenger services, passenger and cargo charter flights and aircraft sales and maintenance...
IATA airline designator - Austrian Air ServicesAustrian Air ServicesAustrian Air Services, officially licensed as Österreichischer Inlands- und Regionalflugdienst GesmbH , was an airline headquartered in Austria, operating domestic and regional flights on behalf of Austrian Airlines.-History:Austrian Air Services was founded on 4 February 1980, with the first...
former IATA airline designator - Southern AirwaysSouthern AirwaysSouthern Airways was a regional airline operating in the United States from its founding by Frank Hulse in 1949 until 1979 when it merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines, which on October 1, 1986, became part of Northwest Airlines, which in 2008 became a part of Delta Air...
former IATA airline designator - Southern CompanySouthern CompanySouthern Company is a public utility holding company of primarily electric utilities in the southern United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with executive offices also located in Birmingham, Alabama. The company is currently the 16th largest utility company in the world and the...
stock ticker symbol - Standard OilStandard OilStandard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational...
(1870–1911), a predominant integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company; dissolved by the US Supreme Court
In entertainment:
- Sierra Oscar, the call sign used by police officers in ITV serial drama The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
- Star OceanStar Oceanis a franchise of action role-playing video games developed by tri-Ace and published and owned by Square Enix .-Creation and influence:...
, a role-playing game series by Enix
In music:
- So (album)So (album)So is the fifth studio album by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, released in 1986. Many of its songs reflect a more conventional pop-writing style and became radio hits, while others still retain Gabriel's dark, brooding sense of experimentalism.It is Peter Gabriel's second album produced by...
, a music album by Peter Gabriel - So (band)So (band)So are an English duo from London active in the late 1980s, that featured Marcus Bell and Mark Long, who were previously members of a band called The Opposition. The duo were managed by Steve Weltman of Esta Management, and were contemporaries of acts such as Climie Fisher, Blue and Waterfront...
, a duo from the 80s formed by two members of The Opposition - "So" (Static-X song)So (Static-X song)"So" is a song by industrial metal band Static-X. It is the eleventh track and second single from their album Shadow Zone. It is also the last release with then guitarist Tripp Eisen. The music video features the band performing in Studio 202 and various cut scenes to Wayne Static playing...
, a song by industrial metal band Static-X - "Sō (New Love New World)", a song by Japanese singer Masaharu Fukuyama
- "So", a song by War from the album Why Can't We Be Friends?Why Can't We Be Friends?Why Can't We Be Friends? is the seventh studio album by War.-Reception:Recorded in 1974 and released on United Artists Records in June 1975. The title song reached #8 on Billboard's Hot 100. The original LP edition came with a poster. Two singles from the album were released: "Why Can't We Be...
- Symphony orchestra, a type of orchestraOrchestraAn orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
In military and police:
- SO10SO10SO10 was the former designation of the Metropolitan Police's Covert Operations Group.-History:The group's origins can be traced back to 1960, with the formation of what was known as the Criminal Investigation Branch, which later evolved and was merged into SO10 and the Public Order Unit...
, a former Specialist Operations designation for the Metropolitan Police's Crime Operations Group - SO11SO11SO11 or Specialist Operations - Intelligence is a defunct branch of Scotland Yard. The unit was tasked with gathering intelligence for the police....
or Specialist Operations - Intelligence, a defunct branch of Scotland Yard - SO19, the Specialist Firearms Command of Scotland Yard, now known as CO19
- Special ops, another name for special forcesSpecial forcesSpecial forces, or special operations forces are terms used to describe elite military tactical teams trained to perform high-risk dangerous missions that conventional units cannot perform...
In people:
- So (surname), a Chinese surname
- "s/o", short for "son of", frequently used by those without surnames in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and elsewhere (where "a/l", the Malay translation, is used) - e.g. Muthusamy s/o Rajendran. "d/o" ("a/p" in Malaysia) is used for daughters
In places:
- Canton of SolothurnCanton of SolothurnSolothurn is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn.-History:The territory of the canton comprises land acquired by the capital...
, Switzerland - County Sligo, Republic of Ireland
- So, So Phisai, Bueng Kan Province, Thailand
- So, So Phisai, Nong Khai Province, Thailand
On the Internet:
- Stack OverflowStack overflowIn software, a stack overflow occurs when too much memory is used on the call stack. The call stack contains a limited amount of memory, often determined at the start of the program. The size of the call stack depends on many factors, including the programming language, machine architecture,...
, a question and answer website for computer programming
In science and technology:
- SOSmall-Outline Integrated CircuitA small-outline integrated circuit is a surface-mounted integrated circuit package which occupies an area about 30–50% less than an equivalent DIP, with a typical thickness that is 70% less. They are generally available in the same pinouts as their counterpart DIP ICs...
, SO alias for SOIC chip "package" - .so, a filename extension for a shared object (a dynamic library or module) in Unix and GNU/Linux
- Science OlympiadScience OlympiadScience Olympiad is an American elementary, middle, or high school team competition which tests knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability. Over 6,200 teams from 49 U.S. states compete each year. Most teams compete in three levels of competition: regionals, states, and nationals...
, a primarily American elementary, middle school, or high school team competition that requires knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability - Service cable/cord, Oil-resistant, a type of power cordPower cordA power cord, line cord, or mains cable is a cable that temporarily connects an appliance to the mains electricity supply via a wall socket or extension cord. The terms are generally used for cables using a power plug to connect to a single-phase alternating current power source at the local line...
- Shift Out, an ASCII control character in computing
- SO(4)SO(4)In mathematics, the group of rotations about a fixed point in four-dimensional Euclidean space is denoted SO. The name comes from the fact that it is the special orthogonal group of order 4....
, a term used in mathematics, the group of rotations about a fixed point in four-dimensional Euclidean space - SO(5)SO(5)In mathematics, SO, also denoted SO5 or SO, is the special orthogonal group of degree 5 over the field R of real numbers, i.e...
, a term used in mathematics, the special orthogonal group of degree 5 over the field R of real numbers - SO(8)SO(8)In mathematics, SO is the special orthogonal group acting on eight-dimensional Euclidean space. It could be either a real or complex simple Lie group of rank 4 and dimension 28.-Spin:...
,a term used in mathematics, the special orthogonal group acting on eight-dimensional Euclidean space - SO(10) (physics)SO(10) (physics)In particle physics, one of the grand unified theories is based on the SO Lie group....
, a term used in particle physics, one of the grand unified theories is based on the SO(10) Lie group - Special orthogonal group, a subset of an orthogonal groupOrthogonal groupIn mathematics, the orthogonal group of degree n over a field F is the group of n × n orthogonal matrices with entries from F, with the group operation of matrix multiplication...
- StarOfficeStarOfficeStarOffice, known briefly as Oracle Open Office before its discontinuation in 2010, is a proprietary office suite. It was originally developed by StarDivision which was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1999...
, a commercial package of office software produced by Sun Microsystems - Sulfur monoxideSulfur monoxideSulfur monoxide is an inorganic compound with formula . It is only found as a dilute gas phase. When concentrated or condensed, it converts to S2O2 . It has been detected in space but is rarely encountered intact otherwise.-Structure and bonding:The SO molecule has a triplet ground state similar...
, a compound with the chemical formula SO - Service orientationService-oriented architectureIn software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
, a set of design principles in software engineering - Second-order logicSecond-order logicIn logic and mathematics second-order logic is an extension of first-order logic, which itself is an extension of propositional logic. Second-order logic is in turn extended by higher-order logic and type theory....
In sports:
- Shootout in ice hockey
- So TaguchiSo Taguchiis a Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder who is currently playing with the Orix Buffaloes. Previously, he has played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs in Major League Baseball, and with the Orix BlueWave in Nippon Professional Baseball.Taguchi is the first...
, a MLB baseball player - StrikeoutStrikeoutIn baseball or softball, a strikeout or strike-out occurs when a batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters....
, an official abbreviation, but more often abbreviated as K
In other:
- SO, SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
or Sony Ericsson's mobile phones of NTT DoCoMo in Japan - Stellated octahedron
- S.O. refers to members of the Secular Oratory of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri whilst "C.O." for members of the Congregation
- shell-on shrimpShrimp marketingShrimp are marketed and commercialised with several issues in mind. Most shrimp are sold frozen and marketed based on their categorisation of presentation, grading, colour, and uniformity.- Presentation :...
- So (dairy product), a type of dairy products made in ancient Japan
See also
- EssoEssoEsso is an international trade name for ExxonMobil and its related companies. Pronounced , it is derived from the initials of the pre-1911 Standard Oil, and as such became the focus of much litigation and regulatory restriction in the United States. In 1972, it was largely replaced in the U.S. by...
, an international trade name used by the Exxon Mobil Corporation and its related companies - So and so (disambiguation)