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Businesses and organizations

  • Sigma Sigma Sigma
    Sigma Sigma Sigma
    Sigma Sigma Sigma , also known as Tri Sigma, is a national American women’s sorority with membership of more than 100,000 members. Sigma Sigma Sigma is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference and hosts chapters on more than 110 college campuses and 89 alumnae chapters in communities all...

    , a U.S. sorority
  • Simplified Spelling Society
    Simplified Spelling Society
    The English Spelling Society is an international organisation, based in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1908 as the Simplified Spelling Society and celebrated its Centenary Conference at Coventry University in June 2008...

    , an organization which promotes English spelling reform
  • Societas Sanctissimi Sacramenti, the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
    Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
    The Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament is a Catholic religious congregation of priests, deacons, and Brothers whose ideal of life is to become living witnesses of the Eucharist, the source and summit of Christian life. By their life and activities, they assist the Church in her efforts to form...

  • Survey Software Services, now WorldAPP providers of Key Survey and Extreme Form
  • Triple-S Management Corporation
    Triple-S Management Corporation
    The Triple-S Management Corporation —commonly known as Triple-S, Triple SSS, or SSS— is an insurance holding company based in San Juan, Puerto Rico which offers a wide range of insurance products and services in Puerto Rico through its wholly owned subsidiaries...

  • Salamat School System
    Salamat School System
    Salamat School System is a group of private fee-paying academic institutions throughout Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. SSS provides preschool education, primary education, secondary education and preparation for national and international General Certificate of Education examinations...

  • [South Side Savvy]http://www.southsidesavvy.net http://www.southsidesavvy.net
  • Sovran Self Storage, an American storage company listed as SSS on the New York Stock Exchange
    New York Stock Exchange
    The New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...

  • S.S.S. company, one of America's oldest pharmaceutical companies
  • Stellar School System
    Stellar School System
    The Stellar School System, is a private school for girls and boys in Pakistan, founded in 2008 by young entrepreneurs Savail Hussain, Jehanzeb Amin, Sikander Choudry and Jalal Hussain in collaboration with Pakistan academics including Dr. Akmal Hussain, Professor Shaista Sirajuddin, Mrs. Sonnu...

  • Airport IATA Code for Siassi

In computing

  • Cray-3/SSS
    Cray-3/SSS
    The Cray-3/SSS was a pioneering massively parallel supercomputer project that bonded a two-processor Cray-3 to a new SIMD processing unit based entirely in the computer's main memory...

    , a massively parallel supercomputer project
  • International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, a distributed systems research conference with a focus on self-stabilization
    Self-stabilization
    Self-stabilization is a concept of fault-tolerance in distributed computing. A distributed system that is self-stabilizing will end up in a correct state no matter what state it is initialized with...

     and self-organization
    Self-organization
    Self-organization is the process where a structure or pattern appears in a system without a central authority or external element imposing it through planning...

  • Server-side scripting
    Server-side scripting
    Server-side scripting is a web server technology in which a user's request is verified by running a script directly on the web server to generate dynamic web pages. It is usually used to provide interactive web sites that interface to databases or other data stores. This is different from...

  • State space search
    State space search
    State space search is a process used in the field of computer science, including artificial intelligence , in which successive configurations or states of an instance are considered, with the goal of finding a goal state with a desired property....

    , an artificial intelligence algorithm
  • Subsurface scattering
    Subsurface scattering
    Subsurface scattering is a mechanism of light transport in which light penetrates the surface of a translucent object, is scattered by interacting with the material, and exits the surface at a different point...

    , a mechanism of light transport and effect in 3D computer graphics
  • Shamir's Secret Sharing
    Shamir's Secret Sharing
    Shamir's Secret Sharing is an algorithm in cryptography. It is a form of secret sharing, where a secret is divided into parts, giving each participant its own unique part, where some of the parts or all of them are needed in order to reconstruct the secret....

    , a method for securely distributing a secret amongst multiple not-fully-trusted parties.

In science

  • Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
    Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
    The Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale , or the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale , classifies hurricanes — Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms — into five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds...

    , or Saffir-Simpson Scale, a system for measuring intensity of tropical cyclones
  • Silent sinus syndrome
    Silent sinus syndrome
    Silent sinus syndrome is a spontaneous, asymptomatic collapse of the maxillary sinus and orbital floor associated with negative sinus pressures. It can cause painless facial asymmetry , diplopia and enophthalmos...

    , a collapse of the maxillary sinus and orbital floor associated with negative sinus pressures
  • Strict sense stationarity
    Stationary process
    In the mathematical sciences, a stationary process is a stochastic process whose joint probability distribution does not change when shifted in time or space...

  • Sweden Solar System
    Sweden Solar System
    The Sweden Solar System is the world's largest permanent scale model of the solar system. The sun is represented by the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, the largest hemispherical building in the world. The inner planets can also be found in Stockholm but the outer planets are situated northward in...

    , the world's largest scale model of the solar system
  • Super Soft Source or Super soft X-ray source
  • Side Scan Sonar
    Side-scan sonar
    Side-scan sonar is a category of sonar system that is used to efficiently create an image of large areas of the sea floor...

    , a category of sonar system used to efficiently create images of large areas of the sea floor

In medicine

  • Scotopic sensitivity syndrome
    Scotopic sensitivity syndrome
    Scotopic sensitivity syndrome, also known as Irlen Syndrome and Visual Stress Syndrome, approximating in some ways to Meares Irlen syndrome, and 'Visual Stress', refers to visual perceptual disorder affecting primarily reading and writing based activities...

    , or Irlens syndrome, a visual disorder
  • Sensation-Seeking Scale
    Sensation-Seeking Scale
    Marvin Zuckerman of the University of Delaware has spent more than 20 years researching the personality trait he has come to call "sensation seeking." His work indicates that sensation-seeking is one of a handful of "core traits" that can be used to describe human personality...

    , Zuckerman's Sensation-Seeking Scale
  • Sick sinus syndrome
    Sick sinus syndrome
    Sick sinus syndrome, also called sinus node dysfunction, is a group of abnormal heart rhythms presumably caused by a malfunction of the sinus node, the heart's primary pacemaker...

    , an abnormality of heart rhythm
  • Subclavian steal syndrome
    Subclavian steal syndrome
    In medicine, subclavian steal syndrome , also called subclavian steal phenomenon or subclavian steal steno-occlusive disease, is a constellation of signs and symptoms that arise from retrograde flow of blood in the vertebral artery or the internal thoracic artery, due to a proximal stenosis ...

    , a medical condition arising from reversed blood flow
  • Superior sagittal sinus
    Superior sagittal sinus
    The superior sagittal sinus , within the human head, is an unpaired area along the attached margin of falx cerebri. It allows blood to drain from the lateral aspects of anterior cerebral hemispheres to the confluence of sinuses...

    , the point where cerebrospinal fluid
    Cerebrospinal fluid
    Cerebrospinal fluid , Liquor cerebrospinalis, is a clear, colorless, bodily fluid, that occupies the subarachnoid space and the ventricular system around and inside the brain and spinal cord...

     drains from the brain.

In music

  • Short Sharp Shock (band), a crossover thrash band from Liverpool, UK
  • Sigue Sigue Sputnik
    Sigue Sigue Sputnik
    Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band created in 1982 by the former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band had three UK Top 40 hit singles, including the song "Love Missile F1-11".-Early years:...

    , a pop group
  • Sneaky Sound System
    Sneaky Sound System
    Sneaky Sound System are a Sydney-based Australian dance music group consisting of guitarist and producer Black Angus and vocalist Connie Mitchell.-Early Years:...

    , an Australian pop/dance group
    • Sneaky Sound System (2006 album), The debut album
    • Sneaky Sound System (2009 album)
      Sneaky Sound System (2009 album)
      Sneaky Sound System is the self-titled second compilation album by Australian music collective Sneaky Sound System, released on 20 April 2009 in the UK.-Track listing:-Release history:...

      , The second UK compilation album
  • SunSet Swish
    SunSet Swish
    is a three piece Japanese band. They are also known by their initials SSS. The band is part of Sony's SME Records label. Their first album, , was released on 15 November 2006. Their music have been used for a variety of anime series, namely: 2nd ending theme for the anime Ookiku Furikabutte is a...

    , a Japanese band
  • Solid State Survivor
    Solid State Survivor
    Solid State Survivor was the second album by Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, released in 1979. Solid State Survivor was never released in the United States, but many of the songs from this album were compiled for release in the States as the US pressing of ×∞Multiplies ,...

    , an album by Yellow Magic Orchestra
  • SSS International Records, a record label founded by Shelby Singleton
    Shelby Singleton
    Shelby Singleton was an American record producer and record label owner.-Early Life:...


Other

  • Same Store Sales, a measure to gauge the development of retail revenues
  • Satellite Syndicated Systems
    Satellite Syndicated Systems
    Satellite Syndicated Systems was a company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1980s that provided distribution services of data for American teletext and other data services via communications satellite. They provided data distribution for the Electra teletext service which was carried on the VBI of...

    , a company that provided distribution of data via communications satellite
  • SATS Security Services
    SATS Security Services
    SATS Security Services Pte Ltd is a subsidiary of SATS Ltd, providing security services for aviation-related activities at the Singapore Changi Airport. It provides armed auxiliary police officers for mainly airline clients, one of three companies licensed to do so in Singapore...

    , provider of security services for aviation-related activities at the Singapore Changi Airport
  • Saunders Secondary School
    Saunders Secondary School
    Saunders Secondary School is located at 941 Viscount Road in the Westmount suburb of London, Ontario, Canada. It is named after William Saunders and his family. William Saunders was a Canadian pioneer and an authority on all matters pertaining to agriculture and horticulture. Grades offered are...

    , a high school in London, Ontario, Canada
  • Sea Scout Ship, part of the Sea Scout
    Sea Scout
    Sea Scouts are members of the international Scouting movement, with a particular emphasis on water-based activities, such as kayaking, canoeing, sailing, and rowing. Depending on the country and the available water these activities are on lakes, rivers or sea in small or large ships. Sea Scouting...

    ing program
  • Sport Searching School, the fictional school from Sport Ranger
    Sport Ranger
    Squadron Sport Ranger is a Thai live-action superhero television series similar to the Japanese Super Sentai and the American Power Rangers franchises. It premiered on August 6, 2006 and aired on Thai Channel 3...

  • Second sound shift
  • Secret Stadium Sauce
    Secret Stadium Sauce
    Secret Stadium Sauce is a condiment popular at Milwaukee Brewers baseball games in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Originally developed for use at Milwaukee County Stadium, it is still served on hot dogs and brats at its replacement, Miller Park....

  • Selective Service System
    Selective Service System
    The Selective Service System is a means by which the United States government maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription. Most male U.S. citizens and male immigrant non-citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 are required by law to have registered within 30 days of...

    , the United States military conscription program
  • Sega Soccer Slam
    Sega Soccer Slam
    Sega Soccer Slam is a sports game released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the year 2002.-Gameplay:Sega Soccer Slam is much different than standard traditional real-life sports games because of its exaggerated interpretation of soccer and allowing characters to punch one another and...

  • Senior Staff Sergeant
    Senior Staff Sergeant
    A senior staff sergeant in the Singapore Police Force ranks between staff sergeant and station inspector....

    , a rank in the Singapore Police Force
  • Shoot, shovel, and shut up, an often illegal method for dealing with unwanted animals in rural areas
  • Siding Spring Survey
    Siding Spring Survey
    The Siding Spring Survey is a Near-Earth object search program that uses the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales, Australia. It is the southern hemisphere counterpart of the Catalina Sky Survey located in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Mt Bigelow, near...

    , a Near-Earth Object search program based Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia
  • Side-side-side – see congruence of triangles
    Congruence of triangles
    The congruence of triangles may refer to:* Congruence #Congruence of triangles* Solution of triangles...

     and solution of triangles
    Solution of triangles
    In trigonometry, to solve a triangle is to find the three angles and the lengths of the three sides of the triangle when given some, but not all of that information...

  • Sign Supported Speech, a combination of sign language and English speech
  • Singapore Sports School
    Singapore Sports School
    The Singapore Sports School is a specialized independent school in Singapore. It was initiated by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports , and caters to sporting teenagers who have talent in sports....

  • Soccer-specific stadium
    Soccer-specific stadium
    Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States, Canada, Australia and South Korea coined by Lamar Hunt, to refer to a sports stadium either purpose built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multipurpose...

    , a sports stadium whose primary (but not only) purpose is to host soccer matches
  • Social security system
  • Southern Cross Station
    Southern Cross Station
    Southern Cross is a major railway station and transport hub in Melbourne Docklands, Victoria, Australia. It is located on Spencer Street between Collins and La Trobe Streets at the western edge of the central business district...

     (formerly Spencer Street Station), a major railway station in Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria.
  • Southwood Secondary School
    Southwood Secondary School
    Southwood Secondary School is a high school in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, for students in West Galt and North Dumfries.-History:Southwood was founded in 1962. Although it has one of the lower student enrollments in the region, that does not seem to affect performance...

    , a high school in Cambridge, Ontario
  • Standard scratch scoring, a golf scoring system
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Austin, Texas
    St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Austin, Texas
    St. Stephen's Episcopal School is a private diocesan Episcopal boarding and day school in Austin, Texas. Enrollment is approximately 665, with roughly 460 in Grades 9–12 and 205 in Grades 6–8. Its campus overlooking Lake Austin is spread over of the Texas Hill Country.-History:Bishop John E. Hines...

    , a private school in Austin, TX
  • State Security Service
    State Security Service
    State Security Service is the primary domestic intelligence agency of Nigeria. It is primarily responsible for the gathering of intelligence within the country and for the protection of senior government officials, particularly the President and state governors. It is one of three successor...

    , Nigerian domestic intelligence agency
  • Streetsville Secondary School
    Streetsville Secondary School
    Streetsville Secondary School is a high school in the Peel District School Board located in the Streetsville community of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada....

    , a high school in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
  • Sudbury Secondary School
    Sudbury Secondary School
    Sudbury Secondary School is a high school in the downtown of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, well known for its Arts Education Program, featuring theatre arts, dance, vocal music, instrumental music, keyboard, media arts and visual art...

    , a high school in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
  • Sutton's Sign Symbol Sequence, now the International Movement Writing Alphabet, an ordered set of symbols used to record movement
  • Sun, Sand and Surf - as a form of tourism
    Tourism
    Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...

    , sometimes substituted by Sand, Sea and Sex
  • Súper Sábado Sensacional, a variety show from Venezuela that airs on Venevision
  • Super Special Stage, a competitive section in a stage rally (motorsports) event
  • Super Steady Shot
    Image stabilization
    Image stabilization is a family of techniques used to reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera during exposure. Specifically, it compensates for pan and tilt of a camera or other imaging device. It is used in image-stabilized binoculars, still and video cameras, and astronomical...

    , Sony
    Sony
    , 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....

    's Image stabilization Technology name
  • Joycard Sanusui SSS, a controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System
  • SSS islands, part of the Netherlands Antilles
  • SSS (Three-Speed), a fictional character from the anime series MADLAX
  • Solid State Society, the movie sequel to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
  • Svensk Socialistisk Samling, Swedish Socialist Unity, former Swedish Nazi party
  • Swedish Swing Society, a Swedish dance club of some importance in the lindy hop revival
  • Smithfield-Selma High School
    Smithfield-Selma High School
    Smithfield-Selma High SchoolPrincipalMichael TaylorSchool typePublicLocation700 Booker Dairy Road Smithfield, North Carolina, USAFounded1969Grades9-12School colorsBlue, GoldSchool mascotSpartan...

     a high school in Smithfield, North Carolina
  • Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
    Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
    Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo , a romantic comedy movie released by Star Cinema, is an official entry to the 33rd Metro Manila Film Festival - Philippines. This is the sequel of the 2006 film Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo with Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo reprising their roles. There were some scenes filmed...

    , a 2007 Filipino film
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