UTS
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Computing and Science
- Tensile strengthTensile strengthUltimate tensile strength , often shortened to tensile strength or ultimate strength, is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before necking, which is when the specimen's cross-section starts to significantly contract...
, also known as Ultimate Tensile Strength, the stress at which a material breaks - Time-sharingTime-sharingTime-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking. Its introduction in the 1960s, and emergence as the prominent model of computing in the 1970s, represents a major technological shift in the history of computing.By allowing a large...
, known as Unix Time-sharing System (UTS) when abbreviated in the source code of many Unix-like operating systems - Unicode Technical StandardUnicode Technical StandardA Unicode Technical Standard is a specification which has been approved for publication by the Unicode Consortium. It is independent from and does not extend the unicode standard, so conformance to the Unicode Standard does not require conformance with any UTS.-External links:* *...
s are specifications which are independent from the unicode standard but approved for publication by the Unicode ConsortiumUnicode ConsortiumThe Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization that coordinates the development of the Unicode standard. Its stated goal is to eventually replace existing character encoding schemes with Unicode and its standard Unicode Transformation Format schemes, claiming that many of the existing... - Unified Thread StandardUnified Thread StandardThe Unified Thread Standard defines a standard thread form and series—along with allowances, tolerances, and designations—for screw threads commonly used in the United States and Canada...
, a standard for screw thread design in the USA and Canada - Universal Transverse Mercator, a coordinate system for Earth sometimes erroneously referred to as Universal Transverse System (UTS)
- Universal TimeUniversal TimeUniversal Time is a time scale based on the rotation of the Earth. It is a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time , i.e., the mean solar time on the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, and GMT is sometimes used loosely as a synonym for UTC...
, which has a variation known as Smoothed Universal Time (UTS) - UntriseptiumUntriseptiumUntriseptium , also known as eka-dubnium or element 137, is a hypothetical chemical element which has not been observed to occur naturally, nor has it yet been synthesised. Due to drip instabilities, it is not known if this element is physically possible...
, an unsynthesized chemical element with atomic number 137 and symbol Uts - UTS (Mainframe UNIX)UTS (Mainframe UNIX)UTS is an implementation of the UNIX operating system for IBM mainframe computers. Amdahl created the first versions of UTS, and released it in May 1981, with UTS Global later acquiring rights to the product.- Features :...
, the name of a Unix operating system for IBM and IBM-compatible mainframes - Universal Time-Sharing SystemUniversal Time-Sharing System-UTS:The Universal Time-Sharing System was an operating system for the XDS Sigma line of computers, succeeding BTM/BPM. UTS was announced in 1966, but because of delays did not actually ship until 1971...
An operating system for the XDSScientific Data SystemsScientific Data Systems, or SDS, was an American computer company founded in September 1961 by Max Palevsky, a veteran of Packard Bell and Bendix, along with eleven other computer scientists. SDS was an early adopter of integrated circuits in computer design and the first to employ silicon...
Sigma line of computers.
Education
- University of Technology, SydneyUniversity of Technology, SydneyThe University of Technology Sydney is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1981, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. UTS is notable for its central location as the only university with its main campuses within the Sydney CBD...
, a university in Sydney, Australia - Union Theological Seminary in the City of New YorkUnion Theological Seminary in the City of New YorkUnion Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway, 120th to 122nd Streets. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with nearby Columbia...
, a graduate school of theology in New York City, USA - Unification Theological SeminaryUnification Theological SeminaryThe Unification Theological Seminary , is the main seminary of the international Unification Church. It is located in Barrytown, New York and with an Extension Center in midtown Manhattan. Its purpose has been described as training leaders and theologians within the Unification Church. The...
, the main seminary of the Unification Church, in New York, USA - University of Toronto ScarboroughUniversity of Toronto ScarboroughThe University of Toronto Scarborough is a satellite campus of the University of Toronto. Based in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the campus is set upon suburban parkland in the residential neighbourhood of Highland Creek...
, a satellite campus of the University of Toronto, better known as UTSC - University of TorontoUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, the main campus of the university, informally and less commonly known as University of Toronto St. George (UTSG) - University of Toronto SchoolsUniversity of Toronto SchoolsThe University of Toronto Schools is an independent secondary day school affiliated with the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
, an independent high school on the downtown campus of the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Canada - University Transit ServiceUniversity Transit ServiceUniversity Transit Service began in 1972, when fifteen student drivers started a pilot program with four rented buses at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Today, UTS has a fleet of more than 30 buses and 140 drivers serving the UVA community...
, the student-run public bus system serving the University of Virginia
Other
- Under the Sun, an expression used in the Bible, with several possible meanings
- United They Stand, a 1999 animated series adaptation of the comic book the Avengers
- Urban-type settlementUrban-type settlementUrban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
, an official designation for a certain type of urban localities used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union - USS Tiger SharkUSS Tiger SharkNo ship of the United States Navy has ever borne the name USS Tiger Shark or Tigershark, though the name is popular for fictional submarines.*The title "character" of the 1959 sci-fi movie The Atomic Submarine is named Tiger Shark....
, a popular name for fictional US ships - Huntsville Regional AirportHuntsville Regional AirportBruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located in Huntsville, Texas. It is two nautical miles above mean sea level...
in Huntsville, TexasHuntsville, TexasHuntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States. The population was 35,508 at the 2010 census. It is the center of the Huntsville micropolitan area....