Vis
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Geography
- Vis (island)Vis (island)Vis is the most outerly lying larger Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, and is part of the Central Dalmatian group of islands, with an area of 90.26 km² and a population of 3,617 . Of all the inhabited Croatian islands, it is the farthest from the coast...
, a Croatian island in the Adriatic sea - Vis (town)Vis (town)Vis is a town on the Vis island of the same name in Croatia. It has a population of 1960 residents . It is the center of the Vis municipality and part of Split-Dalmatia County.-History:...
, town and municipality on the island of Vis - Vis, BulgariaVis, BulgariaVis, Bulgaria is a village in the municipality of Ivaylovgrad, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria.-References:...
, a village in IvaylovgradIvaylovgradIvaylovgrad is a town in Haskovo Province in the very south-east of Bulgaria set near the river Arda in the easternmost part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ivaylovgrad Municipality...
municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria - Vis (river), in south-central France
Initialisms
- VIS (criminal organisation)VIS (criminal organisation)Vasil Iliev Security, or VIS, is a security and insurance company in Bulgaria thought to be a front for a criminal organisation dealing in extortion, car theft, drug trafficking and more. Set up in the early 1990s by Vasil Iliev. The company was declared illegal in 1994 but continued operating...
, Bulgarian front company for a criminal organisation - Vaccine Information StatementVaccine Information StatementVaccine Information Statement is a formal description of a vaccine, required as a provision of the United States National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act...
, a formal description of a vaccine, required as a provision of the United States National Childhood Vaccine Injury ActNational Childhood Vaccine Injury ActThe National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 was enacted in the United States to reduce the potential financial liability of vaccine makers due to vaccine injury claims. The legislation was aimed at ensuring a stable market supply, and to provide cost-effective arbitration for vaccine... - Vanguard International Semiconductor CorporationVanguard International Semiconductor CorporationVanguard International Semiconductor Corporation is a specialized IC foundry service provider. It is founded in December 1994 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, by Morris Chang...
, an IC foundry in Taiwan - Vatican Information ServiceVatican Information ServiceThe Vatican Information Service is an official news service of the Holy See Press Office.The service was founded in 1991, and transmits news on a daily basis at 3pm Rome time, except during the month of August and on Vatican State holidays .The service is available in four languages: English,...
, an electronic daily news letter produced by the Holy See Press Office in the Vatican - Vavoua International SchoolVavoua International SchoolClosed due to political unrest in Côte d'Ivoire, Vavoua International School was a boarding school operated by WEC International located east of the town of Vavoua on the road to Zuénoula. Founded in 1970, the school offered excellent educational opportunities for many missionary kids and other...
, an international boarding school in Côte d'Ivoire founded by Worldwide Evangelisation for Christ - Victorian Institute of SportVictorian Institute of SportThe Victorian Institute of Sport is the government-funded sporting institute of the Australian state of Victoria. It runs a number of programs for sports training. The headquarters are located in Melbourne. The inaugural executive director of the institute was Frank Pyke....
, a government sporting institute in Victoria, Australia - Vienna Independent ShortsVienna Independent ShortsVienna Independent Shorts is an international short film festival held annually in May in Vienna. It is the largest short film festival in Austria.- History :...
, an annual international short film festival in Austria - Vienna International SchoolVienna International SchoolThe Vienna International School is a non-profit international school, located in Vienna, Austria. The school was built to accommodate the children of UN employees and diplomats when the UN decided to locate one of its offices in Vienna, and it remains affiliated to the UN...
, an international school in Austria founded to accommodate the children of UN employees and diplomats - Viewable image sizeViewable image sizeOn two-dimensional display devices such as computer monitors and television sets, the display size is the actual amount of screen space that is available to display a picture, video or working space, without obstruction from the case or other aspects of the unit's design...
, the amount of screen space available on display without obstruction - Visalia Municipal AirportVisalia Municipal AirportVisalia Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles west of the central business district of Visalia, a city in Tulare County, California, United States...
, IATA airport code and FAA location identifier the public airport at Visalia, Tulare County, California - Visa Information SystemVisa Information SystemThe European Union Visa Information System is a database containing information, including biometrics, on visa applications by Third Country Nationals requiring a visa to enter the Schengen group....
, a database of fingerprints and facial scans in use by Schengen Zone countries - Visual Instruction SetVisual Instruction SetVisual Instruction Set, or VIS, is a SIMD instruction set for SPARC V9 microprocessors developed by Sun Microsystems. There are three versions of VIS: VIS 1, VIS 2 and VIS 2+...
, a SIMD instruction set for SPARC processors - Voter Information Service for Elections CanadaElections CanadaElections Canada is an independent, non-partisan agency reporting directly to the Parliament of Canada. Its ongoing responsibility is to ensure that Canadians can exercise their choices in federal elections and referenda through an open and impartial process...
- VIS (automobile manufacturer) - VazInterSerice - the russian company of AvtoVAZAvtoVAZAvtoVAZ is the Russian automobile manufacturer formerly known as VAZ: Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod , but better known to the world under the trade name Lada. The company was established in the late 1960s in collaboration with Fiat...
vechicle elements based pickups and semi-trailer trucks constructing. - The Tandy Video Information SystemTandy Video Information SystemTandy Memorex Visual Information System was an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM player produced by the Tandy Corporation starting in 1992. It was similar in function to the Philips CD-i and Commodore CDTV systems...
, an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM console system from the early 90s.
Other
- Vis medicatrix naturaeVis medicatrix naturaeVis medicatrix naturae is the Latin translation of the Greek, νονσων φνσεις ιητροι, a phrase attributed to Hippocrates but which he did not actually use...
, the healing power of nature, a phrase erroneously attributed to Hippocrates. - Vis pistol, a type of Polish handgun.
- Potentially visible setPotentially visible setPotentially Visible Sets are used to accelerate the rendering of 3D environments. This is a form of occlusion culling, whereby a candidate set of potentially visible polygons are pre-computed, then indexed at run-time in order to quickly obtain an estimate of the visible geometry...
, a form of polygon culling used to accelerate the rendering of 3D environments. - Willem C. Vis MootWillem C. Vis MootThe Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot is a prestigious international moot court competition for law students. Since 1994, it is annually being held in Vienna, Austria....
, the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, a prestigious moot held annually in Vienna, Austria. - Vis, the possessive form of the English neologistic gender-neutral pronoun ve.
- Visible spectrumVisible spectrumThe visible spectrum is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light. A typical human eye will respond to wavelengths from about 390 to 750 nm. In terms of...
, especially in the combined form UV-VIS (ultraviolet and visible). - VIS EntertainmentVIS EntertainmentVIS Entertainment was a video game developer based out of Scotland. It was founded in 1996 by Chris van der Kuyl and Peter Baillie. The company worked closely with BAM! Entertainment.-Games developed:-External links:* from MobyGames* from GameSpot...
- a video game developerVideo game developerA video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
based out of ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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See also
- Vis-à-vis (disambiguation)
- Viz (disambiguation)Viz (disambiguation)Viz may refer to:*Viz., an adverb meaning "namely"*Autodesk VIZ, a software application compatible with V-Ray*Viz , a popular British adult comic magazine**Viz: The Computer Game, a single player racing video game based on the British comic...
- Visibility (disambiguation)Visibility (disambiguation)Visibility may refer to:* Visual perception* Visibility in meteorology, a measure of the distance at which an object or light can be seen* A measure of turbidity in water quality control...