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'''NS''' as an abbreviation can mean:
In '''geography''':
* [[Negeri Sembilan]], one of the thirteen states in Malaysia.
* [[Novi Sad]], a city in Serbia
* [[Nova Scotia]], as the official Canadian postal abbreviation for the province
In '''government and politics''':
* ''[[Nasjonal Samling]]'', a 1930s Norwegian national socialist political party
* [[National service]], a name for the conscription system of some militaries
* [[Nazism]], also known as "National Socialism" in Germany, the ideology held by the National Socialist German Workers Party
* [[New Serbia]] (Нова Србија or ''Nova Srbija''), a moderate nationalist political party in [[Serbia]]
* [[New Slovenia]] (also known as ''Nova Slovenija - Krscanski Ljudska Stranka''), a right-of-centre political party in Slovenia
* [[People's Party of Montenegro|People's Party]], a [[political party]] in the [[Republic of Montenegro]]
In '''commerce''':
* [[National Semiconductor]] (also known as "Natsemi"), an American integrated circuit design and manufacturing company
* [[Natural Sound]], an extensive line of high quality loudspeakers manufactured by Yamaha Corporation
* ''[[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]]'', the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands
* [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] (AAR reporting mark: NS), a major Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation
* [[Norfolk Southern Railway (former)]] (AAR reporting mark: NS), the final name of a railroad running in Virginia and North Carolina before its acquisition by the Southern Railway in 1974
In '''computing and computer gaming''':
* [[Name server]], a computer server that implements a name service protocol
* [[Namespace (computer science)]], an abstract container used in computing
* [[Natural Selection (computer game)|''Natural Selection'' (computer game)]], a mod for the game ''Half-life''
* [[NetStorm]], an RTS published in 1997 by Activision
* [[Network simulator]], a piece of software that simulates a network, without an actual network being present
* [[NEXTSTEP]], an object-oriented, multitasking operating system by [[NeXT]], as well as a prefix for certain system-provided classes in the operating system, such as "NSString"
* [[ns (simulator)]] (or "ns-2"), a popular open source network simulator
* [[Nice Shot]], a typed slang term used in online multiplayer video games
* ''[[Jennifer Government: NationStates]]'', a web-based simulation game
In '''literature''':
* [[New Series]], for volumes of a (periodical) journal for which the volume-number has been reset.
* ''[[New Spring]]'' (known to fans as "NS"), a 1999 anthology edited by Robert Silverberg and derivative 2004 novella by Robert Jordan
* NS-series robots from the book ''[[I, Robot]]''
In '''science and history''':
* [[Norwegian Standard]] or [[Norsk Standard]] <!-- presumed to be related to linguistics -->
* "[[New Style]] date" (as "N.S."), a date designation indicating derivation from the [[Gregorian Calendar]], as opposed to "O.S." indicating derivation from the [[Julian Calendar]] (see [[Old Style and New Style dates]])
* [[1 E-9 s]] (or "nanosecond", abbreviated "ns"), a measure of time
* Normal saline, a solution of sodium chloride used in intravenous drips (see [[Saline (medicine)]])
* Not statistically significant
* [[Nanostructure]]
* A [[Neutron star]] is formed from the collapsed remnant of a massive star
In '''other areas''':
* a [[ship prefix]] for civilian ship names meaning "Nuclear Ship"
* a code for "non-smoking" designating that [[tobacco smoking]] is not permitted
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