NS 169005 221926092 2008-06-26T18:42:32Z Robbot 25261 robot Modifying: [[nl:NS]] '''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 {{disambig}} [[de:NS]] [[es:NS]] [[eo:Ns]] [[fr:NS]] [[ko:NS]] [[it:NS]] [[nl:NS]] [[ja:NS]] [[no:NS]] [[nn:NS]] [[pl:NS]] [[pt:NS]] [[ksh:NS (Watt ėßß datt?)]] [[ru:NS]] [[fi:Ns]] [[sv:NS]]