SS (disambiguation)

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SS is an abbreviation for Schutzstaffel, a former paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany.

SS, Ss, or similar may refer to:

Places

Guangdong Experimental High School (Sheng Shi or Sang Sat), China
Province of Sassari, Italy (vehicle plate code)
South Sudan (ISO 3166-1 code SS)
SS postcode area, UK, around Southend
San Sebastián, Spanish city

Arts, entertainment, and media

SS (band), an early Japanese hardcore punk band
SS (manga), a Japanese comic produced between 2000 and 2003
S.S., for Sosthenes Smith, pseudonym of H. G. Wells's book A Vision of the Past

Computing

.ss, top-level domain country code for South Sudan
Slave select or chip select, a control line for a computer data bus
SS register, or stack segment register, in x86 processor
Super speed USB, or USB 3.0

Language

Ss (digraph) used in Chinese transliteration for the phoneme /z/
ß or ss, a German language ligature
SS, a type of switch-reference in linguistics
Scilicet, used as a section sign
sensu stricto, Latin phrase meaning "in the strict sense"
Swazi language (ISO 639-1 code "ss")

Science and technology

Stainless steel, sometimes marked SS
Suspended solids, settleable solids, in water

Biology and medicine

(+)-sabinene synthase, an enzyme
Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease
Sweet's syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, a disease

Sports

Shortstop, a fielding position in baseball and softball
Special stage (rallying)
Strong safety, a defensive position in American and Canadian football

Transportation

Corsair International (IATA airline code SS)
Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, a Dutch private railroad
Sand Springs Railway in Oklahoma, US (railroad reporting mark SS)
Stockholms Spårvägar, a Swedish streetcar and bus company

Ships

Ship prefix for (single-screw) steamship
Steamboat
Steamship
Submarine, by US Navy hull classification

Vehicles

Chevrolet SS, sport sedan
SS Cars Ltd, Jaguar from 1945
SS class blimp, for anti-submarine warfare
Super Sport (Chevrolet), performance option

Other uses

See also

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