BIS
Bis is a Latin prefix or suffix designating the second instance of a thing, thus preceding ter. An example in recent modern usage is the ITU-T modem standard from the late 20th century, V.32bis.
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Bis can also be used as a notation, which indicates that an item has been, or is to be, repeated; this is typically used in accounts and in music.
Bis or BIS can also refer to:
Film and books
- Bis (film), a 2015 French comedy film
- Bis (magazine), a Japanese high-teens' magazine published by Kobunsha
- Bis Télévisions, a French TV chain
Music
- BIS Records, a Scandinavian record label focusing on classical works
- Bis Music, Cuban record label
- Bis (Scottish band), a Scottish Indie pop band
- Bis (Japanese rock band)
- BiS (Japanese idol group), a Japanese idol group formed by Pour Lui
Chemistry and technology
- The 14-bis, an early fixed-wing aircraft derived by Alberto Santos-Dumont from his Number 14 airship-aircraft hybrid
- Bis is used in chemical nomenclature sometimes instead of the prefix di-, such as in fructose 1,6-bisphosphate
- Bis (Bisulfite) or Bisulfite sequencing, in genomics
- Nomenclature for compounds with two complex ligands coordinating around a central atom
Places
- Bismarck Municipal Airport, North Dakota, US (IATA code BIS)
Acronyms
Organizations
- Bank for International Settlements, an international organization for cooperation among Central Banks
- Benevolent Irish Society, Canadian philanthropic organization
- Best in Show, the highest-placing in a conformation dog show, cat show, or other show or exposition
- Bezpečnostní informační služba, the Czech Security Information Service
- BIS hallmark, a jewellery hallmarking in India
- Bislama language (ISO 639 alpha-3 code bis)
- Bismarck Municipal Airport (IATA code BIS)
- Bloque Institucional Social Démocrata, a political party of the Dominican Republic
- Bohemia Interactive (BIS), a Czech video game developer
- British Ice Skating, the governing body (and examination board) of ice skating sports within the UK
- British Interlingua Society, a society that promotes Interlingua in the UK
- British International School Lagos, a secondary school in Nigeria
- British Interplanetary Society, the oldest space advocacy society
- Bureau of Indian Standards, national standards body of India
- Bureau of Industry and Security, a component of the United States Department of Commerce
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, a defunct department of the United Kingdom government
Psychiatry and psychology
- Barratt Impulsivity Scale, a self-administered test to measure impulsivity
- Behavioural Inhibition System
- Bilateral integration and sequencing disorder
Science and technology
- Back-illuminated sensor, a type of digital image sensor
- BIS monitor or bispectral index, to assess the depth of anaesthesia
- Business Information Server, a new name for the Unisys MAPPER product
- Boot Integrity Services, a feature described in the Preboot Execution Environment specifications
- BlackBerry Internet Service
- Best in slot, of items such as gear occupying slots in massively multiplayer online games
- BIS conference - International Conference on Business Information Systems
- YTJ, a Finnish government Internet service also known with the acronym BIS (Business Information System)
Education
- Business Information Systems, a popular university degree course.
- Bachelor of Independent Studies, an undergraduate degree
- Bachelor of Integrated Studies, an undergraduate degree
- Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, an undergraduate degree
- Bangladesh International School
- Bavarian International School
- Bordeaux International School
- Brisbane Independent School
- British International School (disambiguation)
- Burlingame Intermediate School, a middle school in Burlingame, California
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