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List of acronyms: S

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter S.

S0–9
• S followed by a number is used to denote various German and Austrian S-train lines. • S4C – (i) Sianel Pedwar Cymru (Welsh, "Channel Four Wales") • S3 - (i) Alternative to SSS (e.g. Amazon S3) ==SA==
SA
sa – (s) Sanskrit language (ISO 639-1 code) • SA • (i) Salvation Army • (s) Sand (METAR Code) • Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country's code digram) • (i) Sexaholics AnonymousSexual assault • (i) sine anno (Latin, "without year") • Single Adult, a designation in the LDS Church for unmarried individuals 18 and older • Situational awarenessSouth Africa • (i/s) South Australia (postal symbol) • (i) Standards AustraliaSturmabteilung (German, "Storm Detachment", Nazi forerunner and rival of SS) • S.A. – designation for a corporation in many European countries; see article for meanings • SAA • (i) Saudi Arabian Airlines, former name of SaudiaSex Addicts AnonymousSouth African AirwaysSouthern Athletic Association • Standards Association of Australia, a former name of Standards AustraliaSAAB – (a) Svenska Aeroplan AB (Swedish aircraft manufacturer; also refers to its former auto manufacturing arm) • SAAFR – (a/i) Standard use Army Aircraft Flight Route ("safer") • SAAMI – (a) Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute ("sammy") • SAARC – (i) South Asian Association for Regional CooperationSAB – (i) Soprano Alto BaritoneSabena – (a) ''Société anonyme belge d'exploitation de la navigation aérienne'' (French for "Belgian Company for Exploiting Aerial Navigation", 1923–2001) • SABIC – (p) Saudi Basic Industries Corporation • SABR – (a) Society for American Baseball ResearchSAC • (a) Standards Activity Committee (of SISO) • U.S. Strategic Air Command (1946–1992) • SACAT – (a) Semi Attended Customer Activated Terminal (Supermarket checkout) • SACEUR – (p) Supreme Allied Commander EURope • SACF - Semi Automatic Capsule Filler source • SACLANT – (p) Supreme Allied Commander atLANTic • SACLOS – (a) Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight • SAD • (s) Safford Regional Airport (IATA code) • (a) Seasonal Affective DisorderSituational Awareness Display • SADD – (a) originally Students Against Drunk Driving, now Students Against Destructive Decisions (U.S. national school-related group) • SADL • (a) Situation Awareness Data Link ("saddle") • Structural Architecture Description Language • SADT - (i) Substance Abuse Day TreatmentSAE • (i) Society of Automotive EngineersStamped addressed envelopeSAFER – (a) Steel And Foam Energy Reduction • SAFETY – (a) Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth • SAFICT – (a) Software Agents as Facilitators of Interoperability in Collective Training • sag – (s) Sango language (ISO 639-2 code) • SAG • (a/i) Screen Actors GuildSurface Action GroupSAG-AFTRA – (a) Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio ArtistsSAGAT – (a) Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique • SAGE – (a) Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (simulation) • SAHB – (a) Sensational Alex Harvey BandSAIC – (i) Science Applications International CorporationSALT • (a/i) Save A Life Today (SALT) Alert; Emergency Contact System • (a) Southern African Large TelescopeStrategic Arms Limitation TalksSAM • (a) Sequential-Access MemorySociedad Aeronáutica de MedellínSurface-to-Air MissileSambo – (p/a) Samooborona bez oruzhiya (Russian: "Самооборона без оружия", literally "self-defense without weapons") • SAML – (a) Security Assertion Markup Language ("sam-ell") • SANZAAR – (a) South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina Rugby • san • (s) Sanskrit language (ISO 639-2 code) • (a) Storage Area NetworkSAO - (more than 20 alternatives) • SAR • (s) Saudi riyal (ISO 4217 currency code) • (a) Search And RescueSpecial Administrative RegionSynthetic Aperture RadarSARA • (a) Southeastern Association for Research in AstronomyScientific Atlanta Resident ApplicationScottish Amateur Rowing AssociationSouthern African Railway AssociationState Administration for Religious AffairsSARP – (a) Search And Rescue Processor • SARR – (i/a) Search And Rescue Repeater • SARS – (a) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • SART • (a) Search and Rescue Transponder • Situational Awareness Rating Technique • SARU – (i) South African Rugby UnionSAS • (i) Scandinavian Airlines SystemSecond Avenue Subway • Situational Awareness System • Special Air Service • Studies, Analysis and Simulation • Side Angle Side • (a) Statistical Analysis System (original meaning; SAS Institute Inc. has evolved far beyond that scope) • SASE – (i) Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope • SASO – (a) Stability and Support Operations • SASOL – (p) Suid Afrikaanse Steenkool en Oli.e. (Afrikaans, "South African Coal and Oil") • SAT • (i) formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test; now known solely by the initials • Small Arms Trainer • SATB – (i) Soprano Alto Tenor bassSATNAV – (p) Satellite Navigation (Increasingly common GPS based system in new vehicles) • SATs – (a) Standard Assessment Tasks and other similar terms describing tests used in English schools; see National Curriculum assessment#Terminology • SAU – (s) Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166 trigram) • SAVAK – (a) Sazamane Etelaat va Amniate Kechvar (Iranian "Security and Intelligence Service") • SAW • (i) allā -llāhu ʿalayhī (wa-ʾālihī) wa-sallama (Arabic: صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ, "God bless him [and his family] and grant him peace"), an honorific suffix within Islam for Muhammad • (a) Submerged arc welding • Squad Automatic Weapon • Surface acoustic waveSAWE – (a) Society of Allied Weight Engineers • SAWS – (i) alternate form of the Islamic honorific suffix for Muhammad (see SAW) ==SB==
SB
Sb – (s) Antimony (Latin Stibium) • SbA - Stibarsen, an alloy of antimony and arsenic • SB • (i) Sexy BitchSexy BastardSexy Boy (disambiguation) • (s) Solomon Islands (ISO 3166 digram) • (i) Special Warfare Boat OperatorSBA • (i) Santa Barbara AirportSimulation-Based AcquisitionSmall Business AdministrationSovereign Base AreaStudent bar associationSBB – (i) German for the Swiss Federal Railways • SBC • (i) Sensotronic Brake ControlSingle-Board ComputerSouthern Baptist ConventionSun Belt Conference (US college sports) • SBCCOM – (p) U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (disbanded 2003) • SBCS – (i) Single-Byte Character SetSBCT – (i) Stryker Brigade Combat TeamSBD • (s) Solomon Islands dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) • Silent But Deadly • SBP • (i) Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Filipino, "Basketball Federation of the Philippines") • U.S. School Breakfast ProgramSociety of Business PractitionersState Bank of PakistanSBS • (i) Special Boat ServiceSpecial Broadcasting ServiceSeoul Broadcasting SystemSBW • (i) Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand dual-code rugby player) ==SC==
SC
sc – (s) Sardinian language (ISO 639-1 code) • Sc – (s) ScandiumSC • (s) Cruiser Submarine (US Navy hull classification) c Saint Kitts and Nevis (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Saint Christopher) • Seychelles (ISO 3166 digram) • South Carolina (postal symbol) • SCA • (i) Service Contract ActSexual Compulsives AnonymousSociety for Creative AnachronismSCAP – (a) Supreme Commander Allied Powers (Allied occupation of Japan) • sccm – (s) Standard cubic centimetre per minute (unit of measurement of fluid flow) • sccs – (s) Standard cubic centimetre per second (unit of measurement of fluid flow) • scfh – (s) Standard cubic foot per hour (unit of measurement of fluid flow) • scfm – (s) Standard cubic foot per minute (unit of measurement of fluid flow) • scfs – (s) Standard cubic foot per second (unit of measurement of fluid flow) • SCG – (s) Serbia and Montenegro (ISO 3166 trigram; defunct since 2006) • SCHIMS – (i) Soldier Combat Helmet Identification Marking System • SCHIP – (a) State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.; often pronounced "ess-chip") • SciFi – Science Fiction • sCJD – (i) Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob diseaseSCM – (i) Surface Contamination Module • SCMODS – (s) State, County, Municipal Offender Data System • SCN – (p) Suprachiasmatic NucleusSCNT – (i) Somatic Cell Nuclear TransferSCO • (i) Santa Cruz Operation (initials later used by SCO Group) • (s) Scotland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram) • (a) Shanghai Cooperation OrganisationSCOTUS – (a) Supreme Court of the United StatesSCR – (s) Seychelles rupee (ISO 4217 currency code) • SCRAM – (a) Safety Control Rod Axe Man • SCS • (i) Scan Correlated Shift • Soil Conservation ServiceSCSI • (a) Small Computer System Interface ("scuzzy") • (i) Strategic and Combat Studies InstituteSCT – (s) Scattered Sky (METAR Code) • SCTP – (i) Stream Control Transmission ProtocolScuba – (a) Self Contained Underwater Breathing ApparatusSCUFSlow Continuous UltrafiltrationSCUFN – (i) Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (of GEBCO) ==SD==
SD
sd – (s) Sindhi language (ISO 639-1 code) • SD • (i) Secure Digital (memory card format) • Sheriff's department • Smoke/Decontamination • (s) South Dakota (postal symbol) • Sudan (ISO 3166 digram) • SDC • (i) Shaft Driven Compressor • U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command (1985–1992) • SDG – (s) Sudanese pound (ISO 4217 currency code) • SDG – (i) Sum Dum Goy - greasy spoon chinese restaurantSDH – (i) Synchronous Digital HierarchySDHC – (i) Secure Digital High Capacity • SDHL - (i/p) Svenska damhockeyligan (Swedish, "Swedish Women's Hockey League") • SDIsee entrySDN – (s) Sudan (ISO 3166 trigram) • SDO – (i) Scattered Disc ObjectSDP – (i) Social Democratic Party (European politics) • SDR – (i) Strategic Defence ReviewSDRAM – (i) Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory ("ess-dee-ram") • SDS – (i) Students for a Democratic SocietySDSS – (i) Sloan Digital Sky SurveySDXC – (p) Secure Digital eXtended Capacity ==SE==
SE
• se – (s) Northern Sami language (ISO 639-1 code) • Se – (s) SeleniumSE • (s) Seychelles (FIPS 10-4 country code) • (i) Societas Europaea (form of business organization in the EU) • South-east • (s) Sweden (ISO 3166 digram) • (i) Synthetic EnvironmentSystems engineeringSEAD – (i) Suppression of Enemy Air Defence(s) • SEADI – (i) Senior Executioner of Approved Driving Instructors • SEAFDEC – (p) Southeast Asian Fisheries Development CenterSEAL – (p) SEa-Air-Land • SEAT – (a) Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (Spanish for "Spanish Touring Car Company") • SEATO – (a) Southeast Asia Treaty OrganizationSeaWiFS – (p) Sea-Viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (satellite instrument) • SEC • (i) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission • (p) Security • Southeastern ConferenceSECaaS - (p) Security-as-a-Service • SECAM – (a) Séquentiel couleur à mémoire (French for "Colour Sequential with Memory"; TV standard, cf. NTSC, PAL) • SECDEF – (p) (U.S.) Secretary of Defense • SED – (i) CERDEC Software Engineering Directorate • SEDRIS – (a) Synthetic Environment Data Representation and Interchange Specification • SEE – (a) Small Emplacement ExcavatorSEG – (i) Society of Exploration GeophysicistsSEG – (i) Special Escort GroupSEK – (s) Swedish krona (ISO 4217 currency code) • Selkent – (p) South East London & Kent Bus Company • SELT – (a) Single Ended Line Test (ing) • SEM • (i/a) Sensor Employment Manager • Switch to Email Mode, i.e. stop texting as it is more disruptive by making a sound or vibrating and email instead, for a given time • SEN • (s) Senegal (ISO 3166 trigram) • (i) Small Extension NodeSEP • (i) Somebody Else's Problem • Spherical Error Probable • System Enhancement Package • System Engineering Plan • SEPTA – (i) Southeastern Pennsylvania Rapid-Transit Authority • SERE – (i) Survival, Evasion, Resistance and EscapeSESSPE – (a) Submarine Escape and Surface Survival Personnel Equipment • SET – (p) Staphylococcal EnteroToxin • SETI – (a) Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence • SETAC – (a) Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry • SEU • (i) Single Event Upset (solid state physics) • Slightly Enriched Uranium • Special Evidence Unit ==SF==
SF
SF • (s) Fleet Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification) • (i) San FranciscoScience fiction • (s) South Africa (FIPS 10-4 country code) • (i) Speculative fictionSpecial ForcesSFA • (i) Sales force automationSaturated fatty acidScottish Football AssociationStephen F. Austin (State University)Sudan Football AssociationSFE • (i) Supercritical fluid extractionSydney Futures ExchangeSFF – (i) Standard File Format • sf&f – (i) Science fiction & fantasySFIO • (i) French Section of the Workers' International (former party) • (i) Serious Fraud Investigation Office (India) • SFM – Switch to Facebook Mode, i.e. to message someone on Facebook instead of texting as it is less disruptive in the sense of the phone not making sound or vibrating, for a period of time • SFOB – (i) Special Forces Operations Base • SFOR – (p) UN Stabilisation Force (in Bosnia and Herzegovina) • SFU – (i) Simon Fraser University (Canada) ==SG==
SG
sg – (s) Sango language (ISO 639-1 code) • Sg – (s) SeaborgiumSG • (s) Senegal (FIPS 10-4 country code) • Singapore (ISO 3166 digram) • Snow Grains (METAR Code) • (i) Study Group • SGC • (i) Server Gated Cryptography • (p) Stargate CommandSGD – (s) Singapore dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) • SGML – (i) Standard Generalized Markup LanguageSGP – (s) Singapore (ISO 3166 trigram) • SGS • (s) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) • (i) Svalbard Ground Station (Landsat) • Société Générale de Surveillance ==SH==
SH
SH • (s) Saint Helena (ISO 3166 digram) • (p) SONATRACH (Algerian petroleum company) • ShanghaiSHAC • (a) Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty • SHAPE – (a) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeSHF – (i) Super High FrequencySHN – (s) Saint Helena (ISO 3166 trigram) • SHO – (a) Showtime (see also sho.com) • SHOALS – (a) Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne Lidar SurveySHORAD – (p) Short Range Air Defence • SHORADEZ – (p) SHORAD Engagement Zone • SHP – (s) Saint Helena pound (ISO 4217 currency code) • SHRA – (s) Rain Showers (METAR Code) • SHSN – (s) Snow Showers (METAR Code) ==SI==
SI
si – (s) Sinhala language (ISO 639-1 code) • Si – (s) SiliconSI • (s) Slovenia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) • (i) Socialist InternationalSports IllustratedSystème International (French, International System of Units) • SIA – (s) Singapore Airlines (ICAO code) • SIA – (i) Survivors of Incest AnonymousSIAM – (i) Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsSIC – (a) Standard Industrial ClassificationSICS – (a/i) Swedish Institute of Computer ScienceSIDS – (a) Sudden infant death syndrome • SIDU – (i) select, insert, delete, update. See Create, read, update and deleteSIF – (i) Selective Identification FeatureSIFF – (i) Successor IFFSIG • (i) Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (German, "Swiss Industry Company"). See also SIG Sauer, a firearms manufacturer spun off from the aforementioned company in 2000. • (p) .signature (UNIX shell/Internet standard file name) • (a/i) Special Interest Group • (a/i) Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket (French basketball club) • SIGCAT – (a) Special Interest Group for CD-ROM Applications and Technology • SIGINT – (p) Signals Intelligence • SIGMET – (p) Significant Meteorological Information • SIIT • (i) Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (Canadian university) • Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (Thai university) • Stateless IP/ICMP Translation algorithmSIMAC – (a) Semantic Interaction with Music Audio ContentsSIMLAS – (p) Soldier Integrated Multipurpose Laser SystemSIMM – (a) Single In-line Memory Module • SIMNET – (p) SIMulator NETwork, later SIMulation NETwork • SIMNET-D - (p) SIMNET-Developmental • SIMP – (a) Strongly Interacting Massive Particle • SIMPLE • (a) Satellite Interactive Multimedia Platform for Low-cost Earth stations • (p) Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (as used in SIMPLE IRA) • (a) Standard Interface for Multiple Platform Link Evaluation (NATO STANAG 5602) • sin – (s) Sinhala language (ISO 639-2 code) • SIN – (a) Social insurance number (Canada) • SINCGARS – (p) SINgle Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System • SIP • (i) Session Initiation ProtocolState Implementation Plan • System Improvement Program • Systematic investment planSIPP – (a) Self-Invested Personal PensionSiri – (a) Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface (Apple iOS software) • SIRI – (a) Service Interface for Real Time InformationSIRS — (a) Systemic inflammatory response syndromeSiS – (i) Silicon Integrated SystemsSIS – (i) UK Secret Intelligence Service (also known as MI6) • SISO • (a) Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization • Society of Independent Show Organizers • SIW – (i) Simulation Interoperability Workshop • SIYSS – (i) Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar ==SJ==
SJ
SJ • (s) Svalbard and Jan Mayen (ISO 3166 digram) • (i) Societas Iesu (Latin: The Society of Jesus, the Jesuit order) • (i) Statens Järnvägar (Swedish State Railways) • SJA – (i) Staff Judge Advocate (military law) • SJC – (i) Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (note: the highest court in the state of Maine is also called the Supreme Judicial Court) • SJM – (s) Svalbard and Jan Mayen (ISO 3166 trigram) • SJW – (i) Social Justice Warrior ==SK==
SK
sk – (s) Slovak language (ISO 639-1 code) • SK • (s) Saskatchewan (postal symbol) • Slovakia (ISO 3166 digram) • SKC – (s) Clear Sky (METAR Code) • SKK – (s) Slovak koruna (ISO 4217 currency code) • SKM – (s) Sikkim (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1975) • SKU - (i) Stock Keeping Unit ==SL==
SL
sl – (s) Slovene language (ISO 639-1 code) • SL • (s) Sierra Leone (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) • (i) Start Line • SLA • (i) Service Level AgreementSymbionese Liberation ArmySLAA – (i) Sex and Love Addicts AnonymousSLAC – (a) Stanford Linear Accelerator CenterSLAN – (i) sine loco, anno, nomine (Latin, "without place, year, or name") • SLAP – (a) Saboted light armor penetrator (type of firearms ammunition) • SLAPP – (a) Strategic lawsuit against public participationSLB – (s) Solomon Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) • SLBM – (i) Sea/Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile • SLC – (i) Scan Line Corrector • SLE – (s) Sierra Leone (ISO 3166 trigram) • SLI/SLi • (i/s) Scan-Line InterleaveScalable Link InterfaceSLIT – (p) SubLingual ImmunoTherapyslk – (s) Slovak language (ISO 639-2 code) • SLL – (s) Sierra Leone leone (ISO 4217 currency code) • SLO – (s) Slovenia (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166) • SLOC • (a) Sea Lines Of CommunicationSource Lines Of CodeSLORC – (a) State Law and Order Restoration Council (of Burma) • SLP • (i) Sea Level Pressure • (i) Super Long Play • slph – (s) Standard litre per hour (air flow) • slpm – (s) Standard litre per minute (air flow) • slps – (s) Standard litre per second (air flow) • SLR – (i) Single-Lens Reflex (camera) • SLT • (i) Single Lens Translucent • (i) Speech and language therapist • (i) Solid Logic Technology (electronics) • Swing Landing Trainer (paratroops) • (i) Secondary lymphoid tissueslv – (s) Slovenian language (ISO 639-2 code) • SLV – (s) El Salvador (ISO 3166 trigram) ==SM==
SM
sm – (s) Samoan language (ISO 639-1 code) • Sm – (s) SamariumSM • (i) Sado-Masochism • (s) San Marino (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) • (i) Soldier's Manual • (s) Submarine Minelayer (US Navy hull classification) • SMA – (i) Scan Mirror Assembly • SMART - many different meanings • SMASS – (a) Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey • SMCT – (i) Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks • SMD – (i) Surface Mount Device • SMDR – (i) Station Message Detail Recordingsme – (s) Northern Sami language (ISO 639-2 code) • SME • (i) Scan Mirror Electronics • Subject Matter ExpertSMG • (i) Sequential Motorsport GearboxSubMachine GunSMH – (a) Shaking My Head • SMil – (a) Sadomasochisterne i landet (Danish SM organisation) • SMIL – (a) Synchronized Multimedia Integration Languagesmo – (s) Samoan language (ISO 639-2 code) • SMP – (i) Standard Military Pattern • SM&R – (i) Source, Maintenance, and Recoverability • SMR – (s) San Marino (ISO 3166 trigram) • SMS – many, including: Short message service; see entrySMTP – (i) Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolSMU – (i) Southern Methodist UniversitySMX • many, including: (i) Server Macro Expansion • (p) Solaris MINIX • (p) Spatial multiplexing • (p) Sulfamethoxazole; see entrySMZ • many, including: (i) Silver Mt. Zion • (p) Sulfamethazine • (p) Sulfamethoxazole; see entry ==SN==
SN
sn – (s) Shona language (ISO 639-1 code) • Sn – (s) Tin (Latin Stannum) • SN • (s) Senegal (ISO 3166 digram) • Singapore (FIPS 10-4 country code) • Snow (METAR Code) • SuperNovaScreen Namesna – (s) Shona language (ISO 639-2 code) • SNAFU – (a) "Situation Normal — All Fouled/Fucked Up" • SNAP – (p) Supernova/Acceleration ProbeSNCB – (i) Société nationale des chemins de fer de Belgique (French for "Belgian Railways National Society", NMBS in Dutch) • SNCF – (i) Société nationale des chemins de fer français (French for "French Railways National Society") • snd – (s) Sindhi language (ISO 639-2 code) • SND – (i) Standard Nomenclature Database • SNE – (i) Synthetic Natural EnvironmentSNESSuper Nintendo Entertainment SystemSNÉTA – (a) ''Syndicat national pour l'étude des transports aériens'' (French for "Aerial transport Study National Syndicate", 1919–1923) • SNG – (i) Satellite News Gathering (television) • SNL • (i) Saturday Night Live (television) • (i) Società Navigazione del Lago di LuganoSNM – (i) Special Nuclear MaterialSNMP – (i) Simple Network Management ProtocolSNOBOL – (p) StriNg Oriented symBOlic Language • SNP – (i) Single-nucleotide polymorphismSNR • (i) SuperNova RemnantSignal-to-Noise Ratio • SNRI – (i) Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake InhibitorSNS – (i) Spallation Neutron SourceSNU – (i) Solar Neutrino Unit ==SO==
SO
so – (s) Somali language (ISO 639-1 code) • SO • (i) Shared Object (Unix) • Sheriff's OfficeSignificant other • (s) Somalia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) • SOA • (a) service-oriented architecture • (a) Society of Actuaries • (i) State of the artSOAP • (a) Simple Object Access ProtocolSupplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (U.S. medical residency matching) • SOB • (i) Son Of a BitchSame Old BullshitSOC – (a) Sector Operations Centre • Soccsksargen – (p) South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, General Santos (a region in the Philippines; pronounced "sock-sar-gen") • SOCOM – (p) (U.S.) Special Operations Command • SoCon – (p) Southern Conference (U.S. college sports) • SOD • (i/a) School Of Dentistry • Statement Of Difference(s) • Statement Of Direction • Statement Of Documentation • Statement Of Duty/Duties • SOE • (i) Secret Of EvermoreSpecial Operations Executive (WWII British organization) • State Of Emissions (EW) • SOF • (a/i) Special Operations Force(s) • Status of Forces • SOFIA – (a) Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared AstronomySOGAT • (a) Society of Graphical and Allied Trades • Former British printing union • SOHC – (i) Single-OverHead-Cam engine • SOHO – (p) Solar and Heliospheric ObservatorySOI • (i) Signal Operating Instruction • (i) Southern Oscillation IndexSOL – (i) Shit Out of Luck • SOLIS – (i) Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sunsom – (s) Somali language (ISO 639-2 code) • SOM • (a) Simulation Object Model • (s) Somalia (ISO 3166 trigram) • Sonar – (p) SOund Navigation And Ranging • SOP • (i) Standing/Standard Operating ProcedureState of PlaySOR • (i) State Of Readiness • Statement Of Requirements • SOS • (s) Somali shilling (ISO 4217 currency code) • Save Our SoulsSOSTAR – (a) Stand-Off Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar • sot – (s) Sotho language (ISO 639-2 code) • SOUTHAG – (p) Southern Army Group • SOUTHCOM – (p) (U.S.) Southern Command • SOV – (i) Single Occupant VehicleSOW – (i) Statement Of WorkSOWHAT – (p) RESNA Subcommittee on Wheelchairs and Transportation • SOX – (p) Sarbanes–Oxley Act ==SP==
SP
Sp • (p) SpecialSpring tide (nautical charts) • (i) sine prole (Latin, "without offspring") • SP • (i) Security PoliceSelf-PropelledShore Patrol • (s) Spain (FIPS 10-4 country code) • (i) Start Point • Strong Point • spa – (s) Spanish language (ISO 639-2 code) • SPA - Single Page ApplicationSPAAG – (a) Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun • SPAC - Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSPACECOM – (p) (U.S.) Space CommandSPAL – (a) Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor ("Art & Labor Sports Club", with the "SP" from Italian and "AL" from Latin), Italian football club • Spaser – (a) Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiationSPC – (i) Secretariat of the Pacific Community • SPCA - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsSPCO – (i) Single-Pole Change OverSPD • (i) Shimano Pedaling DynamicsSozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany) • SPDT – (i) Single-Pole Double-ThrowSPEAC – (a) Stop Primate Experiments at Cambridge (later became SPEAK) • SPECTRESPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and ExtortionS.P.E.A.R. - Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response • SPEED – (a) Subsistence Preparation by Electronic Energy Diffusion (early military microwave oven) • SPIE – (i) originally the Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers ("SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering" 1981–2007, "SPIE" since 2007) • SPL • (i) Scottish Premier LeagueSuperior Parietal LobuleSound pressure levelSPM – (s) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (ISO 3166 trigram) • SPOD – (a/i) Sea Port of Debarkation • SPOE – (a/i) Sea Port of Embarkation • SPOT – (a) ''Satellite pour l'observation de la Terre'' (French, "Satellite for Earth Observation") • SPQR – (i) Senatus Populusque Romanus (Latin "The Senate and the People of Rome") • sps – (i) sine prole superstite (Latin, "without surviving issue") • SPS – (i) Standard Positioning Service (GPS) • SPST – (i) Single-Pole Single-Throw ==SQ==
SQ
sq – (s) Albanian language (ISO 639-1 code) • SQ – (i) Sound QualitySQ – (i) Standard Quality • sqi – (s) Albanian language (ISO 639-2 code) • SQL – (i/a) Structured Query Language ("seek-well") • SQS - Amazon Simple Queue ServiceSQUID – (p) Superconducting QUantum Interference Device • SQOR – (p) Succinate:Quinone OxidoReductase, enzyme superfamily including quinone-linked succinate dehydrogenase and fumarate reductase ==SR==
SR
sr – (s) Serbian language (ISO 639-1 code) • Sr – (s) StrontiumSR • (i) Sound Reinforcement • Supply Route • (s) Suriname (ISO 3166 digram) • (i) Sveriges Radio (Swedish Radio Ltd) • SR – (i) Sustained release of a drug • SRAM • (p) Scott (King), Ray (Day), SAM (Patterson) — founders of bicycle component manufacturer SRAM Corporation • (p) Static Random Access Memory ("ess-ram") • SR-ATGW – (i) Short-Range Anti-Tank Guided Weapon • SRB – (i) Solid Rocket BoosterSRBM – (i) Short-Range Ballistic Missile (cf. IRBM, ICBM) • SRC – (i) Scheduled Removal Component • srd – (s) Sardinian language (ISO 639-2 code) • SRD • (i) Science Requirements Document • (s) Surinam dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) • SRE - (i) Site Reliability Engineer(ing) • SREL – (i) Savannah River Ecology LaboratorySRG • (i) SACEUR Rover Group • Special Republican GuardSRGW – (i) Short-Range Guided Weapon • SRL • (i) Savannah River Laboratory • Single Rocket Launcher • Survival Research LabsSRM – (i) Specified Risk Material(s) • srp – (s) Serbian language (ISO 639-2 code) • SRS – (i) Savannah River SiteSRTP – (i) [Secure Real-time Transport Protocol] ==SS==
SS
• ss – (s) Swati language (ISO 639-1 code) • SS • (s) Sand Storm (METAR Code) • (p) Schutzstaffel (German, roughly "Protection Squadron"; Nazi elite Praetorian guard) • (i) U.S. Secret Service • Spanish Ship • Stainless steelStockholm Skins • (s) Submarine (US Navy hull classification) • (i) Super Sport • Surface-to-Surface (missile) • SSA • (s) Cargo Submarine (US Navy hull classification) • (i) Social Security Administration (U.S.) • Statistics South AfricaSSB – (a) Single-sideband modulationSSB – (i) Sacramento Sustainable BusinessSSBN – (s) Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (US Navy hull classification) • SSC • (i) Safe, Sane, Consensual (SM phrase) • Secondary Somatosensory Cortex • Smaller-Scale Contingency • U.S. Army Soldiers System Center (Natick, Massachusetts) • Superconducting Super ColliderSSCCATAGAPP – Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples, And Teens And Gays Against Parasitic Parents (fictional organization from The Simpsons) • SSD • (i) Solid-state drive • (s) South Sudan (ISO 3166 trigram) • SSDC – (i) U.S. Space and Strategic Defense Command • SSDD • (i) Same Shit, Different Day • Single-Sided Double-Density (floppy disk) • SSE • (s) South-southeast • (i) Streaming SIMD ExtensionsSSG – (s) Guided Missile Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification) • SSGN – (s) Nuclear-Powered Guided Missile Submarine (US Navy hull classification) • SSH – (i) Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scaleSSK – (s) Hunter-Killer Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification) • SSKP – (i) Single-Shot Kill Probability • SSL – (i) Secure Sockets LayerSSM – (i) Surface-to-Surface (Guided) MissileSSN • (s) Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine (US Navy hull classification) • (i) SIM Serial NumberSocial Security Number (U.S.) • Socialist Solidarity NetworkSubsystem number (SCCP, SS7) • SSNW – (i) Same Shit, New Wrapping • SSO – (s) Submarine Oiler (retired US Navy hull classification) • SSP – (s) Submarine Transport (retired US Navy hull classification) • SSR • (s) Radar Picket Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification) • (i) Solid State Recorder • SSRI • (i) Selective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorSocial Systems Research InstituteSSRN • (i) Social Science Research Network • (s) Nuclear-Powered Radar Picket Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification) • SSS • (i) Siding Spring Survey • Side Side Side (an acronym for remembering congruent triangles) • (i) Sigue Sigue Sputnik (band) • S/SSM – (i) Surface-to-Subsurface Missile • SST • (i) SuperSonic Transport • (s) Training Submarine (US Navy hull classification) • Saturated Suction Temperature (refrigeration cycles) • SSTO – (i) Single-Stage To Orbit • SSV – (i) Soft-Skinned Vehicle (i.e., unarmoured) • ssw – (s) Swati language (ISO 639-2 code) • SSW – (s) South South-West ==ST==
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