AMS or Ams may refer to:
Organizations
Companies
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Alenia Marconi Systems
Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) was a major European integrated defence electronics company and an equal shares joint venture between BAE Systems and Finmeccanica (now Leonardo S.p.A.) until its dissolution on 3 May 2005.
AMS was formed in 1998 by ...
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American Management Systems
American Management Systems (previous NASDAQ symbol: AMSY) was a high technology and management consulting firm, founded in 1970 by a group of five former United States Department of Defense, Defense Department officials who had worked under Rober ...
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AMS (Advanced Music Systems)
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ams AG
ams-OSRAM AG, formerly known as austriamicrosystems AG (originated from Austria Mikro Systeme) and ams AG (before acquiring Osram), is an Austrian electronics company that designs and manufactures sensors for small form factor, low power, high ...
, semiconductor manufacturer
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AMS Pictures
AMS Pictures, founded in 1982, is the largest creative media company in the American south headquartered in Dallas, Texas. In 1996, AMS finished construction on their . production studio in Dallas, and in 2000, they opened a branch office in Aus ...
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Auxiliary Medical Services
Auxiliary Medical Service (AMS) is a voluntary medical and health services provider in Hong Kong. Its mission is to supply effectively and efficiently regular services to maintain the health and well-being of people in Hong Kong.
History
The ...
Educational institutions
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Arthur Morgan School
Celo Community, Incorporated ( ) is a communal settlement in the Western mountains of North Carolina, United States, located in the South Toe River valley of Yancey County, North Carolina, Yancey County, between the Unincorporated area, unincorpora ...
, North Carolina, US
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Hanoi – Amsterdam High School, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Army Medical School
Founded by U.S. Army Brigadier General George Miller Sternberg, MD in 1893, the Army Medical School (AMS) was by some reckonings the world's first school of public health and preventive medicine. (The other institution vying for this distinction ...
, US
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Academy of Military Science (People's Republic of China)
The Academy of Military Sciences () is the highest-level research institute of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). It is headquartered in Beijing. The academy was founded in March 1958 and as of 2002, its staff included approximately 500 researc ...
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Academy of Military Science (United States)
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Association of Muslim Schools
The Association of Muslim Schools (AMS) is a global network of Muslim faith-based educational institutes.
The Association supports and develops full-time Muslim Schools. The Association facilitates:
*Educator development workshops
*Inter-school ...
, global
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Antwerp Management School
Government agencies
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Agricultural Marketing Service, US
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Army Map Service
The Army Map Service (AMS) was the military cartographic agency of the United States Department of Defense from 1941 to 1968, subordinated to the United States Army Corps of Engineers. On September 1, 1968, the AMS was redesignated the U.S. Army T ...
, US, later National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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Army Medical Services, UK
Societies and associations
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Alma Mater Society of Queen's University
The Alma Mater Society of Queen's University, otherwise known as the AMS, is the central undergraduate student association at Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest organization of its kind in Canada. Its ...
, student society, Canada
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Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia
The Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver, otherwise referred to as the Alma Mater Society or the AMS, is the student society of UBC Vancouver and represents more than 58,000 undergraduate and graduate students at UB ...
, student society, Canada
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American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...
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American Meteor Society
The American Meteor Society, Ltd. (AMS) is a non-profit scientific organization established to encourage and support the research activities of both amateur and professional astronomers who are interested in the field of meteor astronomy. Its affi ...
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American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the premier scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the Atmospheric sciences, atmospheric, Oceanography, oceanic, and Hydrology, hydr ...
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American Montessori Society
The American Montessori Society (AMS) is a New York City-based, member-supported nonprofit organization which promotes the use of the Montessori teaching approach in private and public schools.
AMS advocates for the Montessori method (popularized ...
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American Musicological Society
* The
Ancient Monuments Society
The Ancient Monuments Society (AMS) is a learned society and registered charity in England and Wales, founded in 1924 "for the study and conservation of ancient monuments, historic buildings and fine old craftsmanship". Since October 2021, the org ...
, England and Wales
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Association of Muslim Scholars
The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq (Arabic: هيئة علماء المسلمين في العراق ''Hayat al-Ulama al-Muslimin Fi al-Iraq'') is a group of religious leaders in Iraq. It was formed on the April 14, 2003, four days after th ...
Other
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Aboriginal Medical Service
Aboriginal Medical Services Redfern, known as AMS Redfern, formerly the Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS) is an Aboriginal Australian health service in the Sydney suburb of Redfern. Established around 1971, it was the first Aboriginal community- ...
, an Indigenous Australian community-controlled health service in Sydney
Science and technology
Chemical substances
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Sodium 2-anthraquinonesulfonate known as AMS
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Ammonium sulfate, sometimes abbreviated as AMS
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Allyl methyl sulfide
Allyl methyl sulfide is an organosulfur compound with the chemical formula CH2=CHCH2SCH3. The molecule features two functional groups, an allyl (CH2=CHCH2) and a sulfide. It is a colourless liquid with a strong odor characteristic of alkyl sulfid ...
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Alpha-methylstyrene, a chemical intermediate
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Ammonium sulfamate, an herbicide
Chemistry and physics
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Accelerator mass spectrometry
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AMS radiocarbon dating
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Aerosol mass spectrometry
Aerosol mass spectrometry is the application of mass spectrometry to the analysis of the composition of aerosol particles. Aerosol particles are defined as solid and liquid particles suspended in a gas (air), with size range of 3 nm to 100 ...
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Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, AMS-02
* Anisotropy of
magnetic susceptibility
In electromagnetism, the magnetic susceptibility (Latin: , "receptive"; denoted ) is a measure of how much a material will become magnetized in an applied magnetic field. It is the ratio of magnetization (magnetic moment per unit volume) to the ap ...
Medicine
* Acute mountain sickness, a form of
altitude sickness
* Altered Mental Status, see
Altered level of consciousness
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Antimicrobial stewardship
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Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome
Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome (AMS) is an extremely rare, autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by abnormal phenotypic appearances that primarily affect the head and face as well as the skull, skin, fingers and genitals. AMS generall ...
, an autosomal dominant genetic disorder
Software
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Address Management System
Address Management System (AMS) is the United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States ...
of the US Postal Service
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Access Method Services
This article discusses support programs included in or available for OS/360 and successors. IBM categorizes some of these programs as utilities
and others as service aids; the boundaries are not always consistent or obvious. Many, but not all, of ...
* Application Maintenance Support (see
Software Maintenance
Software maintenance in software engineering is the modification of a software product after delivery to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes.
A common perception of maintenance is that it merely involves fixing defects. H ...
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Association Management System
Technology
* Analog and mixed-signal, as in
Verilog-AMS and
VHDL-AMS
VHDL-AMS is a derivative of the hardware description language VHDL (IEEE standard 1076-1993). It includes analog and mixed-signal extensions (AMS) in order to define the behavior of analog and mixed-signal systems (IEEE 1076.1-1999).
The VHDL-AMS ...
* Anti Missile Systems in
missile defense
Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles. Conceived as a defense against nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), ...
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Automatic milking
Automatic milking is the milking of dairy animals, especially of dairy cattle, without human labour. Automatic milking systems (AMS), also called voluntary milking systems (VMS), were developed in the late 20th century. They have been commerciall ...
systems in dairy farming
Other uses
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Acquisition Management System The Acquisition Management System (AMS) provides policy and guidance on lifecycle acquisition management by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration
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Additional Member System of voting
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Alan Michael Sugar, British businessman, uses initials for enterprises such as Amstrad
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American Samoa
American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the International ...
, UNDP code
* AMS, group of characters in
''The House of the Dead'' (series)
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Amsterdam (Amtrak station) in New York (Amtrak station code)
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , known informally as Schiphol Airport ( nl, Luchthaven Schiphol, ), is the main international airport of the Netherlands. It is located southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the province ...
(IATA airport code)
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Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly known Atlanta International Raceway from 1960 to 1990) is a 1.54-mile entertainment facility in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Cup Series ...
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Auto, Motor und Sport'', a German automobile magazine
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