AVS or Avs may refer to:
People
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AVS (actor)
Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam (2 January 1957 – 8 November 2013), better known and credited by his initials AVS, was an Indian actor, comedian, producer, director, and journalist known for his works in Telugu cinema. A.V.S. was known particula ...
, Indian actor and comedian
Sports
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Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche (colloquially known as the Avs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The Avalanche play thei ...
, an NHL hockey team
Schools
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Abbey Vocational School
The Abbey Vocational School (also known as the AVS or the 'Tech'; ''Scoil na Mainistreach'' in Irish) (formerly known as the Donegal Technical School) is a non-denominational vocational secondary school situated in Donegal, County Donegal, Irela ...
, a secondary school in County Donegal, Ireland
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Amman Valley School, a bilingual (Welsh and English) secondary school in Wales
Science
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, a member society of the American Institute of Physics, now known only as AVS
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Angle of Vanishing Stability
In sailing, the limit of positive stability (LPS) or angle of vanishing stability (AVS) is the angle from the vertical at which a boat will no longer stay upright but will capsize, becoming :wikt:inverted, inverted, or Turtling (sailing), turtled. ...
, the angle at which a boat will capsize
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Acid volatile sulfide
Audio video
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Audio Video Standard
Audio Video Coding Standard (AVS) refers to the digital audio and digital video series compression standard formulated by the Audio and Video coding standard workgroup of China.
Work began in 2002, and three generations of standards were publis ...
, a Chinese multimedia standard
* Auditory Visual Stimulation, a controversial princip of the called
Mind machine
A mind machine (aka ''brain machine'' or ''light and sound machine'') uses pulsing rhythmic sound, flashing light, or a combination of these to alter the frequency of the user's brainwaves. Mind machines can induce deep states of relaxation, conc ...
, or psychowalkman
Hardware
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Adaptive voltage scaling Adaptive voltage scaling (AVS) is a control theory, closed-loop dynamic power minimization technique that adjusts the voltage supplied to a computer chip to match the chip's power needs during operation. Many computer chips, especially those in mobi ...
, Adaptive Voltage Scaling as power optimization techniques
Software
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Advanced Visualization Studio
Advanced Visualization Studio (AVS), is a music visualization plugin for Winamp. It was designed by Winamp creator, Justin Frankel and was first shipped in version 2.0a4 with Winamp 2.61. ''AVS'' has a customizable design which allows users to c ...
, a music visualization plugin for Winamp
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Alexa Voice Service, a cloud-based voice recognition service
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AOL Active Virus Shield, a discontinued free antivirus utility made available by AOL
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AviSynth, a script-based frameserver
* Cisco application
virtual switch
Verification systems
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Address verification service, a security measure in credit card processing
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Adult Verification System, a system used by websites to confirm that someone accessing their site is of the age of majority
Other uses
* ''Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra'', known in English as the
Greens and Left Alliance, an Italian electoral coalition composed of two political parties:
Italian Left and
Green Europe.
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American Viola Society, an organization of viola players and enthusiasts
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American Vegan Society, an organization that promotes veganism in the United States
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Atharvaveda
The Atharva Veda (, ' from ' and ''veda'', meaning "knowledge") is the "knowledge storehouse of ''atharvāṇas'', the procedures for everyday life".Laurie Patton (2004), Veda and Upanishad, in ''The Hindu World'' (Editors: Sushil Mittal and G ...
, aka Atharvaveda-Shaunakiya, a sacred Hindu text
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AVS-36, Soviet automatic rifle
* Nintendo Advanced Video System, or AVS, the original name for the
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1983 as the commonly known as the The NES, a redesigned version, was released in America ...
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A Vampyre Story'', the 2007 Autumn Moon Entertainment adventure game
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