BSS may stand for:

Computing and telecommunications

.bss In computer programming, the block starting symbol (abbreviated to .bss or bss) is the portion of an object file, executable, or assembly language code that contains statically allocated variables that are declared but have not been assigned a v ...

("Block Started by Symbol"), in compilers and linkers *

Base station subsystem The base station subsystem (BSS) is the section of a traditional cellular telephone network which is responsible for handling traffic and signaling between a mobile phone and the network switching subsystem. The BSS carries out transcoding of s ...

, in mobile telephone networks *

Basic Service Set In IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networking standards (including Wi-Fi), a service set is a group of wireless network devices which share a ''service set identifier'' (''SSID'')—typically the natural language label that users see as a network ...

, the basic building block of a wireless local area network (WLAN) * Boeing Satellite Systems, see

Boeing Satellite Development Center The Boeing Satellite Development Center is a major business unit of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. It brought together Boeing satellite operations with that of GM Hughes Electronics' Space and Communications division in El Segundo, Califo ...

Blum–Shub–Smale machine In computation theory, the Blum–Shub–Smale machine, or BSS machine, is a model of computation introduced by Lenore Blum, Michael Shub and Stephen Smale, intended to describe computations over the real numbers. Essentially, a BSS machine is a Ra ...

, a model of computation *

Broadcasting Satellite Service Broadcasting-satellite service (short: BSS | also: ''broadcasting-satellite radiocommunication service '') is – according to ''Article 1.39'' of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Radio Regulations (RR) – defined as ''«A ...

, in television * Broadcasting System of San-in, Japanese TV station broadcast *

Business support system Business support systems (BSS) are the components that a telecommunications service provider (or telco) uses to run its business operations towards customers. Together with operations support systems (OSS), they are used to support various end-to- ...

, components used by Telecom Service Providers

Entertainment

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Best Selling Secrets ''Best Selling Secrets'' (Traditional Chinese: 同事三分親) is a TVB modern sitcom series broadcast from March 2007 to August 2008. The sitcom is about office politics in an advertisement company, as well as family and romantic relationships ...

'', a sitcom *'' BSS 01'', a dedicated first-generation home video game console * ''

Brain Salad Surgery ''Brain Salad Surgery'' is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on 19 November 1973 by their record label, Manticore Records, and distributed by Atlantic Records. Following the tour in suppor ...

'', a 1973 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album *

Brave Saint Saturn Brave Saint Saturn (stylized as braveSaintSaturn, brave saint saturn or BS2) is a Christian rock band formed in Denver, Colorado in 1999. The band is a side-project of members of Five Iron Frenzy started by Reese Roper. The band calls their mu ...

, an American Christian rock band *

Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene is a Canadians, Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew (vocals, guitar) and Brendan Canning (vocals, bass) in 1999. Alongside Drew and Cannin ...

, a Canadian indie rock band *

Buraka Som Sistema Buraka Som Sistema was an electronic dance music project from Portugal, specializing in a fusion of techno beats with the African zouk and kuduro genre. It is generally credited with creating the "zouk bass" and "progressive kuduro" variant and ...

, an electronic dance music project from Portugal *

Beyond Scared Straight Beyond Scared Straight is a reality television series that aired on A&E from 2011 to 2015. The series follows troubled teenagers who spend one to three days in prison to learn from the inmates about the realities of being incarcerated. The seri ...

, an A&E television series based on the 1978 film Scared Straight! *

British Strong Style British Strong Style was a professional wrestling stable made up of Pete Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate, best known for their tenure together in WWE. Dunne currently competes on the SmackDown brand (now under the ring name "Butch") and Bate c ...

, a professional wrestling group * BooSeokSoon, a sub-unit of the K-pop group

Seventeen Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese m ...

, comprising members Hoshi, DK, and Seungkwan

Media

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) is Bangladesh's national news agency and was established on January 1, 1972, by government order soon after its independence from Pakistan. Abul Kalam Azad Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddi ...

, the official news agency of Bangladesh * Budavári Schönherz Stúdió, an online television and radio station of BUTE

Medicine

Bismuth subsalicylate Bismuth subsalicylate, sold generically as pink bismuth and under the brand names Pepto-Bismol and BisBacter, is an antacid medication used to treat temporary discomforts of the stomach and gastrointestinal tract, such as nausea, heartburn, indig ...

, the active ingredient in several medications *

Bernard–Soulier syndrome Bernard–Soulier syndrome (BSS) is a rare autosomal recessive bleeding disorder that is caused by a deficiency of the ''glycoprotein Ib-IX-V complex'' (GPIb-IX-V), the receptor for von Willebrand factor. The incidence of BSS is estimated to be ...

, a bleeding disorder *

Bristol stool scale The Bristol stool scale is a diagnostic medical tool designed to classify the form of human faeces into seven categories. It is used in both clinical and experimental fields. It was developed at the Bristol Royal Infirmary as a clinical asse ...

, a medical aid designed to classify the form of human faeces *

Balanced salt solution A balanced salt solution (BSS) is a solution made to a physiological pH and isotonic salt concentration. Solutions most commonly include sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and chloride. Balanced salt solutions are used for washing tissues and ...

British Sleep Society The British Sleep Society (BSS) was established in 1988 to support clinicians, researchers, nurses, technologists, scientists and students with an interest in sleep and sleep disorders. It acts as an umbrella organisation, with a number of roles an ...

, a charity that represents sleep health and sleep medicine

Organizations

Bevara Sverige Svenskt Bevara Sverige Svenskt (; BSS; "Keep Sweden Swedish") was a far-right, racist organisation Anna-Lena Lodenius, Stieg Larsson: ''Extremhögern''. Tidens förlag 1991, chapter ''BSS: en folkkampanj för rasism'', based in Stockholm, Sweden an ...

, a Swedish racist movement *

Biciklisticki Savez Srbije The Cycling Federation of Serbia or BSS (in Serbian Cyrillic: Бициклистички савез Србије, in the Latin alphabet: Biciklistički savez Srbije) is the national governing body of cycle racing in Serbia.Members of the Federation ...

, the cycling federation of Serbia * Botanical Society of Scotland, the national learning society for botanists of Scotland

Schools

Bayridge Secondary School Bayridge Secondary School is a secondary school located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, offering grades 9 to 12. The school is located in the former Kingston Township, in a neighbourhood known as Bayridge, and is part of the Limestone District Scho ...

, Canada *

Bayview Secondary School Bayview Secondary School, initially known as Bayview High School is a grade 9–12, 2-semester secondary school operated by the York Region District School Board. It is located just north of the northeast corner of Bayview Avenue and Major Mackenz ...

, Canada *

Beaconhouse School System The Beaconhouse School System is a private school system mostly operating throughout Pakistan.Bishop Strachan School The Bishop Strachan School (BSS; Strachan pronounced "Strawn") is an Anglican day and boarding school for girls in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school has approximately 900 students, including 80 boarding students, ranging from Junior Kindergar ...

, Canada * Blessed Sacrament School (disambiguation) * Bramalea Secondary School, Canada *

Brighton Secondary School en, Do all things well. , city = Adelaide , state = South Australia , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Public , established = 1952 , principal = Tony Lunniss , faculty = 118 , enrolment = 1500 , colours = Navy blu ...

, Australia *

Bombay Scottish School, Mahim The Bombay Scottish School, Mahim (BSS or BSS Mahim), popularly known as Scottish, is a private, Christian co-educational day school located at Mahim West in Mumbai, India. The institution was established in 1847 by Scottish Christian missionar ...

, India

Other uses

Bally Sports South Bally Sports South (BSSO) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports Networks. The network carries regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events from across ...

, American regional sports network owned and operated by

Bally Sports The Bally Sports Regional Networks are a group of regional sports networks in the United States owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint-venture company of the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios. The naming rights to the network we ...

British Supersport Championship British Supersport Championship is a support series to the British Superbike Championship (BSB) for engine capacities smaller than Superbike. British Supersport runs one or two rounds per weekend at each BSB event. The BSS championship is seen as ...

* Bachelor of Social Science, an academic degree in

social science Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ...

awarded by a university * Bang senseless, a gene of ''Drosophila melanogaster'' * Basic Surgical Skills, a mandatory 3-day practical course provided by the

Royal College of Surgeons The Royal College of Surgeons is an ancient college (a form of corporation) established in England to regulate the activity of surgeons. Derivative organisations survive in many present and former members of the Commonwealth. These organisations a ...

for all trainee surgeons in the UK and Ireland *

Baudhayana Shrauta Sutra The Baudhayana Shrauta Sutra ( or ) is a Late Vedic text dealing with the solemn rituals of the Taittiriya Shakha school of the Yajurveda#Krishna Yajurveda, Krishna Yajurveda that was composed in eastern Uttar Pradesh during the late Brahmana ...

, a Hindu text *

Blind signal separation Blind may refer to: * The state of blindness, being unable to see * A window blind, a covering for a window Blind may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Blind'' (2007 film), a Dutch drama by Tamar van den Dop * ''Blind' ...

, a method for the separation of a set of signals in math and statistics *

Blue Shirts Society The Blue Shirts Society (藍衣社), also known as the Society of Practice of the Three Principles of the People (, commonly abbreviated as SPTPP), the Spirit Encouragement Society (勵志社, SES) and the China Reconstruction Society (中華� ...

, a Fascist clique and secret police or para-military force in the Republic of China between 1931 and 1938 *

Broad Street railway station (England) Broad Street was a major terminal station in the City of London, adjacent to Liverpool Street station. It served as the main terminus of the North London Railway (NLR) network, running from 1865 to 1986. During its lifetime, it catered for main ...

* Broad Street Subway, alternative name for the

Broad Street Line The Broad Street Line (BSL), also known as the Broad Street subway (BSS), Orange Line, or Broad Line, is a subway line owned by the city of Philadelphia and operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The line r ...

, a rapid transit line in Philadelphia *

BSS Industrial BSS Industrial is a British specialist distributor of heating, ventilation, pipeline and mechanical services equipment, based in Leicester. The business was previously part of The BSS Group plc until the group's acquisition by the Travis Perk ...

, a British group of companies in the engineering sector {{disambiguation