CMS may refer to:

Computing

CMS-2 (programming language) CMS-2 is an embedded systems programming language used by the United States Navy. It was an early attempt to develop a standardized high-level computer programming language intended to improve code portability and reusability. CMS-2 was developed ...

, used by the United States Navy *

Code Morphing Software Transmeta Corporation was an American fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California. It developed low power x86 compatible microprocessors based on a VLIW core and a software layer called Code Morphing Software. Code Morphing S ...

, a technology used by Transmeta * Collection management system for a museum collection * Color management system, a system for computers to control the representation of colors *

Concurrent mark sweep collector The concurrent mark sweep collector (concurrent mark-sweep collector, concurrent collector or CMS) was a mark-and-sweep garbage collector in the Oracle HotSpot Java virtual machine (JVM) available since version 1.4.1. It was deprecated on versio ...

, a garbage collector in the Oracle HotSpot Java virtual machine * Configuration management system *

Construction and management simulation Construction and management simulation (CMS), sometimes also called management sim or building sim, is a subgenre of simulation game in which players build, expand or manage fictional communities or projects with limited resources. Strategy vid ...

, a type of simulation video game * Contact management system, an integrated office solution to record relationships and interactions with customers and suppliers * Content management system, a system for managing content and providing it in various formats *

Conversational Monitor System The Conversational Monitor System (CMS – originally: "Cambridge Monitor System") is a simple interactive computing, interactive single-user operating system. CMS was originally developed as part of IBM's CP/CMS operating system, which went ...

, previously Cambridge Monitor System, an IBM mainframe operating system, also known as VM/CMS and CP/CMS *

Course management system A virtual learning environment (VLE) in educational technology is a web-based platform for the digital aspects of courses of study, usually within educational institutions. They present resources, activities, and interactions within a course stru ...

, software that facilitates e-learning or computer learning * Credential management system, also known as Smart card management system(SCMS) and Card management system(CMS) *

Cryptographic Message Syntax The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) is the IETF's standard for cryptographically protected messages. It can be used by cryptographic schemes and protocols to digitally sign, digest, authenticate or encrypt any form of digital data. CMS is base ...

, a cryptographic standard

Medicine

Chronic mountain sickness Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a disease in which the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells increases (polycythaemia) and there is an abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood (hypoxemia). CMS typically develops after ...

, or Monge's disease, a disease caused by high altitude * Congenital

mitral stenosis Mitral stenosis is a valvular heart disease characterized by the narrowing of the opening of the mitral valve of the heart. It is almost always caused by rheumatic valvular heart disease. Normally, the mitral valve is about 5 cm2 during d ...

Congenital myasthenic syndrome Congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder caused by defects of several types at the neuromuscular junction. The effects of the disease are similar to Lambert-Eaton Syndrome and myasthenia gravis, the difference ...

, an inherited neuromuscular disorder

Organizations

Education

United States

Calexico Mission School )'' , established = 1936, type = Private , principal = Oscar Olivarria , faculty = 21 , enrollment = 300 , location = 601 East First Street Calexico, California 92231 , website = http://www.calexicomissionschool.com Calexico Mission Academy ...

, a private school in Calexico, California, USA * Cardigan Mountain School, a junior boarding school in Canaan, New Hampshire, USA *

Carpentersville Middle School Carpentersville Middle School is a middle school in Carpentersville, Illinois, United States, a suburb of Chicago, in northern Kane County. It is one of four Middle Schools in Community Unit School District 300. It was constructed in 1954 and i ...

, a public school in Carpentersville, Illinois, USA * Caruso Middle School, a public school in Deerfield, Illinois, USA *

Cedar Middle School Iron County School District is a school district in Cedar City, Utah. The first school in Iron County was dedicated on December 23, 1851 in Parowan, Utah. In 1853, school was also held in Cedar City at the Old Fort. In 1856, the first school in ...

, a public school in Cedar City, Utah, USA *

Centennial Middle School The Snohomish School District is the school district serving the city of Snohomish, Washington, United States. It covers a population of 30,000 within an area of . The district has a total enrollment of 9500 students and 350 employees. Its superinte ...

, a public school in Snohomish, Washington, USA *

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (abbreviated CMS) is a local education agency headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the public school system for Mecklenburg County. With over 147,000 students enrolled, it is the second-largest school ...

, local school district in North Carolina, USA *

Chicago Medical School The Chicago Medical School (CMS) is a medical school located in North Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is one of the graduate schools of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS). It was founded in 1912 and obtained app ...

, in North Chicago, Illinois *

Chickahominy Middle School Mechanicsville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Hanover County, Virginia, United States. The population was 36,348 during the 2010 census, up from 30,464 at the 2000 census. History The area was settled by English ...

, a public school in Mechanicsville, Virginia, USA *

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags (men) and Athenas (women) is the joint intercollegiate sports program of Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College, all located in Claremont, California. The teams participate in th ...

, the joint athletic team of Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College in Claremont, California, USA *

Clarksville Middle School The Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) is the school district that manages and runs the public schools of Howard County, Maryland. It operates under the supervision of an elected, eight-member Board of Education. Antonia Watts is the ch ...

, a public school in Clarksville, Maryland, USA *

Colina Middle School The Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) is a school district in Ventura County, California. The district serves the Conejo Valley area, including the city of Thousand Oaks, the adjacent community of Newbury Park, and the Ventura Count ...

, in Thousand Oaks, California, USA * Colonia Middle School In Colonia, New Jersey, USA * Community Middle School, a public school in Plainsboro, New Jersey, USA * Creekwood Middle School, a public school in Kingwood, Houston, Texas, USA *

Crestview Middle School Rockwood R-VI School District is a public school district headquartered in Eureka, Missouri, serving students in St. Louis County. The Rockwood School District is St. Louis County's largest public school system, serving 22,268 students. There ...

, a middle school in Clarkson Valley, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA * Crest Memorial School (of the Wildwood Crest School District), a public K-8 school in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, USA

India

Church Mission Society High School Church Mission Society Boys Higher Secondary School (CMSHSS) is a higher secondary school located in Thrissur city, of Kerala state, in India. The school was started by CMS missionary in 1845. CMS Boys HSS, Thrissur is one of the oldest school ...

, CMS High School, Thrissur, Kerala, India *

City Montessori School City Montessori School (CMS) is a co-educational English medium private school that offers education from Pre-school up to K-12 (Grade 12) level in Lucknow, India. The school was founded in 1959 by Dr. Bharti Gandhi and Jagdish Gandhi, Dr. Jagdi ...

, in Lucknow, India *

CMS College Kottayam The CMS College (CMS College Kottayam) is the first Western-style college in India. Overview The college now has 17 Undergraduate and 18 postgraduate departments. There are six research centres in the college. Research work leading to the degr ...

, in Kottayam, Kerala, India

Other

Church Mission School The Church Mission School (CMS), officially known as CMS Government Boys Higher Secondary School, is a public School in Karachi, Pakistan. The school was operated by the Christ Church before its 1971 nationalisation. Azizullah Sharif of ''Dawn'' ...

, Pakistan * C.M.S. Ladies' College, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Mathematics

* Calcutta Mathematical Society or CalMathSoc, a professional society for mathematicians at Kolkata, India * Canadian Mathematical Society, a professional society for mathematicians *

Centre for Mathematical Sciences (disambiguation) Centre for Mathematical Sciences may refer to: *Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge) *Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Kerala), India *International Centre for Mathematical Sciences The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (IC ...

, several organisations **

Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge) The Centre for Mathematical Sciences (CMS) at the University of Cambridge houses the university's Faculty of Mathematics, the Isaac Newton Institute, and the Betty and Gordon Moore Library. It is situated on Wilberforce Road, formerly a St Jo ...

, the mathematics centre at Cambridge University **

Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Kerala) Centre for Mathematical Sciences (CMS), with campuses at Thiruvananthapuram and Pala in Kerala, India, is a research level institution devoted to mathematics and other related disciplines like statistics, theoretical physics, computer an ...

, India *

Council for the Mathematical Sciences The Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) is an organisation that represents all types of British mathematicians at a national level. It is not a professional institution, but a collaboration of them. History It was established in 2001 by ...

, a forum for mathematical societies in the UK * Cyprus Mathematical Society, a non-profit society in Cyprus *

Chinese Mathematical Society The Chinese Mathematical Society (CMS, ) is an academic organization for Chinese mathematicians, with the official websitwww.cms.org.cn It is a member of China Association of Science and Technology. History The Chinese Mathematical Society (CMS) ...

, a professional society for mathematicians in China.

Other

* Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a federal agency in the United States, part of the Department of Health and Human Services *

China Marine Surveillance China Marine Surveillance (CMS; ) was a maritime surveillance agency of China. Patrol vessels from China Marine Surveillance are commonly deployed to locations in the South China Sea and East China Sea where China has territorial disputes over ...

, the maritime surveillance agency of the People's Republic of China * Church Mission Society, an evangelistic religious organization *

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang CMS is an international law firm that offers legal Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. wit ...

, an international law firm based in London *

CMS Energy CMS Energy, based in Jackson, Michigan, is an energy company that is focused principally on utility operations in Michigan. Its principal business is Consumers Energy, a public utility that provides electricity and natural gas to more than 6 mi ...

, a public utility in Michigan * Colorado Medical Society, a non-profit organization of physicians in Colorado *

Court of Master Sommeliers The Court of Master Sommeliers (CMS) is an educational organisation established in 1977 to encourage improved standards of Alcoholic beverage, beverage service by sommeliers, particularly in wine and food pairing. From the court's inception throu ...

, an organisation educating and certifying sommeliers *

Illinois Department of Central Management Services The Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) is a code department of the Illinois state government that is generally responsible for certain state properties, acquisitions, and services. It operates the Illinois Century Network ( ...

, a state agency

Science

China Manned Space Program The China Manned Space Program (CMS; ), also known as Project 921 () is a space program developed by the People's Republic of China and run by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), designed to develop and enhance human spaceflight capabilities fo ...

, China's human spaceflight program started in 1992 * Compact

mass spectrometer Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are presented as a '' mass spectrum'', a plot of intensity as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. Mass spectrometry is us ...

Compact Muon Solenoid The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment is one of two large general-purpose particle physics detectors built on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland and France. The goal of the CMS experiment is to investigate a wide range ...

, a particle physics detector at CERN *

Cytoplasmic male sterility Cytoplasmic male sterility is total or partial male sterility in plants as the result of specific nuclear and mitochondrial interactions. Male sterility is the failure of plants to produce functional anthers, pollen, or male gametes. Backgroun ...

, in seed breeding

Other

* Cable management system, the managing of electrical or optical cable * Cavity monitoring system, a system for surveying stopes in an

underground mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...

where it is not safe or possible to send a person * Changeable-message sign, a variable road sign *

Charlotte Motor Speedway Charlotte Motor Speedway (previously known as Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2009) is a motorsport complex located in Concord, North Carolina, outside Charlotte. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing includin ...

, a speedway in Concord, North Carolina, north of Charlotte * ''

The Chicago Manual of Style ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' (abbreviated in writing as ''CMOS'' or ''CMS'', or sometimes as ''Chicago'') is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 17 editions have prescribed writi ...

'', a style guide for American English * Chief master sergeant, a rank in the US Air Force * Central Monitoring System, an Indian clandestine mass electronic surveillance program *

Certified Master Safecracker The National Safeman's Organization (NSO) is one of North America's largest trade associations of safe and vault technicians. It provides technical training in safe-cracking at periodic "Penetration Parties" and offers three levels of certificat ...

, an American trade qualification *

Cms (angel) Enochian magic is a system of ceremonial magic based on the 16th-century writings of John Dee and Edward Kelley, who wrote that their information, including the revealed Enochian language, was delivered to them directly by various angels. Dee's j ...

, a minor angel in Enochian occult tradition * Collateral management system, in banking * Community Management Statement, a document for defining the lot entitlements in a Community Title Scheme, a form of

Strata title Strata title is a form of ownership and housing tenure devised for multi-level apartment blocks and horizontal subdivisions with shared areas. The word "strata" refers to apartments being on different levels. Strata title was first introduced ...

in Queensland, Australia. *

Conservation management system A conservation management system (CMS) is a procedure for maintaining a species or habitat in a particular state. It is a means whereby humankind secures wildlife in a favourable condition for contemplation, education or research, in perpetuity. It ...

, a procedure for maintaining a species or habitat * Constant maturity swap, in finance and investing *

Convention on Migratory Species The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, also known as the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) or the Bonn Convention, is an international agreement that aims to conserve migratory species throughout their r ...

, or the Bonn Convention, an intergovernmental wildlife conservation treaty *

Critical management studies Critical management studies (CMS) is a loose but extensive grouping of theoretically informed critiques of management, business and organisation, grounded originally in a critical theory perspective. Today it encompasses a wide range of perspective ...

, a left-wing approach to management, business and organization *

CMS Enhancements CMS Enhancements Inc. (originally Complete Management Systems) was an American computer company headquartered in Irvine, California. Founded in 1983, the company's main product lines in the 1980s were internal and external hard drives and tape d ...

, a semi-defunct American computer systems and data storage company {{disambiguation