CRS may refer to:

Organisations

Government related

* Career Retention Specialist, a Marine responsible for enlisted retention in U.S. Marine Corps units * China Reconstruction Society, also known as the

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 * Commission of Railway Safety, rail safety authority in India *

Common Reporting Standard The Common Reporting Standard (CRS) is an information standard for the Automatic Exchange Of Information (AEOI) regarding financial accounts on a global level, between tax authorities, which the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develop ...

, an OECD standard for exchange of information *

Community Relations Service The Community Relations Service (CRS) is part of the United States Department of Justice. The office is intended to act as a peacemaker "for community conflicts and tensions arising from differences of race, color, national origin, gender, gender id ...

, United States Department of Justice branch for CR and civil rights *

Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité The Compagnies républicaines de sécurité (, ''Republican Security Corps''), abbreviated CRS, are the general reserve of the French National Police. They are primarily involved in general security missions but the task for which they are be ...

, the French riot-control force *

Congressional Research Service The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a public policy research institute of the United States Congress. Operating within the Library of Congress, it works primarily and directly for members of Congress and their committees and staff on a ...

, the public-policy arm of the United States Congress

NGO or commercial

Catholic Relief Services Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Founded in 1943 by the Bishops of the United States, the agency provides assistance to 130 million people in more than 110 ...

, an American international humanitarian agency * Center for Resource Solutions, a nonprofit public agency in the United States *

Classic Rock Society Classic Rock Society, also known as CRS, was founded by Martin Hudson in 1991 in Rotherham, England, at the Florence Nightingale public house, and quickly progressed to become a large and well recognised organisation helping to forward the cause o ...

, a UK-based organisation to promote classic and progressive rock music *

Co-operative Retail Services Co-operative Retail Services (CRS, originally CWS Retail) was the second-largest consumer co-operative society in the United Kingdom. In 2000, it was dissolved by its members, merging with the larger Co-operative Wholesale Society, to form the ...

, a former co-operative society in the United Kingdom *

Creation Research Society The Creation Research Society (CRS) is a Christian fundamentalism, Christian fundamentalist group that requires of its members belief that the Bible is historically and scientifically true in the original autographs, belief that "original created ...

, a Christian research group which engages in creation science *

Croatian Register of Shipping Croatian Register of Shipping ( hr, Hrvatski registar brodova), also known as CRS, is an independent classification society established in 1949. It is a non-profit organisation working on the marine market, developing technical rules and supervisi ...

, an independent classification society working in the marine market *

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(''Ordo Clericorum Regularium a Somascha''), a charitable religious congregation

Science and technology

Medicine and biology

Cambridge Reference Sequence The Cambridge Reference Sequence (CRS) for human mitochondrial DNA was first announced in 1981. A group led by Fred Sanger at the University of Cambridge had sequenced the mitochondrial genome of one woman of European descent during the 1970s, ...

, used in mitochondrial DNA testing * Caudal regression syndrome, a rare congenital disorder *

Chinese restaurant syndrome Glutamate flavoring is the generic name for flavor-enhancing compounds based on glutamic acid and its salts (glutamates). These compounds provide an umami (savory) taste to food. Glutamic acid and glutamates are natural constituents of man ...

, purportedly caused by the flavor enhancer glutamate *

Chronic rhinosinusitis Sinusitis, also known as rhinosinusitis, is inflammation of the mucous membranes that line the sinuses resulting in symptoms that may include thick nasal mucus, a plugged nose, and facial pain. Other signs and symptoms may include fever, heada ...

Congenital rubella syndrome Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) can occur in a developing fetus of a pregnant woman who has contracted rubella, usually in the first trimester. If infection occurs 0–28 days before conception, the infant has a 43% risk of being affected. If t ...

, a disease passed from mother to fetus * Cutaneous radiation syndrome, a syndrome that results from acute radiation exposure to the skin * Cytokine release syndrome, in immunology * Cytoreductive surgery, in cancer treatment

Computer science and engineering

* Canada Remote Systems, a now-defunct bulletin-board system based in Toronto * Carrier Routing System, a large-scale core router * Cluster Ready Services, components of Oracle Clusterware for database support *

Cold rolled steel Cold-formed steel (CFS) is the common term for steel products shaped by cold-working processes carried out near room temperature, such as rolling, pressing, stamping, bending, etc. Stock bars and sheets of cold-rolled steel (CRS) are common ...

Commercial Resupply Services Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) on commercially operated spacecraft. The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarde ...

, a NASA contract to deliver supplies to space *

Common reference string model Common may refer to: Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Clapham Common, originally com ...

, in cryptography *

Computer reservations system Computer reservation systems, or central reservation systems (CRS), are computerized systems used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to air travel, hotels, car rental, or other activities. Originally designed and ope ...

(or ''Central Reservation System''), a computerised system used for travel bookings * Coordinate reference system, used to locate geographical entities

Other uses

Camp Rising Sun (New York) Camp Rising Sun is an international, full-scholarship, leadership summer program for students aged 14–16 by the Louis August Jonas Foundation (LAJF), a non-profit organization. Its seven-week program was operated from a boys' facility in Red ...

, an international leadership-program for youth development *

Child Rebel Soldier Child Rebel Soldier, shortened CRS, was an American hip hop supergroup composed of hip hop recording artists and record producers Lupe Fiasco (child), Kanye West (rebel), and Pharrell Williams (soldier). History Child Rebel Soldier was conc ...

, a hip-hop supergroup composed of Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and Pharrell * Classroom response system, an interactive teaching tool using "clicker questions" *

Seychellois Creole Seychellois Creole (), also known as kreol, is the French-based creole language spoken by the Seychelles Creole people of the Seychelles. It shares national language status with English and French (in contrast to Mauritian and Réunion Creo ...

(ISO 639-3 language code), a French-based creole language of the Seychelles * ''

Colorado Revised Statutes The ''Colorado Revised Statutes'' (C.R.S.) are a legal code of Colorado, the codified general and permanent statutes of the Colorado General Assembly. Publication The ''Colorado Revised Statutes'' are revised and published by the Revisor of ...

'', the legal code of Colorado * Cosmic Ray Subsystem, a spacecraft instrument on the Voyager probe that helped detect the interstellar medium * Consumer Recreation Services, a fictional company which features in the 1997 film '' The Game''

Distinguish from

seeress In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the s ...

, a female prophet {{disambiguation