Fos or FOSS may refer to:

Companies

Foss A/S FOSS is a global provider of high-tech analytical solutions used mainly in the agricultural and food industries. The company is headquartered in Hillerød, Denmark. History FOSS was founded by Nils Foss in 1956 as N. Foss Electric A/S. The first p ...

, a Danish analytical instrument company * Foss Brewery, a former brewery in Oslo, Norway *

Foss Maritime Foss Maritime (formerly Foss Launch and Tug Company), is an American tugging company. The company was founded in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857–1927) and her husband Andrew Foss. The company is now the largest tug and towing concern on the west coast ...

, a tugboat and shipping company

Historic houses

* Foss House (New Brighton, Minnesota), United States * Foss and Wells House, Jordan, Minnesota, United States * Horatio G. Foss House, Auburn, Maine, United States

People

* Foss (surname) *

Foss Shanahan Foss Shanahan (10 June 1910 – 13 September 1964) was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant. Biography Shanahan was born on 10 June 1910 at Alexandra. He was educated at the Christian Brothers' Boys' School in Dunedin and Waitaki Boys' Hig ...

(1910–1964), New Zealand diplomat * Foss Westcott (1863–1949), English bishop

Places

Foss Dyke The Foss Dyke, or Fossdyke, connects the River Trent at Torksey to Lincoln, the county town of Lincolnshire, and may be the oldest canal in England that is still in use. It is usually thought to have been built around AD 120 by the Romans, ...

, a canal in Lincolnshire, England *

Foss-Eikeland Foss-Eikeland or Foss Eikjeland is a village in the western part of the large Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village lies just south of the city of Sandnes, just north of the river Figgjoelva and the municipal border. The ...

, a village in Sandnes, Norway *

River Foss The River Foss is in North Yorkshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Ouse. It rises in the Foss Crooks Woods near Oulston Reservoir close to the village of Yearsley and runs south through the Vale of York to the Ouse in the centre of ...

, a river in North Yorkshire, England, U.K.

United States

* Foss, Oklahoma, a town **

Foss State Park Foss State Park is a Oklahoma state park located on Foss Lake, in southwestern Custer County, Oklahoma, near the city of Foss. Recreational activities include hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, boating, swimming and camping. Facilitie ...

Foss, Oregon Foss is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. It is about east of Mohler and Oregon Route 53, near the Nehalem River. Foss is the site of an important river flood gauge. Foss was named for Herbert Foss, who ow ...

, an unincorporated community *

Foss Glacier Foss Glacier is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Snoqualmie National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington and is on the northeast slope of Mount Hinman. Foss Glacier retreated almost between 1950 and 2005. Foss Glacier is separated from th ...

, a glacier on Mount Hinman, Washington *

Foss Peak Foss Peak is a 6,524-foot-elevation summit in the Tatoosh Range which is a sub-range of the Cascade Range. It is located south of Mount Rainier within Mount Rainier National Park, in Lewis County of Washington state. The peak is named for Thea F ...

, Tatoosh Range, Washington *

Foss River The Foss River is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington. It has two main forks, the East Fork Foss River and the West Fork Foss River. The main stem is formed by the confluence of the two forks. The river and its forks rise near in the Alpine L ...

, a river in Washington

Other uses

Foss (band) Foss was an American rock band formed in El Paso, Texas in the early 1990s. It is known for former members Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who found success in the music industry as the singer for the rock bands At the Drive-In and the Mars Volta, as ...

, an El Paso, Texas-based rock band *

Foss (cat) Foss (c. 1873 – 26 November 1887), formally named Aderphos, was the pet cat of Edward Lear, the 19th-century author, illustrator, and poet. A "stumpy-tailed," "portly," and "unattractive" tabby cat, he was a favourite of Lear's and played an i ...

, the pet of Edward Lear * Free and open-source software (FOSS) **

FOSS Movement in India FOSS Movement in India refers to the campaign across the country during the 1990s and 2000s in particular, to promote Free and Open Source Software. It was marked by the existence of many Indian Linux User Groups (ILUGs) groups and Free Softwa ...

(1990s–2000s), a campaign in India to promote Free and Open Source Software ***

FOSS.IN FOSS.IN, previously known as Linux Bangalore, was an annual free and open source software (FOSS) conference, held in Bangalore, India from 2001 to 2012. From 2001 to 2004, it was known as Linux Bangalore, before it took on a new name and wider focu ...

(2001–2012), an annual FOSS conference in Bangalore, India *

Full Option Science System The Full-Option Science System (FOSS) is a research-based science curriculum for grades K–8 developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley. FOSS is also an ongoing research project dedicated to improving the learni ...

(FOSS), a science curriculum *

Il-Foss The Zabbar Ground better known by its nickname Il-Foss is a football ground in Ħaż-Żabbar, Malta. It is the home ground of Maltese football club Zabbar St. Patrick. It was built in 1972 with construction debris on the old ditch (hence 'il ...

, a football ground in Ħaż-Żabbar, Malta *, a US Navy ship *Foss Gly, a character from Clive Cussler novels ''

Night Probe! ''Night Probe!'' is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler. This is the 5th book featuring the author’s primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt. Published in 1981, it is set in the near future of 1989, a date with ironic significance (see below). The book ...