Fos or FOSS may refer to:

Companies

* Foss A/S, a Danish analytical instrument company *

Foss Brewery The Foss Brewery ( no, Foss Bryggeri) was a brewery in Oslo. The company was started in 1836 as the Ytteborg Brewery (''Ytteborgs Bryggeri'') and was located on ''Hausmanns gate'' (Hausmann Street). In the 19th century, the water in the lower par ...

, a former brewery in Oslo, Norway * Foss Maritime, 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 (1910–1964), New Zealand diplomat *

Foss Westcott Dr. Foss Westcott (23 October 186319 October 1949) was an English bishop. Westcott was the son of a distinguished clergyman, Brooke Foss Westcott (and brother of George, Bishop of Lucknow) and was educated at Cheltenham College and Peterhous ...

(1863–1949), English bishop

Places

* Foss Dyke, a canal in Lincolnshire, England * Foss-Eikeland, 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 Foss is a town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 151, an 18.9 percent increase from 127 at the 2000 census. History The history of Foss began when settlers from the area of the Wilson post ...

, a town ** Foss State Park * Foss, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Foss Glacier, a glacier on Mount Hinman, Washington * Foss Peak, Tatoosh Range, Washington * Foss River, a river in Washington

Other uses

* Foss (band), an El Paso, Texas-based rock band * Foss (cat), the pet of Edward Lear *

Free and open-source software Free and open-source software (FOSS) is a term used to refer to groups of software consisting of both free software and open-source software where anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source ...

(FOSS) ** FOSS Movement in India (1990s–2000s), a campaign in India to promote Free and Open Source Software *** FOSS.IN (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 learn ...

(FOSS), a science curriculum * Il-Foss, 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 ...