ICS may refer to:

Computing

Image Cytometry Standard The Image Cytometry Standard (ICS) is a digital multidimensional image file format used in life sciences microscopy. It stores not only the image data, but also the microscopic parameters describing the optics during the acquisition. ICS was firs ...

, a digital multidimensional image file format used in life sciences microscopy *

Industrial control system An industrial control system (ICS) is an electronic control system and associated instrumentation used for industrial process control. Control systems can range in size from a few modular panel-mounted controllers to large interconnected and in ...

, computer systems and networks used to control industrial plants and infrastructures * Information and computer science, the combined field of informatics and computing *

Internet chess server An Internet chess server (ICS) is an external server that provides the facility to play, discuss, and view the board game of chess over the Internet. The term specifically refers to facilities for connecting players through a variety of graphical c ...

, an external server that provides the facility to play, discuss, and view chess over the Internet *

Internet Connection Sharing Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is a Windows service that enables one Internet-connected computer to share its Internet connection with other computers on a local area network (LAN). The computer that shares its Internet connection serves as a ...

, a feature in Microsoft operating systems since the advent of Windows 98 Second Edition * .ics, a filename extension for

iCalendar The Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar) is a media type which allows users to store and exchange calendaring and scheduling information such as events, to-dos, journal entries, and free/busy information, an ...

files *

Android Ice Cream Sandwich Android Ice Cream Sandwich (or Android 4.0) is the 9th major version of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google. Unveiled on October 19, 2011, Android 4.0 builds upon the significant changes made by the tablet-only release Androi ...

, the codename for version 4.0 of the Android operating system

Education

Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, also known colloquially as UCI's School of ICS or simply the Bren School, is an academic unit of University of California, Irvine (UCI), and the only dedicated school of computer scienc ...

, Irvine, California, United States *

Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy The , also known as Hitotsubashi ICS, is the graduate business school of Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan. Hitotsubashi ICS was the first "professional graduate school" (formerly "specialized graduate school") established in Japan. The sc ...

, Tokyo, Japan *

Indian Central School Global Indian International School (GIIS) is a Singapore-based international school established in 2002. History GIIS' first campus at Cheviot Hill was established by Global Schools Foundation in 2002 with just 48 students with the aim of pro ...

, Singapore *

Institute for Christian Studies The Institute for Christian Studies (ICS or ICS Toronto) is a private, graduate-level Reformed philosophical and theological school in Toronto, Ontario. At ICS, students and faculty take part in shared learning through participatory seminars, me ...

, Toronto, Ontario *

Institute of Cornish Studies The Institute of Cornish Studies (, ICS) is a research institute in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, affiliated with the University of Exeter. Formerly at Pool, near Redruth, then in Truro, it is now on the Penryn Campus near Penryn, Co ...

, in Falmouth, UK *

Inter-Community School Zürich The Inter-Community School Zürich (ICS or ICSZ) is a private, independent, international, co-educational day school and offers a comprehensive educational programme in English for children from ages of 3 to 18. The school is international in cha ...

, Switzerland * Intermountain Christian School, Utah, United States *

International Christian School (Hong Kong) International Christian School is an English language, Christian independent school in Hong Kong near Shek Mun station. Opened on 1 September 1992, it provides education at all grades from kindergarten to the senior secondary levels. Admissio ...

International Community School (Kirkland, Washington) International Community School (ICS) is a small 6-12th grade public school in the Lake Washington School District of Washington State. It has about 60 students per grade. It is part of a series of schools founded by Dr. Bruce Saari. "International ...

International Community School (Singapore) The following is a list of international schools in Singapore, including local schools which offer Foreign Educational programmes. In summary, there are 3 main systems offered by International Schools in Singapore. These are the AP (Advanced P ...

International Community School (Thailand) International Community School (ICS; , ) is an international Christian school in Bang Na District, Bangkok. It follows a US curriculum and is jointly accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and by the Association of C ...

International Community School (UK) International Community School (ICS) is a co-educational World International Baccalaureate School located in Marylebone, London, teaching students aged from three to 18 years old. History The Toettcher family established International Community ...

International Community School of Addis Ababa The International Community School of Addis Ababa (ICS Addis; am, ኢንተርናሽናል ኮምዩኒቲ ትምህርት ቤት) is an international school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia founded in 1964. The school has an enrollment of around 1,000 ...

International Correspondence Schools ICS Learn, also known as International Correspondence Schools Ltd, is a provider of online learning courses in the UK. It was founded in 1889 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The UK branch was set up in 1904, and it now serves around 25,000 current stu ...

Islesboro Central School Islesboro Central School (ICS) is a public K-12 school located in Islesboro, Maine, United States. It is the only school on the island. History In 2010, Islesboro Central School underwent an 8 million dollar renovation. The students in grades 5 ...

Entertainment

International Channel Shanghai International Channel Shanghai, better known as ICS, is the foreign-language cable channel of Shanghai Media Group Radio and Television Station of Shanghai (RTS), a Shanghai-based state media outlet, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Shangha ...

, a foreign-language cable channel * Immigration And Customs Security, a fictional organization in the Canadian TV series '' The Border''

Music

ICS Vortex Simen Hestnæs (born 4 March 1974), better known by his stage name ICS Vortex or simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician. He is the vocalist of the similarly named band ICS Vortex, the avant-garde metal band Arcturus and the doom metal band Lamen ...

, alias of Simen Hestnæs, Norwegian rock musician *

Immersion Composition Society The Immersion Composition Society (ICS) is an underground network of composers, organized into independent groups, called lodges, who periodically spend one or more days composing unusually large volumes of music for the purpose of creating raw ma ...

, a network of composers, based in the USA

Organizations

ICS Africa ICS SP ls a civil society organization. History ICS Africa was founded in 1980 and aimed to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children in Africa. 2004: Name and Headquarter Change ICS moves its headquarters to Nunspeet in 2004, also changing ...

Imperial Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million p ...

Indian Civil Service (British India) The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million p ...

Indian National Congress (Socialist) Indian Congress (Socialist) (IC(S)) also known as Congress (Secular) was a political party in India between 1978 and 1986. The party was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress. Initially the party was known as the Indian Natio ...

Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) is a professional and learned society for all members of the commercial shipping industry worldwide. After being founded in 1911 in London, the ICS was granted a Royal Charter in 1920. The Institute ...

International Communist Seminar The International Communist Seminar (ICS) was an annual communist conference held in May in Brussels, Belgium. It was organized by the Workers' Party of Belgium (WPB). In 1992, Ludo Martens, leader of the WPB initiated the conference, which gat ...

Institute for Computational Sustainability The Institute for Computational Sustainability (ICS), founded in 2008 with support from an Expeditions in Computing grantInternational Chamber of Shipping The International Chamber of Shipping is one of the world's principal shipping organisations, representing around 80% of the world's merchant tonnage through membership by national shipowners' associations. It is concerned with maritime regulatory, ...

* International Citizen Service, a UK volunteer organization *

International Commission on Stratigraphy The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), sometimes referred to unofficially as the "International Stratigraphic Commission", is a daughter or major subcommittee grade scientific daughter organization that concerns itself with stratigra ...

, the largest scientific body within the International Union of Geological Sciences *

International Continence Society The International Continence Society (ICS) is a registered UK charity with a global health focus on the development in the field of incontinence. It strives to improve the quality of life for people affected by urinary, bowel and pelvic floor di ...

, a multidisciplinary membership society for medical professionals concerned with incontinence *

Irish Computer Society Irish Computer Society was founded in 1967 as the professional representing information and communication technology professionals in Ireland. Its objective is to promote professional information and computer skills. The ICS is a member of the C ...

, the national body for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Professionals in Ireland *

Integrated care system In England, an integrated care system (ICS) is a statutory partnership of organisations who plan, buy, and provide health and care services in their geographical area. The organisations involved include the NHS, local authorities, voluntary and cha ...

, a component of the National Health Service (England)

Science

Inhaled corticosteroid Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex of vertebrates, as well as the synthetic analogues of these hormones. Two main classes of corticosteroids, glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, are involve ...

, steroid hormones used to treat the nasal mucosa, sinuses, bronchi, and lungs *

Intercostal space The intercostal space (ICS) is the anatomic space between two ribs (Lat. costa). Since there are 12 ribs on each side, there are 11 intercostal spaces, each numbered for the rib superior to it. Structures in intercostal space * several kinds ...

, the space between two ribs

Technology

* Ganz CSMG, also known as Ganz ICS, a Hungarian tram type *

In Channel Select DYNAS (from ''Dynamic Selectivity'') is a dynamic analog filtering and radio tuning, tuning technology to improve the reception of frequency modulation, FM radio broadcasts under adverse conditions. Overview The trademarked DYNAS system is based ...

, a technology improving programme reception in FM tuners *

International Classification for Standards International Classification for Standards (ICS) is an international classification system for technical standards. It is designed to cover every economic sector and virtually every activity of humankind where technical standards may be used. Dev ...

, an international classification system for technical standards *

International Code of Signals The International Code of Signals (ICS) is an international system of signals and codes for use by vessels to communicate important messages regarding safety of navigation and related matters. Signals can be sent by flaghoist, signal lamp ("bl ...

, a maritime signaling standard also abbreviated INTERCO

Other uses

Incident Command System The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of emergency response providing a common hierarchy within which responders from multiple agencies can be effective. ICS was initially develo ...

, an emergency response management system *

InterCity Slovenia InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at ma ...

, a premium train service in Slovenia *

Israeli Cassini Soldner Israeli Cassini Soldner (ICS), commonly known as the Old Israeli Grid (OIG; he, רשת ישראל הישנה ''Reshet Yisra'el Ha-Yeshana'') is the old geographic coordinate system for Israel. The name is derived from the Cassini Soldner proje ...

, a historical geographic coordinate system * Investor court system *

Inmate Calling Service An inmate telephone system, also known as an Inmate Calling Service (ICS) or Inmate telephone service, is Local telephone service, telephone service intended for use by inmates in correctional facility, correctional facilities in the United States. ...

, a type of specialized telephone service provisioned for use by inmates at correctional facilities *

, an international system of signals and codes for use in navigation and related matters