Nis, Niš, NiS or NIS may refer to:

Places

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...

, a city in Serbia * Nis, Iran, a village * Ness, Lewis ( gd, Nis, links=no), a village in the Outer Hebrides islands

Businesses and organizations

Naftna Industrija Srbije Naftna Industrija Srbije ( sr, Нафтна Индустрија Србије, lit=Petroleum Industry of Serbia; abbr. NIS / НИС) is a Serbian multinational oil and gas company with headquarters in NIS building, Novi Sad, Serbia. NIS is one of ...

, Petroleum Industry of Serbia *

Nagoya International School Nagoya International School (NIS) is a private non-sectarian day school in Nagoya, Japan. Instruction is in English. The co-educational school serves students in preschool through high school. Graduates earn a standard NIS diploma or an Internation ...

Nanjing International School Nanjing International School is a non-profit International school in Xian Lin College and University Town (), Qixia District, Nanjing, enrolling children age 3 to 18, Pre Kindergarten to Grade 12. There are around 620 students from over 30 count ...

National Institute of Sports Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, commonly known as National Institute of Sports (NIS), is the Academic Wing of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Asia's largest Sports Institute located in city of Patiala. History Founded on 7 ...

, India * , railway company in the Dutch East Indies *

Nippon Ichi Software is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in 1991 and has developed several role-playing video games, most notably the ''Disgaea'' and ''Marl Kingdom'' series. Its mascot is the penguin-like ''Disgaea'' characte ...

, a video game developer *

Norwegian International Ship Register Norwegian International Ship Register or NIS is a separate Norwegian ship register for Norwegian vessels aimed at competing with flags of convenience registers such as Panama and Liberia. Originally proposed by Erling Dekke Næss in 1984, it was ...

, ( no, Norsk Internasjonalt Skipsregister, links=no) *

Nuclear Information Service Nuclear Information Service (NIS) is an independent, not-for-profit research organisation. It investigates the UK nuclear weapons programme and publishes accurate and reliable information to stimulate informed debate on nuclear disarmament and rela ...

, independent UK organisation

Military, intelligence and security

National Intelligence Service (disambiguation) The National Intelligence Service is the name of several state security agencies: * National Intelligence Service (Albania) * National Intelligence Service (Bulgaria) * National Intelligence Service (Burundi) *National Intelligence Service (Greece) ...

, abbreviated NIS in some countries ** National Intelligence Service (Greece) **

National Intelligence Service (South Africa) The National Intelligence Service (NIS) is a defunct intelligence agency of the Republic of South Africa that replaced the older Bureau of State Security (BOSS) in 1980. Associated with the Apartheid era in South Africa, it was replaced on 1 Janua ...

, former agency ** National Intelligence Service (South Korea) *

Norwegian Intelligence Service The Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) or Etterretningstjenesten (E-tjenesten) is a Norwegian military intelligence agency under the Chief of Defence and the Ministry of Defence. History Olav Njølstad says that the "stay-behind cooperation ...

Naval Investigative Service The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Its primary function is to investigate criminal activities involving the Navy and Marine Corps, though it ...

, later Naval Criminal Investigative Service, U.S. *

Canadian Forces National Investigation Service The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) is the investigative arm of the Canadian Forces Military Police. The CFNIS is an independent military police unit that provides an independent investigative capability for the purpose of ...

(CFNIS; sometimes abbreviated to NIS)

Science and technology

Chemistry and biology

Nickel sulfide Nickel sulfide is any inorganic compound with the formula NiSx. They range in color from bronze (Ni3S2) to black (NiS2). The nickel sulfide with simplest stoichiometry is NiS, also known as the mineral millerite. From the economic perspective, ...

(chemical symbol NiS) * ''N''-Iodosuccinimide, a reagent *

Sodium-iodide symporter The sodium/iodide cotransporter, also known as the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SLC5A5'' gene. It is a transmembrane glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 87 k Da and 13 transmembrane domains, w ...

, a protein

Computing

Network Information Service The Network Information Service, or NIS (originally called Yellow Pages or YP), is a client–server directory service protocol for distributing system configuration data such as user and host names between computers on a computer network. Sun M ...

, directory service protocol *

Network information system A network information system (NIS) is an information system for managing networks, such as electricity network, water supply network, gas supply network, telecommunications network., or street light network NIS may manage all data relevant ...

NIS Directive A cybersecurity regulation comprises directives that safeguard information technology and computer systems with the purpose of forcing companies and organizations to protect their systems and information from cyberattacks like viruses, worms, Tro ...

, the EU Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems

Other uses

National innovation system The National Innovation System (also NIS, National System of Innovation) is the flow of technology and information among people, enterprises and institutions which is key to the innovative process on the national level. According to innovation syst ...

New Israeli Shekel The new Israeli shekel ( he, שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ '; ar, شيكل جديد ; sign: ₪; ISO code: ILS; abbreviation: NIS), also known as simply the Israeli shekel ( he, שקל ישראלי, ar, شيكل إسرائيلي), is the curr ...

(unofficial abbreviation), the currency of Israel * ''Niš'' (boat), a sunk Yugoslav ferry * Nordic Integrated System, for

ski binding A ski binding is a device that connects a ski boot to the ski. Before the 1933 invention of ski lifts, skiers went uphill and down and cross-country on the same gear. As ski lifts became more prevalent, skis—and their bindings—became increasin ...

Johnson (rapper) Marc Kwabena Johnson (born 1979), better known as Johnson, is a Danish rapper. Previously he was known as NiggerenISlæden (alias N.I.S.). Before his solo career, he was a member of the band B.A.N.G.E.R.S. and J.A.Z. and has collaborated with ...

(born 1979), Danish rapper previously known as NiggerenISlæden (N.I.S.)