NSS may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* '' New Star Soccer'', a computer game * ''

Newsstand Specials ''Playboy Special Editions'' (formerly known as ''flats'', then ''Newsstand Specials'') are a spin-off series of ''Playboy'' magazine containing glamour and softcore nude photographs. The initially infrequent and later semi-regular editions ran ...

'', a spinoff of ''Playboy'' magazine *

Nintendo Super System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), commonly shortened to Super NES or Super Nintendo, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in E ...

, an arcade game cabinet that plays Super NES games *

Northern Sound System Northern Sound System (NSS) is a dedicated youth centre focused on music, broadcasting, and other creative industries, located in Elizabeth, South Australia, Elizabeth, a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Background The Northern So ...

, a youth music education centre and venue in Adelaide, South Australia * NSS, a 1958

computer chess Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to practice even in the absence of human opponents, and also provides opportunities for analysi ...

program

Organizations

Government bodies

* National Security Secretariat (United Kingdom), part of the Cabinet Office * National Security Service (United States), an office in the American FBI * National Security Service (Maldives), former name of the Maldivian armed forces * National Security Service (Somalia), a former primary intelligence agency *

National Seismological Service The National Seismological Service ( es, Servicio Sismológico Nacional, SSN) is a seismological organization in Mexico that studies and records earthquake activity within the country. It is part of the Geophysics Institute at the National Auto ...

, an agency of the Mexican government * National Service Scheme, a Government of India-sponsored program for community service and social activities *

National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia The Statistical Committee of Armenia ( Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտե) is the national statistical agency of Armenia. History The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was ...

, former name of the Statistical Committee of Armenia * NHS National Services Scotland, the central support agency to the NHS in Scotland

Political parties

People's Socialist Party of Montenegro The People Socialist Party of Montenegro ( sr, Народна социјалистичка странка Црне Горе, НСС ЦГ; ''Narodna socijalistička stranka Crne Gore'', ''NSS CG'') was an opposition political party in Montenegro w ...

, a political party in the Republic of Montenegro *

National Power Unity National Alliance Justice ( lv, Nacionālā Savienība Taisnīgums, NST), or simply Justice ( lv, Taisnīgums), previously known as National Power Union ( lv, Nacionālā Spēka Savienība, NSS) sometimes referred to as Union of National Force, is ...

, a far-right party in Latvia * People's Peasant Party (''Narodna seljačka stranka''), a political party in Serbia

Schools

National Sport School (Canada) The National Sport School (NSS) is a public high school (secondary school) in Calgary, Alberta which teaches grades 9 through 12. In partnership with Winsport Canada, the school was created to support student athletes with Olympic potential. Dev ...

, a high school in Alberta, Canada * Nauru Secondary School, a high school in Nauru * National Socialist Schoolchildren's League (''Nationalsozialistischer Schülerbund''), the organization for school pupils in the Third Reich * Northbrooks Secondary School, a secondary school in Yishun, Singapore *

Northern Secondary School Northern Secondary School (often referred to as Northern Secondary, Northern, or NSS) is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It teaches grades 9 through 12. It is a part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Prior to Amalgama ...

, a high school in Toronto, Canada

Companies

* National Screen Service, an American company involved in cinema advertising * New Skies Satellites, the former name of the Dutch spacecraft operator SES NEW SKIES *

Norsk Spisevognselskap Norsk Spisevognselskap A/S, often abbreviated NSS or shortened to Spisevognselskapet (Norwegian for "The Dining Car Company"), was a Norwegian state enterprise which operated restaurant carriages on Norwegian trains and restaurants at railway ...

, a dining car company of Norway

Other organizations

Nair Service Society The Nair Service Society (NSS) is an organisation created for the social advancement and welfare of the Nair community that is found primarily in the state of Kerala in Southern part of India. It was established under the leadership of Mannathu ...

, a community welfare organization for the Nair community from Kerala, India *

National Space Society The National Space Society (NSS) is an American international nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational and scientific organization specializing in space advocacy. It is a member of the Independent Charities of America and an annual participant in the Combi ...

, an international space advocacy organization *

National Sculpture Society Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society (NSS) was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. The purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of American sculptors, although its founding members ...

, US *

National Secular Society The National Secular Society (NSS) is a British campaigning organisation that promotes secularism and the separation of church and state. It holds that no one should gain advantage or disadvantage because of their religion or lack of it. It was ...

, a British organization *

National Speleological Society The National Speleological Society (NSS) is an organization formed in 1941 to advance the exploration, conservation, study, and understanding of caves in the United States. Originally headquartered in Washington D.C., its current offices are in H ...

, an American organization * Nilachala Saraswata Sangha, a religious organization * National Service Scheme, Indian government-sponsored public service programme

Politics and government

National Security Strategy (United States) The National Security Strategy (NSS) is a document prepared periodically by the executive branch of the United States that lists the national security concerns and how the administration plans to deal with them. The legal foundation for the docum ...

National Shelter System The American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) together developed the National Shelter System (NSS). Under the National Response Plan now called the National Response Framework auspices, American Red Cross The America ...

, a database of emergency shelters in the US administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency *

National Student Survey The National Student Survey is an annual survey, launched in 2005, of all final year undergraduate degree students at institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom. The survey is designed to assess undergrad ...

, a survey of final-year degree students in the UK *

Nuclear Security Summit The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) is a world summit, aimed at preventing nuclear terrorism around the globe. The first summit was held in Washington, D.C., United States, on April 12–13, 2010. The second summit was held in Seoul, South Korea, i ...

, a summit on nuclear security established by US President Obama

Science and technology

Computing

* Name Service Switch, a technology used in UNIX * Namespace Specific String, a part of the syntax of a Uniform Resource Name * Network Security Services, cryptographic software libraries for client and server security *

Network switching subsystem Network switching subsystem (NSS) (or GSM core network) is the component of a GSM system that carries out call out and mobility management functions for mobile phones roaming on the network of base stations. It is owned and deployed by mobi ...

, a component of the mobile-phone network *

Novell Storage Services Novell Storage Services (NSS) is a file system used by the Novell NetWare operating system. Support for NSS was introduced in 2004 to SUSE Linux via low-level network NCPFS protocol. It has some unique features that make it especially useful for ...

, a file system used by the Novell NetWare operating system * NSS, a 1958

program

Other uses in science and technology

Neurological soft signs Focal neurologic signs also known as focal neurological deficits or focal Central nervous system, CNS signs are impairments of Central nervous system, nerve, spinal cord, or Human brain, brain function that affects a specific region of the body, e. ...

, signs of disturbance in neurology * Neutral salt spray, a salt spray test to qualify the corrosion resistance of coatings on metal * Normal saline solution, in medicine

Other uses

Naked short selling Naked short selling, or naked shorting, is the practice of short-selling a tradable asset of any kind without first borrowing the asset from someone else or ensuring that it can be borrowed. When the seller does not obtain the asset and deliv ...

, a restricted practice in stock trading *

Nostalgia Super Stock Nostalgia Super Stock (AKA NSS) is among the most popular, and fastest growing forms of drag racing. The Class recreates the style of drag racing very popular in the 1960s with drivers like Ronnie Sox, Dick Landy, Butch Leal and Judy Lilly. N ...

, a drag racing class