OBS or obs. may refer to:

Organisations

Office of Boating Safety The Office of Boating Safety is the division of Transport Canada that is responsible for overseeing regulations, standards, policies, enforcement, and technical services for pleasure craft and marine recreation. The OBS delivers prevention-based pr ...

, the division of Transport Canada responsible for boating safety * Optus Broadband Satellite, a satellite broadband service offered by the Australian ISP Optus *

Orange Belt Stages Orange Belt Stages was a bus company based in Visalia, California, affiliated with the Trailways Transportation System. The company was incorporated on November 30, 1935, and operated scheduled service in California as well as charter services. T ...

, a bus company based in California, US *

Orange Business Services Orange Business Services, the business services arm of Orange S.A., is a global integrator of communications products and services for multinational corporations. Orange Business Services offers integrated communications products and service ...

, a worldwide business communications company *

Organization for Black Struggle Organization for Black Struggle is a St. Louis, Missouri-based activist organization founded in 1980. The organization seeks "political empowerment, economic justice and the cultural dignity of the African-American community, especially the Black ...

, an activist organization in St. Louis, Missouri, US *

Coop Obs! Obs is a chain of 31 hypermarkets throughout Norway managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperatives. The chain director is Lars Midttun. History The first hypermarket opened in Trondheim in 1968 under the name DOMUS Stormarked. Prior t ...

, a chain of hypermarkets in Norway, formerly known as Obs * Outward Bound School; See

Outward Bound Outward Bound (OB) is an international network of outdoor education organizations that was founded in the United Kingdom by Lawrence Holt and Kurt Hahn in 1941. Today there are organizations, called schools, in over 35 countries which are att ...

Outward Bound Singapore Outward Bound Singapore (Abbreviation: OBS; ms, Pusat Bina Semangat Singapura; ; ta, சிங்கப்பூர் வெளிப்புற நடவடிக்கை), formerly called Outward Bound School of Singapore (OBSS), is part ...

, part of the network of Outward Bound centres * Océ Business Services, the outsourcing business of

Océ Canon Production Printing, formerly known as Océ until the end of 2019, is a Netherlands-based subset of Canon that develops, manufactures and sells printing and copying hardware and related software. The product line includes office printing an ...

Oporto British School Oporto British School (OBS) is a British school established in 1894 in Foz do Douro, Porto, Portugal. It is the oldest British school in mainland Europe. It is a private, day school for both boys and girls, aged 3 to 18, with 558 pupils on rol ...

, a school in northern Portugal

Science and technology

* Obsolete Battle Show, an object show that contains lore. 3rd season of calculated battlegrounds *

Organic brain syndrome Organic brain syndrome, also known as organic brain disease, organic brain disorder, organic mental syndrome, or organic mental disorder, refers to any syndrome or disorder of mental function whose cause is alleged to be known as organic (physio ...

, a medical condition resulting from brain injury * Omnidirectional bearing selector, an aircraft navigation instrument; See

VHF omnidirectional range Very high frequency omnirange station (VOR) is a type of short-range radio navigation system for aircraft, enabling aircraft with a receiving unit to determine its position and stay on course by receiving radio signals transmitted by a network ...

Obstetrics and gynaecology Obstetrics and Gynaecology (also spelled as Obstetrics and Gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and t ...

, commonly abbreviated Obs/Gyn *

Ocean-bottom seismometer An ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) is a seismometer that is designed to record the earth motion under oceans and lakes from man-made sources and natural sources. Sensors at the sea floor are used to observe acoustic and seismic events. Seismic and ...

, a seismic tool to record earthquakes underwater *Old Body Style, a style of GM

pickup trucks A pickup truck or pickup is a light-duty truck that has an enclosed cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof (this cargo bed back end sometimes consists of a tailgate and removable covering) ...

manufactured between 1988 and 2000

Computing

OBS Studio OBS Studio (also Open Broadcaster Software or OBS, for short) is a free, open-source, and cross-platform screencasting and streaming app. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux distributions, and BSD The Berkeley Software Distributio ...

, an open source streaming and recording program *

Open Build Service The Open Build Service (formerly called openSUSE Build Service) is an open and complete distribution development platform designed to encourage developers to compile packages for multiple Linux distributions including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, ...

, a software distribution development platform *

Optical burst switching Optical burst switching (OBS) is an optical networking technique that allows dynamic sub-wavelength switching of data. OBS is viewed as a compromise between the yet unfeasible full optical packet switching (OPS) and the mostly static optical circuit ...

, a switching technology in optical networks

Television, film, and music

* One Buck Short, a punk-rock band from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * "Orange Blossom Special" (song), bluegrass song written by Ervin T. Rouse

Broadcasters

OBS (South Korean broadcaster) OBS Gyeongin TV is a South Korean free-to-air television station covering Gyeonggi Province, Incheon and Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, S ...

, a broadcast television station based in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea *

Oita Broadcasting System or OBS is a television company based in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. Famous radio announcer and personality Toshio Nishimura used to appear on OBS. He is well known throughout the prefecture and is often referred to by his radio nickname "Bin B ...

, a broadcasting station in Ōita Prefecture, Japan *

Olympic Broadcasting Services Olympic Broadcasting Services S.L. (OBS) is a company which was established by the International Olympic Committee in 2001 in order to serve as the Host Broadcaster organisation for all Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Olympic Winter Games and ...

, an organization responsible for the broadcast of the Olympic Games since 2010 Vancouver Winter Games

Publications

* ''OBS!'' (magazine), Swedish business and political magazine * ''

L'Obs (), previously known as (1964–2014), is a weekly French news magazine. Based in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, it is the most prominent French general information magazine in terms of audience and circulation. Its current editor is Cécil ...

'', French news magazine * ''

On Basilisk Station ''On Basilisk Station'' is a science fiction novel by American writer David Weber, first published in 1993. It is the first book in his Honor Harrington series, and follows Commander Honor Harrington and Her Majesty’s light cruiser ''Fearless'' ...

'', the first novel in David Weber's Honor Harrington series

Business

Off-balance-sheet Off balance sheet (OBS), or incognito leverage, usually means an asset or debt or financing activity not on the company's balance sheet. Total return swaps are an example of an off-balance-sheet item. Some companies may have significant amounts of ...

, financing activity not on the company's balance sheet *

Organisation breakdown structure An organizational chart, also called organigram, organogram, or organizational breakdown structure (OBS) is a diagram that shows the structure of an organization and the relationships and relative ranks of its parts and positions/jobs. The term ...

, a global hierarchy that represents the different levels of responsibility within a project or enterprise

Other uses

Operation Blue Star Operation Blue Star was the codename of a military operation which was carried out by Indian security forces between 1 and 10 June 1984 in order to remove Damdami Taksal leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers from the buildings of ...

* Original British Standard, a bullhead rail profile