The initialism PVS may refer to:

Organization

Polynesian Voyaging Society The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) is a non-profit research and educational corporation based in Honolulu, Hawaii. PVS was established to research and perpetuate traditional Polynesian voyaging methods. Using replicas of traditional double-hul ...

, a research and educational corporation in Hawaii *

Prisoner Visitation and Support Prisoner Visitation and Support (PVS) is a non-profit organization based in Philadelphia. Trained PVS volunteers visit prisoners in the United States Federal Prison system and military prisons. They offer companionship and friendship, with no reli ...

, US non-profit organization *

Project Vote Smart Vote Smart, formerly called Project Vote Smart, is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States. It covers candidates and elected officials in si ...

, a US research organization * Performance of Veterinary Services, an

OIE The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), formerly the (OIE), is an intergovernmental organization coordinating, supporting and promoting animal disease control. Mission and status The main objective of the WOAH is to control epizoo ...

capacity building platform for the sustainable improvement of national veterinary services *

Pojoaque Valley Schools Pojoaque Valley Public Schools is a school district with its headquarters in an unincorporated area in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, with a Santa Fe, New Mexico post office address. Pojoaque Valley Schools serves the Pojoaque Valle ...

Science

Persistent vegetative state A persistent vegetative state (PVS) or post-coma unresponsiveness (PCU) is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness. After four weeks in a vegetative stat ...

Plummer–Vinson syndrome Plummer–Vinson syndrome is a rare disease characterized by difficulty swallowing, iron-deficiency anemia, glossitis, cheilosis and esophageal webs. Treatment with iron supplementation and mechanical widening of the esophagus generally provides a ...

, a rare disease *

Polyvinyl siloxane Polyvinyl siloxane (PVS), also called poly-vinyl siloxane, vinyl polysiloxane (VPS), or vinylpolysiloxane, is an addition-reaction silicone elastomer (an addition silicone). It is a viscous liquid that cures (solidifies) quickly into a rubber-like s ...

, an addition reaction silicone elastomer *

Potato virus S Potato virus S (PVS) is a plant pathogenic virus. It was first reported in Netherlands. PVS causes mild or no symptoms in most potato varieties. It is common in potatoes in many regions and does not cause significant yield losses. Field-grown pot ...

, a plant pathogenic virus *

Phantom vibration syndrome Phantom vibration syndrome or phantom ringing syndrome is the perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not. Other terms for this concept include ringxiety (a portmanteau of ''ring'' and ''anxiety''), fauxcellarm (a port ...

Penile vibratory stimulation Vibroejaculation (or penile vibratory stimulation) is a means of inducing ejaculation through vibration. It is used for semen collection, and in humans, the management of anejaculation. One method of penile vibratory stimulation is the use of spec ...

, a means of inducing erection and ejaculation

Technology

Palmtex Portable Videogame System The Palmtex Portable Videogame System (PVS), later renamed and released as the Super Micro and distributed under the Home Computer Software name, is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Palmtex, released in 1984. The system is ...

, a handheld videogame console *

Potentially visible set In 3D computer graphics, Potentially Visible Sets are used to accelerate the rendering of 3D environments. They are a form of occlusion culling, whereby a candidate set of ''potentially visible'' polygons are pre-computed, then indexed at run-t ...

, a form of occlusion culling *

Principal variation search Principal variation search (sometimes equated with the practically identical NegaScout) is a negamax algorithm that can be faster than alpha-beta pruning. Like alpha-beta pruning, NegaScout is a directional search algorithm for computing the minim ...

, a negamax algorithm *

Prototype Verification System The Prototype Verification System (PVS) is a specification language integrated with support tools and an automated theorem prover, developed at the Computer Science Laboratory of SRI International in Menlo Park, California. PVS is based on a kern ...

, a specification language *

PVS-Studio PVS-Studio is a proprietary static code analyzer on guard of code quality, security, and code safety supporting C, C++, C++11, C++/CLI, C++/CX, C# and Java. PVS‑Studio detects various errors typos, dead code, and potential vulnerabilities ...

, a static code analyzer for C, C++ and C#

Other

* The IATA code for

Provideniya Bay Airport Provideniya Bay Airport (russian: Аэропорт «Бухта Провидения») (also Urelik and Ureliki) is a small airport in Chukotka, Russia located 3 km southwest of Provideniya. It services primarily small transport aircraft. ...

* PVS News, a satirical news channel on the BBC's programme

Broken News ''Broken News'' is a comedy programme shown on BBC Two in late 2005. The show poked fun at the world of 24-hour rolling news channels. The title of the show is a play on the phrase "breaking news". It had six thirty-minute episodes. Having previ ...

AN/PVS-14 The AN/PVS-14 Monocular Night-vision device, Night Vision Device (MNVD) is in widespread use by the United States Armed Forces as well as NATO allies around the world. It uses a third generation image intensifier tube, and is primarily manufactured ...

, monocular night vision device {{disambiguation