is the common name of the international Morse code distress signal. SOS may also refer to:

Places

* Sos, Artsakh, Azerbaijan, a village in Khojavend District *

Sos, Lot-et-Garonne Sos (; Gascon: ''Sòs'' or ''Sòç'') is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department The following is a list of the 319 communes of the French department of Lot-et-G ...

, France, a commune in southern France * Sos del Rey Católico, Aragon, Spain, a town in Zaragoza Province

People

Bill Sayer William Sayer (22 Jun 1934 – 16 Aug 1989), also known by the nickname of 'Sos', was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club lev ...

(1934-1989), an English rugby league player nicknamed Sos *

sOs (gamer) Kim Yoo-jin (), better known by his gaming handle sOs, is a Korean professional ''StarCraft II'' player. He is the first two-time StarCraft II World Championship Series winner, claiming the title in 2013 and 2015. Kim spent most of his career p ...

, a ''StarCraft II'' esports player * Shaun Marsh (born 1983), an Australian cricketer nicknamed SOS (Son of Swampy) *

Sós Sós, Sos or Şoş (, its literal meaning in the Hungarian language being ''salty'') is a Hungarian surname. It may refer to: * Csaba Sós (born 1957), retired Hungarian swimmer * Károly Sós (1909–1991), Hungarian footballer and manager * Márk ...

, a surname *

Stephen Silvagni Stephen Silvagni (born 31 May 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). As the second member of three generations of Silvagnis to represent the Blues, he is ...

(born 1967), an Australian football player nicknamed SOS

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''S.O.S.'' (1928 film), a 1928 British adventure film * ''S.O.S.'' (1999 film), a 1999 Norwegian / Italian comedy film * ''

S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa ''S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa'' (S.O.S. - A Sailing Conduct Tour) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1988, and directed by Lasse Åberg. Synopsis Lasse Åberg and Jon Skolmen star as ''Stig-Hel ...

'', a 1988 Swedish comedy film * ''

Son of Sardaar ''Son of Sardaar'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Ashwni Dhir. A remake of 2010 Telugu film ''Maryada Ramanna'' directed by S. S. Rajamouli, it featured Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Juhi Chawla ...

'', a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action-comedy film

Games

* ''SOS'' (arcade game), a 1979 shoot 'em up arcade game by Namco * ''SOS'' (1993 video game), a 1993 SNES video game * '' SOS: The Final Escape'' or ''Disaster Report'', a 2002 PS2 video game *

SOS (game) SOS is paper and pencil game for two or more players. It is similar to tic-tac-toe and dots and boxes, but has greater complexity. SOS is a combinatorial game theory, combinatorial game when played with two players. In terms of game theory, it is ...

, a paper and pencil game

Literature

* "SOS" (short story), a 1933 short story by Agatha Christie * ''

Sos the Rope ''Battle Circle'' is a trilogy of science fiction novels by Piers Anthony. Originally published separately, the trilogy was later combined into a single volume. Setting The novels take place on a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-ap ...

'', a 1968 novel by Piers Anthony * ''S.O.S.'' (novel), a 2001 novel by Joseph Connolly * "SOS", a 2003 short story manga collection by

Hinako Ashihara is a Japanese manga artist. She wrote and illustrated various manga series, including, ''Homemade Home'', ''Forbidden Dance'', ''Sand Chronicles'', '' Piece: Kanojo no Kioku'', ''Tennen Bitter Chocolate'', ''SOS'', and ''Chouchou Kumo''. Ashiha ...

Music

Groups and labels

* SOS (Indonesian group), an Indonesian girl group active from 2012–2016 *

SOS (Turkish Cypriot band) SOS is a Turkish Cypriot rock band from Morphou, Northern Cyprus. The band was formed in 1987 with its current band members (with the exception of Özberek) with the initiative of the guitarist Kamil Atik in Morphou. The first years of the band wa ...

, a Turkish Cypriot rock band active since 1987 * SOS, a British band founded by Bernie Marsden * Sisters of Shu, Dee Shu and Barbie Shu *

Swing Out Sister Swing Out Sister are a British pop group best known worldwide for the 1986 song " Breakout". Other hits include "Surrender", " Twilight World", " Waiting Game", and a remake of the Eugene Record soul composition "Am I the Same Girl?" Histor ...

, a UK band active since the 1980s * Symphony of Soul, the band of Bowie State University in Maryland, US *

The S.O.S. Band The S.O.S. Band (sometimes written as S.O.S. Band; abbreviation for Sounds of Success) is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B and Boogie (genre), electro-funk musical ensemble, group who gained fame in the 1980s. They are best known for the songs ...

, an American R&B and electro-funk band active since 1977 * SOS Records, a punk rock record label

Albums

* ''S.O.S.'' (S.O.S. Band album), a 1980 album and debut of The S.O.S. Band * ''S.O.S.'', a 1998 album by La Bouche, and its title song * ''S.O.S'' (Morgana Lefay album), a 2000 album by Morgana Lefay * ''SOS'' (SZA album), a 2022 album by SZA * ''

$O$ ''$O$'' is the debut album by South African rap-rave group Die Antwoord. The album was initially a widely circulated internet-only release, and made available to stream for free on the band's website prior to Interscope Records signing the band ...

'', a 2010 album by Die Antwoord * ''SOS'' (Millencolin album), a 2019 album by Millencolin

Songs

* "

Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.) "Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)" is a song written in 1966 by Albert Hamilton, Richard Morris (songwriter), Richard Morris, and Edwin Starr. It was initially released by Starr as a single in the United States in January that year on Ric-Tic Records. T ...

" by Edwin Starr, 1966 * "

S.O.S. (Too Bad) "S.O.S. (Too Bad)" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released in 1975 as their third single from their second album ''Get Your Wings''. Background Written by Steven Tyler, it is a hard rocking song focusing on sex and sl ...

", by Aerosmith, 1974 * " (Sending Out An) S.O.S." by Retta Young, 1975 * "SOS" (ABBA song), 1975 * "S.O.S." (Pink Lady song), 1976 * "S.O.S." (ABC song), 1984 * "S.O.S" (Jonas Brothers song), 2007 * "S.O.S." (Ola song), 2007 * "S.O.S." by Stratovarius, from the album '' Destiny'' * " S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)", by Jordin Sparks * " S.O.S. (The Tiger Took My Family)", by Dr. Bombay (Jonny Jakobsen) * "S.O.S.", by Collie Buddz from ''

WWE The Music, Vol. 8 ''WWE The Music, Volume 8'' is a Compilation album, compilation album released by WWE on March 25, 2008. Unlike WWE The Music, Vol. 7, Volume 7, which was released exclusively on iTunes, Volume 8 was sold as a Compact Disc, CD (much like other WWE ...

'' * "S.O.S.", by Jerry Cantrell from ''

Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 ''Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2'' is a double album by Jerry Cantrell, released on November 26, 2002 through Roadrunner Records. It is an expanded limited edition of Cantrell's ''Degradation Trip'' album, which was released five months earlier. ...

'' * "S.O.S.", by Chroma Key from '' Dead Air for Radios'' * "S.O.S.", by Good Charlotte from ''

The Chronicles of Life and Death ''The Chronicles of Life and Death'' is the third studio album by American rock band Good Charlotte. Following the release of ''The Young and the Hopeless'' (2002), the group spent two years touring. By the second half of 2003, they had begun wri ...

'' * "S.O.S.", by Gotthard from '' Firebirth'' * "S.O.S.", by Earl Greyhound from '' Soft Targets'' * "S.O.S." (Indila song), by Indila from ''Mini World'' * "S.O.S.", La Bouche song * "S.O.S.", by The Suicide Machines from their album ''

Destruction by Definition ''Destruction by Definition'' is the debut album by the Detroit, Michigan punk rock band The Suicide Machines, released in 1996 by Hollywood Records. It was the band's first full-length album and established their presence in the mid-1990s punk ...

'' * "S.O.S. (Anything But Love)", by Apocalyptica from Worlds Collide * "S.O.S.", by The Breeders from '' Last Splash'' * "SOS" (Avicii song) * "SOS" (Elena Patroklou song), 1991, Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 * "SOS" (Rihanna song), 2006 * "SOS", by Papa Roach from '' The Paramour Sessions'' * "SOS", by Sekai no Owari * "SOS", by Take That from their album '' Progress'' * "

Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.) "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)" is a song by Mötley Crüe from their 1989 album ''Dr. Feelgood (album), Dr. Feelgood''. Released in 1990 as the album's fifth single, it peaked at #78 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #34 on the Ma ...

", by Mötley Crüe on the album ''Dr. Feelgood''

Television

* S.O.S. (''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''), a 2015 episode and season 2 finale * " S.O.S. (''Lost'')", a 2006 episode of the second season * '' S.O.S.: Sexo y otros secretos'', a 2007 Mexican TV series * "S.O.S", a segment of the 2017 Thai TV series '' Project S: The Series''

Computing, and technology

* Apple SOS, an operating system *

Science On a Sphere Science On a Sphere (SOS) is a spherical projection system created by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It presents high-resolution video on a suspended globe rather than a flat screen, with the aim of be ...

, a display system *

Secure Our Smartphones Secure may refer to: * Security, being protected against danger or loss(es) **Physical security, security measures that are designed to deny unauthorized access to facilities, equipment, and resources **Information security, defending information ...

, New York State and San Francisco initiative *

Sensor Observation Service The Sensor Observation Service (SOS) is a web service to query real-time sensor data and sensor data time series and is part of the Sensor Web. The offered sensor data consists of data directly from the sensors, which are encoded in the Sensor Model ...

, a standardized web service (OGC) * Scrum of scrums, in software development * SHARE Operating System, IBM * Silicon on sapphire, a circuit-manufacturing process * Son of sysreport, in Linux; see * Special ordered set, in optimization * Structural operational semantics, in computer programming * System of systems, in systems engineering

Food

* S.O.S. (appetizer), Swedish * "Shit On a Shingle", US military slang for

chipped beef Chipped beef is a form of pressed, salted and dried beef that has been sliced into thin pieces. Some makers Smoking (cooking), smoke the dried beef for more flavor. The modern product consists of small, thin, flexible leaves of partially dried be ...

on toast

Government and military

* Secretary of state * Services of Supply, a branch of the United States army *

Special Operations Squadron Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is the special operations component of the United States Air Force. An Air Force major command (MAJCOM), AFSOC is also the U.S. Air Force component command ...

, United States Air Force units *

Squadron Officer School Squadron Officer School (SOS), is a 5.5-week-long Professional Military Education (PME) course for U.S. Air Force and Space Force Captains, Department of the Air Force Civilian (DAFC) equivalents and International Officers. It fulfills the U.S ...

, a United States Air Force leadership school *

State Defense Guard (Czechoslovakia) State Defense Guard (in Czech Stráž obrany státu, SOS, in Slovak Stráž obrany štátu) was a military service established in 1936 to protect borders of Czechoslovakia. From 1918 to 1936 border of Czechoslovakia was protected by "''finance ...

, Czechoslovakia, 1918–1936

Mathematics

Polynomial SOS In mathematics, a form (i.e. a homogeneous polynomial) ''h''(''x'') of degree 2''m'' in the real ''n''-dimensional vector ''x'' is sum of squares of forms (SOS) if and only if there exist forms g_1(x),\ldots,g_k(x) of degree ''m'' such that h(x) = ...

, decomposing into a sum of squares *

Sum of squares (disambiguation) In mathematics, statistics and elsewhere, sums of squares occur in a number of contexts: Statistics * For partitioning of variance, see Partition of sums of squares * For the "sum of squared deviations", see Least squares * For the "sum of squared ...

, in mathematics

Medicine and science

* '' Si opus sit'', use medicine if needed *

Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome Hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) or veno-occlusive disease with immunodeficiency is a potentially life-threatening condition in which some of the small veins in the liver are obstructed. It is a complication (medicine), complication of high-dos ...

, a medical condition * Son of Sevenless, a type of gene * SOS response, a DNA repair system

Organizations

* Boat People SOS, a Vietnamese-American association * Samaritans of Singapore, a suicide prevention centre * Save Outdoor Sculpture!, a program of Heritage Preservation from 1989–1999 * Secular Organizations for Sobriety, an addiction recovery program * Share Our Strength, a US hunger relief organization * SOS Children's Villages, an organization that maintains housing and services for children without stable parental care *

SOS Sahel Ethiopia SOS Sahel Ethiopia is an Ethiopian Non Governmental Organization (NGO) focusing on environmental sustainability and agriculture. It formerly operated under the direction of SOS Sahel UK from 1989 until 2005, when it evolved into an independent na ...

, a non-governmental organization in Ethiopia working on rural development *

Stop Our Ship (SOS) The Stop Our Ship (SOS) movement, a component of the overall civilian and GI movements against the Vietnam War, was directed towards and developed on board U.S. Navy ships, particularly aircraft carriers heading to Southeast Asia. It was concent ...

, an antiwar movement during the Vietnam War

Sport

Strength of schedule In sports, strength of schedule (SOS) refers to the difficulty or ease of a team's/person's opponent as compared to other teams/persons. This is especially important if teams in a league do not play each other the same number of times. Computation ...

, a competitor rating statistic * Survival of the Shawangunks, a triathlon held in New Paltz, New York

Other uses

Södersjukhuset Södersjukhuset (Sös) is one of the largest hospitals in Stockholm, Sweden. Constructed between 1937 and 1944, it was designed by architects Hjalmar Cederström and Hermann Imhäuser, and the construction was contracted to Toll Byggnads AB. ...

, a hospital in Stockholm, Sweden * Somali shilling (ISO 4217 code: SOS), currency of Somalia *

SOS incident The SOS incident occurred in Mount Asahidake in Daisetsuzan National Park in Japan in 1989. Two lost mountaineers were located and rescued after search teams spotted a large SOS message built from fallen birch logs, but the mountaineers had not ...

, several missing person incidents in Hokkaidō, Japan in the 1980s {{Disambiguation, geo