SS is an abbreviation for ''

Schutzstaffel The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe d ...

'', a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany. SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to:

Places

Guangdong Experimental High School Guangdong Experimental High School () is a Public High School in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. It is regarded as one of the six best high schools in the city, and it is one of the two high schools directly administe ...

(''Sheng Shi'' or ''Saang Sat''), China *

Province of Sassari The province of Sassari ( it, provincia di Sassari, sc, provìntzia de Tàtari, sdc, prubìnzia di Sàssari, ca, província de Sàsser, french: province de Sassari, co, pruvincia di Sassari) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sa ...

, Italy (vehicle plate code) *

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...

(ISO 3166-1 code SS) *

SS postcode area The SS postcode area, also known as the Southend-on-Sea postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of seventeen postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns. These cover south-east Essex, including South ...

, UK, around Southend-on-Sea *

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

, Spanish city

Arts, entertainment, and media

SS (band) SS was a Japanese hardcore punk band. They were most likely the first Japanese band to play punk rock in a high-speed, minimalist hardcore style comparable to that played by US bands such as Black Flag, Middle Class, and Bad Brains, and indeed SS ...

, an early Japanese hardcore punk band * ''SS'' (manga), a Japanese comic 2000-2003 *

SS Entertainment SS Entertainment () was a South Korean record label. It previously represented boy group The Legend, Eun Ji-won and Gilme. History Hip-hop artist and Sechs Kies member Eun Ji-won founded GYM Entertainment in 2009, with singer and rapper Gilm ...

, a Korean entertainment company *''S.S.'', for Sosthenes Smith,

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The Wheel in Space ''The Wheel in Space'' is the mostly missing seventh and final serial of the fifth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 27 April to 1 June 1968. In this seria ...

'' *''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...

'', American kids' TV show

Language

Ss (digraph) This is a list of digraphs used in various Latin alphabets. Capitalisation involves only the first letter (''ch'' becomes ''Ch'') unless otherwise stated (''ij'' becomes ''IJ''). Letters with diacritics are arranged in alphabetic order accordin ...

used in Pinyin * ß or ss, a German-language ligature *

switch-reference In linguistics, switch-reference (SR) describes any clause-level morpheme that signals whether certain prominent arguments in 'adjacent' clauses are coreferential. In most cases, it marks whether the subject of the verb in one clause is corefe ...

in linguistics *'' Scilicet'', used as a section sign * (''in the strict sense'') in Latin *

Swazi language The Swazi or siSwati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Eswatini and South Africa by the Swati people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 2.4 million. The language is taught in Eswatini and so ...

(ISO 639-1 code "ss")

Science and technology

Stainless steel Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corros ...

, sometimes marked SS *

Suspended solids Suspended solids refers to small solid particles which remain in suspension in water as a colloid or due to motion of the water. Suspended solids can be removed by sedimentation if their size or density is comparatively large, or by filtration. It ...

and settleable solids, in water

Biology and medicine

* (+)-sabinene synthase, an enzyme * Serotonin syndrome, due to some serotonergic medications * Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease * Sweet's syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis

Computing

.ss .ss is the designated country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for South Sudan in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is derived from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Sudan, which is '' SS''. According to ''CIO East Africa'', the TLD was ...

, top-level domain country code for South Sudan *

Screenshot screenshot (also known as screen capture or screen grab) is a digital image that shows the contents of a computer display. A screenshot is created by the operating system or software running on the device powering the display. Additionally, s ...

, digital image showing contents of a computer display * Slave select line on a computer data bus *

SS register x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the Intel 8086 microprocessor and its 8088 variant. The 8086 was intr ...

in x86 processor *Super speed USB, or USB 3.0 *ss, in the Unix

iproute2 iproute2 is a collection of userspace utilities for controlling and monitoring various aspects of networking in the Linux kernel, including routing, network interfaces, tunnels, traffic control, and network-related device drivers. iproute2 ...

collection

Sports

Sareen Sports Industries Sareen Sports Industries (also called SS) is an Indian sports equipment manufacturing company specialising in cricket, with its headquarters located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The firm was founded in 1969 by N.K. Sareen and became one of the world ...

, India *

Shortstop Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base, which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions. Historically the position was assigned to defensive specialists who ...

, a fielding position in baseball and softball *

Special stage (rallying) A special stage (SS) is a section of closed road at a stage rallying event used for timed speed tests. Racers attempt to complete the stage in the shortest time. A race on a special stage is coordinated such that each competing racer begins after ...

Strong safety Safety is a position in gridiron football on the defense. The safeties are defensive backs who line up ten to fifteen yards from the line of scrimmage. There are two variations of the position: the free safety and the strong safety. Their dut ...

, a position in American and Canadian football

Transportation

Corsair International Corsair International, legally ''Corsair S.A.'' and previously ''Corsairfly'' and ''Corse Air International'', is a French charter airline headquartered in Rungis and based at Orly Airport. It is a subsidiary of German investor Intro Aviation (53 ...

(IATA airline code SS) * Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, a Dutch railroad *

Sand Springs Railway The Sand Springs Railway (originally the Sand Springs Interurban Railway) is a class III railroad operating in Oklahoma. It was originally formed in 1911 by industrialist Charles Page to connect his newly formed city of Sand Springs to Tulsa, ...

in Oklahoma, US, reporting mark * Staatsspoorwegen, a Dutch East Indies railroad * Stockholms Spårvägar, Swedish transport companies

Ships

*Ship prefix for

steamboat A steamboat is a boat that is marine propulsion, propelled primarily by marine steam engine, steam power, typically driving propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. Steamboats sometimes use the ship prefix, prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S ...

*Ship prefix for

steamship A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or paddlewheels. The first steamships ...

Submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...

, by US Navy hull classification

Vehicles

* Chevrolet SS, sport sedan * SS Cars Ltd, Jaguar from 1945 * SS class blimp, for anti-submarine warfare * Super Sport (Chevrolet), performance option

Other uses

* Safety stock *

Social security Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specificall ...

Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice The Society of Priests of Saint-Sulpice (french: Compagnie des Prêtres de Saint-Sulpice), abbreviated PSS also known as the Sulpicians is a society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men, named after the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, ...

, post-nominal *

United States Secret Service The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security charged with conducting criminal investigations and protecting U.S. political leaders, their families, and ...