SV, Sv, sv, etc. may refer to:
Places and language
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El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
, ISO 3166-1 country code SV
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South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
, an extinct state
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Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...
, Norway, FIPS country code SV
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Swedish language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countr ...
, ISO 639-1 language code sv
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Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo County ...
, a region in northern California noted for high tech and social media companies (e.g.,
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company b ...
,
Google
Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. ...
,
Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...
)
Science and technology
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Sensitivity priority
Sensitivity priority, often abbreviated Sv (for "sensitivity value") on a camera dial, and colloquially called "ISO priority", is a setting on Pentax cameras that allows the user to choose a specific Sensitivity (ISO speed) value while the camera ...
, or Sv (for "sensitivity value"), a camera setting
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Sievert, symbol Sv, a unit of ionizing radiation dose
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Starting variable
In cryptography, an initialization vector (IV) or starting variable (SV) is an input to a cryptographic primitive being used to provide the initial state. The IV is typically required to be random or pseudorandom, but sometimes an IV only needs to ...
, or initialization vector, in cryptography
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Stroke volume
In cardiovascular physiology, stroke volume (SV) is the volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle per beat. Stroke volume is calculated using measurements of ventricle volumes from an echocardiogram and subtracting the volume of the blood i ...
, in cardiovascular physiology
* .sv, a filename extension of
SystemVerilog files
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.sv
.sv is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for El Salvador.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 has a bug in its Swedish version where .sv is used instead of .se
.se, formerly branded as .SE, is the Internet
The Interne ...
, the Internet country code top-level domain for El Salvador
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Svedberg unit, symbol S or Sv, a non-metric unit for sedimentation coefficient
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Sverdrup, symbol Sv, a non-SI unit of flow
Sport
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Save (baseball)
In baseball, a save (abbreviated SV or S) is credited to a pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. Most commonly a pitcher earns a save by entering in the ninth inning of a game in which his team ...
, abbreviated SV
* ''Sportverein'' ('sports club'), for example
Hamburger SV
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Save percentage
Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various goal-scoring sports that track saves as a statistic.
In ice hockey and lacrosse, it is a statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal ...
, SV%, a statistic in many sports
Vehicles
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MG XPower SV, a sports car by MG Rover
* ''Super veloce'', a variety of Lamborghini car such as the
Lamborghini Aventador SV
The Lamborghini Aventador () is a mid-engine design, mid-engine sportscar produced by the Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini. In keeping with Lamborghini tradition, the Aventador is named after a Spanish Spanish-style bullfighting, figh ...
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Lamborghini Murcielago SV
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. () is an Italian brand and manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi.
Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916–1993) ...
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Lamborghini Diablo SV
The Lamborghini Diablo is a high-performance mid-engine sports car built by Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini between 1990 and 2001. It is the first production Lamborghini capable of attaining a top speed in excess of . After the end ...
, or
Lamborghini Miura SV
The Lamborghini Miura is a sports car produced by Italian automaker Lamborghini between 1966 and 1973. The car was the first supercar with a rear mid-engined two-seat layout, although the concept was first seen in a production road car with Ren ...
* The
S-V stage used on the
Saturn I
The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to low Earth orbit payloads.Terminology has changed since the 1960s; back then, 20,000 pounds was considered "heavy lift". The rocket's first stag ...
rocket during the
Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...
program
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Name prefix of ships SV or S/V for
sailing vessel
A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel. There is a variety of sail plans that propel sailing ships, employing square-rigged or fore-and-aft sails. Some ships ...
Other uses
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ESP SV
The ESP SV is a series of electric guitars produced by ESP.
The ESP SV is a series that is only produced for the Japanese and European market. Notable users of models in the SV Series include Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom, Kai Hansen of Gamma ...
, a series of electric guitars produced by ESP
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''Pokémon Scarlet'' and ''Violet'', ''Pokémon'' video games released in 2022
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Saudia
Saudia ( ar, السعودية '), formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines (), is the flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. The airline's main operational base is at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. King Khalid Internati ...
, Saudi Arabian Airlines, IATA code SV
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Shareholder value
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, a classification for television stations
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Socialist Left Party (Norway), a political party
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Slovaks Forward (''Slováci vpred''), a political party in Serbia
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sub verbo'' or ''
sub voce'', a Latin phrase, 'under the word/heading'
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Stattkus-Verzeichnis
The Stattkus-Verzeichnis (SV) is a catalogue of the musical compositions of the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and str ...
, a catalogue of the musical works of Claudio Monteverdi
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Supplementary vote, an electoral system
See also
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