Vis, ViS, VIS, and other capitalizations may refer to:
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Vis (island)
Vis (; ; la, Issa, it, Lissa) is a small Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It is the farthest inhabited island off the Croatian mainland. Before the end of World War I, the island was held by the Liburnians, the Republic of Venice, the Nap ...
, a Croatian island in the Adriatic sea
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Vis (town), on the island of Vis
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Vis (river), in south-central France
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, a village in Haskovo Province
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Visalia Municipal Airport
Visalia Municipal Airport is five miles west of downtown Visalia, in Tulare County, California, United States. The airport is eligible for the Essential Air Service program, but has no scheduled air service, and is not eligible to request funding ...
(IATA and FAA:VIS), Visalia, California
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Viš
Viš ( sr-cyrl, Виш) is a small village in the municipality of Danilovgrad, Montenegro
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, a village in Montenegro
Organizations
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Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) is a Taiwanese specialized IC foundry service provider, founded in December 1994 in Hsinchu Science Park by Morris Chang. In March 1998, VIS became a listed company on the Taiwan Over-The- ...
, an IC foundry in Taipei, Taiwan
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Vasil Iliev Security Vasil Iliev Security, or VIS, was a criminal organisation in Bulgaria dealing in extortion, car theft, drug trafficking and more. Set up in the early 1990s by Vasil Iliev, the company was declared illegal in 1994, but continued operating under the n ...
(VIS and VIS-2), former front companies for a criminal organization in Bulgaria
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Vatican Information Service
The Vatican Information Service (VIS) is an official, free news service of the Holy See Press Office, founded in 1991 in the Vatican City during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II. It transmits news on a daily basis at 3 p.m. local Rome time, ...
, the official news service of the Vatican
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VAZInterService
VIS-AVTO ( rus, ВИС-АВТО), originally called VAZInterServices ( rus, ВАЗинтерСервис), is a Russian company owned by AvtoVAZ and focused on the manufacturing of Lada-based light commercial vehicles and vehicle conversion. A ...
, an automobile manufacturer in Russia
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Vavoua International School, an international boarding school in Côte d'Ivoire
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Victorian Institute of Sport
The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is the government-funded sporting institute of the Australian state of Victoria. It provides high performance sports programs for talented athletes, enabling them to achieve national and international succe ...
, a government sporting institute in Victoria, Australia
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Vienna Independent Shorts
Vienna Shorts (formerly known as VIS Vienna Independent Shorts) is an international short film festival held annually in May in Vienna. It is the largest short film festival in Austria.
History
Vienna Independent Shorts was held in 2004 for t ...
, an annual international film festival in Vienna, Austria
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Vienna International School
Vienna International School (VIS) is a non-profit List of international schools, international school in Vienna, Austria. The school was built to accommodate the children of United Nations (UN) employees and diplomats when the UN decided to locat ...
, a school for the children of UN employees and diplomats in Vienna, Austria
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VIS Entertainment
VIS Entertainment Limited (formerly known as VIS Interactive) was a British video game developer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company was founded in 1996 by Chris van der Kuyl and Peter Baillie. In April 2003, VIS Entertainment acquired BA ...
, a former video game developer in Scotland
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Viacom International Studios, a division of Paramount International Networks
Science and technology
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Vaccine Information Statement, a formal vaccine description published by the United States Centers for Disease Control
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Variable Intake System
Variable may refer to:
* Variable (computer science), a symbolic name associated with a value and whose associated value may be changed
* Variable (mathematics), a symbol that represents a quantity in a mathematical expression, as used in many ...
, a technology of internal combustion engines
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Tandy Video Information System
The Tandy Memorex Video Information System (VIS) is an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM player produced by the Tandy Corporation starting in 1992. It is similar in function to the Philips CD-i and Commodore CDTV systems (particularly the CDTV, si ...
, a multimedia CD-ROM console from the early 1990s
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Viewable image size, the amount of screen space available on display without obstruction
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Visible spectrum
The visible spectrum is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visual perception, visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called ''visible light'' or simply light. A typical human eye wil ...
, the portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum that is visible to the human eyes
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Visual Instruction Set, a SIMD instruction set for SPARC processors
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Visa Information System, a biometric database for visa applications in the Schengen area of the EU
Other uses
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Vis (surname), a Dutch surname, including a list of people named Vis
* ''vis'', the possessive form of the English
neologistic gender-neutral pronoun ''ve''
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FB Vis
Vis (Polish designation ''pistolet wz. 35 Vis'', German designation ''9 mm Pistole 35(p)'', or simply the Radom in English sources) is a 9×19mm caliber, single-action, semi-automatic pistol. Its design was inspired by American firearms inven ...
, a type of Polish handgun
* The heroine of the 11th century Persian love story
Vis and Rāmin
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Willem C. Vis Moot
The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot or Vis Moot is an international moot competition. Since 1994, it has been held annually in Vienna, Austria, attracting more than 300 law schools from all around the world and spurring the ...
, an international arbitration moot court held annually in Vienna, Austria
See also
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Vis-à-vis (disambiguation)
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Visibility (disambiguation)
Visibility, in meteorology, is a measure of the distance at which an object or light can be seen.
Visibility may also refer to:
* A measure of turbidity in water quality control
* Interferometric visibility, which quantifies interference contrast ...
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Viz (disambiguation)
Viz may refer to:
*''viz.'', a synonym for “namely”
*Viz (comics), ''Viz'' (comics), a British adult comic magazine
**''Viz: The Game'', a computer game based on the comic
*Viz Media, an American manga and anime distribution and entertainment ...
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