ICS may refer to:

Computing

* Image Cytometry Standard, a digital multidimensional image file format used in life sciences microscopy *

Industrial control system An industrial control system (ICS) is an electronic control system and associated instrumentation used for industrial process control. Control systems can range in size from a few modular panel-mounted controllers to large interconnected and in ...

, computer systems and networks used to control industrial plants and infrastructures * Information and computer science, the combined field of informatics and computing *

Internet chess server An Internet chess server (ICS) is an external server that provides the facility to play, discuss, and view the board game of chess over the Internet. The term specifically refers to facilities for connecting players through a variety of graphical c ...

, an external server that provides the facility to play, discuss, and view chess over the Internet *

Internet Connection Sharing Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is a Windows service that enables one Internet-connected computer to share its Internet connection with other computers on a local area network (LAN). The computer that shares its Internet connection serves as a ...

, a feature in Microsoft operating systems since the advent of Windows 98 Second Edition * .ics, a filename extension for

iCalendar The Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar) is a media type which allows users to store and exchange calendaring and scheduling information such as events, to-dos, journal entries, and free/busy information, a ...

files * Android Ice Cream Sandwich, the codename for version 4.0 of the Android operating system

Education

Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, also known colloquially as UCI's School of ICS or simply the Bren School, is an academic unit of University of California, Irvine (UCI), and the only dedicated school of computer scienc ...

, Irvine, California, United States * Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Tokyo, Japan *

Indian Central School Global Indian International School (GIIS) is a Singapore-based international school established in 2002. History GIIS' first campus at Cheviot Hill was established by Global Schools Foundation in 2002 with just 48 students with the aim of pro ...

, Singapore *

Institute for Christian Studies The Institute for Christian Studies (ICS or ICS Toronto) is a private, graduate-level Reformed philosophical and theological school in Toronto, Ontario. At ICS, students and faculty take part in shared learning through participatory seminars, m ...

, Toronto, Ontario *

Institute of Cornish Studies The Institute of Cornish Studies (, ICS) is a research institute in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, affiliated with the University of Exeter. Formerly at Pool, near Redruth, then in Truro, it is now on the Penryn Campus near Penryn, ...

, in Falmouth, UK *

Inter-Community School Zürich The Inter-Community School Zürich (ICS or ICSZ) is a private, independent, international, co-educational day school and offers a comprehensive educational programme in English for children from ages of 3 to 18. The school is international in cha ...

, Switzerland * Intermountain Christian School, Utah, United States *

International Christian School (Hong Kong) International Christian School is an English language, Christian independent school in Hong Kong near Shek Mun station. Opened on 1 September 1992, it provides education at all grades from kindergarten to the senior secondary levels. Admissio ...

International Community School (Kirkland, Washington) International Community School (ICS) is a small 6-12th grade public school in the Lake Washington School District of Washington State. It has about 60 students per grade. It is part of a series of schools founded by Dr. Bruce Saari. "International ...

International Community School (Singapore) The following is a list of international schools in Singapore, including local schools which offer Foreign Educational programmes. In summary, there are 3 main systems offered by International Schools in Singapore. These are the AP (Advanced P ...

* International Community School (Thailand) *

International Community School (UK) International Community School (ICS) is a co-educational World International Baccalaureate School located in Marylebone, London, teaching students aged from three to 18 years old. History The Toettcher family established International Community ...

* International Community School of Addis Ababa *

International Correspondence Schools ICS Learn, also known as International Correspondence Schools Ltd, is a provider of online learning courses in the UK. It was founded in 1889 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The UK branch was set up in 1904, and it now serves around 25,000 current stu ...

* Islesboro Central School

Entertainment

* International Channel Shanghai, a foreign-language cable channel * Immigration And Customs Security, a fictional organization in the Canadian TV series '' The Border''

Music

* ICS Vortex, alias of Simen Hestnæs, Norwegian rock musician * Immersion Composition Society, a network of composers, based in the USA

Organizations

* ICS Africa * Imperial Civil Service * Indian Civil Service (British India) * Indian National Congress (Socialist) * Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers *

International Communist Seminar The International Communist Seminar (ICS) was an annual communist conference held in May in Brussels, Belgium. It was organized by the Workers' Party of Belgium (WPB). In 1992, Ludo Martens, leader of the WPB initiated the conference, which gat ...

Institute for Computational Sustainability The Institute for Computational Sustainability (ICS), founded in 2008 with support from an Expeditions in Computing grantInternational Chamber of Shipping The International Chamber of Shipping is one of the world's principal shipping organisations, representing around 80% of the world's merchant tonnage through membership by national shipowners' associations. It is concerned with maritime regulatory, ...

* International Citizen Service, a UK volunteer organization *

International Commission on Stratigraphy The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), sometimes referred to unofficially as the "International Stratigraphic Commission", is a daughter or major subcommittee grade scientific daughter organization that concerns itself with stratigr ...

, the largest scientific body within the International Union of Geological Sciences * International Continence Society, a multidisciplinary membership society for medical professionals concerned with incontinence * Irish Computer Society, the national body for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Professionals in Ireland *

Integrated care system In England, an integrated care system (ICS) is a statutory partnership of organisations who plan, buy, and provide health and care services in their geographical area. The organisations involved include the NHS, local authorities, voluntary and cha ...

, a component of the National Health Service (England)

Science

Inhaled corticosteroid Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex of vertebrates, as well as the synthetic analogues of these hormones. Two main classes of corticosteroids, glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, are involv ...

, steroid hormones used to treat the nasal mucosa, sinuses, bronchi, and lungs *

Intercostal space The intercostal space (ICS) is the anatomic space between two ribs (Lat. costa). Since there are 12 ribs on each side, there are 11 intercostal spaces, each numbered for the rib superior to it. Structures in intercostal space * several kind ...

, the space between two ribs

Technology

* Ganz CSMG, also known as Ganz ICS, a Hungarian tram type *

In Channel Select DYNAS (from ''Dynamic Selectivity'') is a dynamic analog filtering and tuning technology to improve the reception of FM radio broadcasts under adverse conditions. Overview The trademarked DYNAS system is based on the same principles as the ''In ...

, a technology improving programme reception in FM tuners *

International Classification for Standards International Classification for Standards (ICS) is an international classification system for technical standards. It is designed to cover every economic sector and virtually every activity of humankind where technical standards may be used. Deve ...

, an international classification system for technical standards *

International Code of Signals The International Code of Signals (ICS) is an international system of signals and codes for use by vessels to communicate important messages regarding safety of navigation and related matters. Signals can be sent by flaghoist, signal lamp ("bl ...

, a maritime signaling standard also abbreviated INTERCO

Other uses

Incident Command System The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of emergency response providing a common hierarchy within which responders from multiple agencies can be effective. ICS was initially develo ...

, an emergency response management system *

InterCity Slovenia InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at ma ...

, a premium train service in Slovenia *

Israeli Cassini Soldner Israeli Cassini Soldner (ICS), commonly known as the Old Israeli Grid (OIG; he, רשת ישראל הישנה ''Reshet Yisra'el Ha-Yeshana'') is the old geographic coordinate system for Israel. The name is derived from the Cassini Soldner projec ...

, a historical geographic coordinate system * Investor court system * Inmate Calling Service, a type of specialized telephone service provisioned for use by inmates at correctional facilities *

, an international system of signals and codes for use in navigation and related matters