ICS may refer to:

Computing

Image Cytometry Standard The Image Cytometry Standard (ICS) is a digital multidimensional image file format used in life sciences microscopy. It stores not only the voxel, image data, but also the microscopic parameters describing the optics during the acquisition. ICS wa ...

, 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 Computer and information science (CIS; also known as information and computer science) is a field that emphasizes ''both'' computing and informatics, upholding the strong association between the fields of information sciences and computer scienc ...

, the combined field of informatics and computing *

Internet chess server The American Internet Chess Server, commonly known as Internet Chess Server (ICS) was a telnet-based chess server which allowed users to play live chess over the internet. History In the 1970s, one could play correspondence chess in a PLAT ...

, 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, ...

files *

Android Ice Cream Sandwich Android Ice Cream Sandwich (or Android 4.0) is the fourth major version of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google. Unveiled on October 19, 2011, Android 4.0 built upon the significant changes made by the tablet-only release And ...

, 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 the University of California, Irvine (UCI), and the only dedicated school of computer s ...

, Irvine, California, United States * Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Tokyo, Japan * Indian Central School, Singapore * Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, Ontario *

Institute of Classical Studies The Institute of Classical Studies is a research institution associated with the University of London and a member of the School of Advanced Study. The institute is a national and international research institute in the languages, literature, hi ...

, University of London, UK *

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

, in Falmouth, UK * Inter-Community School Zürich, Switzerland * Intermountain Christian School, Utah, United States * International Christian School (Hong Kong) * International Community School (Kirkland, Washington) *

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

* International Community School (Thailand) * International Community School (UK) * International Community School of Addis Ababa *

International Correspondence Schools Penn Foster Career School is a U.S. for-profit, regionally and nationally-accredited distance education school offering career diploma programs and certificate programs. It was founded in 1890 as International Correspondence Schools, or ICS. Penn ...

Islesboro Central School Islesboro Central School (ICS) is a public K-12 school located in Islesboro, Maine, United States. It is the only school on the island. History In 2010, Islesboro Central School underwent an 9 million dollar renovation. The students in grades ...

Entertainment

International Channel Shanghai International Channel Shanghai, better known as ICS, is the foreign-language cable channel of Shanghai Media Group Radio and Television Station of Shanghai (RTS), a Shanghai-based state media outlet, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Shangha ...

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

Music

ICS Vortex Simen Hestnæs (born 4 March 1974), better known by his stage name ICS Vortex or simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician. He is the vocalist of the similarly named band ICS Vortex, the avant-garde metal band Arcturus (band), Arcturus and the doom ...

, alias of Simen Hestnæs, Norwegian rock musician *

Immersion Composition Society The Immersion Composition Society (ICS) is an underground network of composers, organized into independent groups, called lodges, who periodically spend one or more days composing unusually large volumes of music for the purpose of creating raw m ...

, a network of composers, based in the USA

Medicine

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 involved ...

, 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

Organizations

ICS Africa ICS SP is a civil society organization. ICS Africa was founded in 1980 and aimed to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children in Africa. They moved their headquarters to Nunspeet in 2004, while renaming from "International Christian Support ...

Imperial Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million p ...

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British Raj, British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 3 ...

* Indian National Congress (Socialist) * Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers * Institute for Computational Sustainability, a Cornell-based institute in the United States *

International 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 unofficially referred to as the International Stratigraphic Commission, is a daughter or major subcommittee grade scientific organization that concerns itself with stratigraphy, strati ...

, the largest scientific body within the International Union of Geological Sciences * International Communist Seminar *

International Continence Society The International Continence Society (ICS) is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organization, UK charity with a global health focus on the development in the field of incontinence. It strives to improve the quality of life for people affected ...

, 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, a component of the National Health Service (England)

Technology

Ganz CSMG The (), known in official records as , or sometimes known as , is a series of tramcars which was manufactured by Hungary, Hungarian companies ("Ganz-MÁVAG Locomotive, Carriage and Machine Factory") and ("Ganz Electric Factory"). The tramcars ...

, also known as Ganz ICS, a Hungarian tram type * In Channel Select, 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. Dev ...

, an international classification system for technical standards *

International Code of Signals The International Code of Signals (INTERCO) 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 ...

, a maritime signaling standard also abbreviated INTERCO

Other uses

* International Convention on Salvage, a 1989 treaty of International Maritime Organization governing marine salvage. *

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 develop ...

, an emergency response management system * InterCity Slovenia, a premium train service in Slovenia * Israeli Cassini Soldner, 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 *

Iconsiam Iconsiam, stylized as ICONSIAM, is a mixed-use development on the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. It includes a large shopping mall, which opened to the public on 9 November 2018, as well as hotels and residences. The ฿54 ...

, a mixed-use development in Thailand