CCS may refer to:

Business and brands

CC's CC's (pronounced ''sea-seas'' and short for “corn chips”) is an Australian brand of flavoured tortilla chips produced since the early 1980s, originally by The Smith's Snackfood Company, and currently by Snack Brands Australia. CC's are pred ...

, a corn chip brand * CCS.com, a skateboard/snowboard brand and retailer *

Cross currency swap A cross is a religious symbol consisting of two intersecting lines, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a saltire in ...

Circuit City Stores Circuit City Corporation, Inc., formerly Circuit City Stores, Inc., is an American consumer electronics retail company, which was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company, operated stores across the United States, and pioneered th ...

, an American electronics retail company *

Central Coast Section The Central Coast Section (CCS) is the governing body of public and private high school athletics in the portion of California encompassing San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Monterey County, San Benito County, Santa Cruz County and a few pr ...

, of the California Interscholastic Federation * Chicago South Shore

Computer science

Calculus of communicating systems The calculus of communicating systems (CCS) is a process calculus introduced by Robin Milner around 1980 and the title of a book describing the calculus. Its actions model indivisible communications between exactly two participants. The formal lang ...

, a modeling approach *

Coded character set Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using computers. The numerical values that make up a c ...

, in which each character corresponds to a unique number *

Code Composer Studio Code Composer Studio (CCStudio or CCS) is an integrated development environment for developing applications for Texas Instruments embedded processors. Texas Instruments embedded processors include TMS320 DSPs, OMAP system-on-a-chip, DaVinci s ...

, an integrated development environment for Texas Instruments processors * Common-channel signaling, a method of transmitting control information * complete corresponding source, a requirement for

GNU General Public License The GNU General Public Licenses (GNU GPL or simply GPL) are a series of widely used free software licenses, or ''copyleft'' licenses, that guarantee end users the freedom to run, study, share, or modify the software. The GPL was the first ...

s *

ACM Computing Classification System The ACM Computing Classification System (CCS) is a subject classification system for computing devised by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The system is comparable to the Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC) in scope, aims, and st ...

, for publications *

CeVIO Creative Studio Cevio is the capital of the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. In 2006 Cevio grew by incorporating the villages of Bignasco and Cavergno, previously municipalities in their own right. History Cevio was first menti ...

, a speech and singing synthesis software

Entertainment

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Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine '' Nakayoshi'' from the June 1996 to August 2000 issues, it was also published in ...

'', a manga and anime series * CCS (band), also known as C.C.S., a British music group

Education

Common Core State Standards Initiative The Common Core State Standards Initiative, also known as simply Common Core, was an American, multi-state educational initiative begun in 2010 with the goal of increasing consistency across state standards, or what K–12 students throughout th ...

, a United States educational standards effort * Carroll County Schools, in Mississippi's Carroll County School District * Coast Christian Schools, now known as Valor Christian Academy *

College of Creative Studies The College of Creative Studies (CCS) is the smallest of the three Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges at the University of California, Santa Barbara, unique within the University of California system in terms of structure and phi ...

, Santa Barbara, California *

College for Creative Studies The College for Creative Studies (CCS) is a private art school in Detroit, Michigan. It enrolls more than 1,400 students and focuses on arts education. The college is also active in offering art education to children through its Community Arts ...

, Detroit, Michigan *

Caroline Chisholm School Caroline Chisholm School is a mixed all-through school with academy status, in Wootton, south Northampton, England. It is named after Caroline Chisholm, a 19th-century social reformer. The principal is David James. The school was built in 15 ...

, England *

Cowbridge Comprehensive School Cowbridge Comprehensive School is a secondary school in the town of Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, near Cardiff, Wales. The school has approximately 1,500 pupils, 1,200 of whom are in the secondary years and 300 in the sixth-form years studying ...

, Wales * Calvary Christian School (Covington, Kentucky) *

Cornway College Cornway College is a private, co-educational, day and boarding school in Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe, which is 16.5 kilometres from the Harare Central Business District. Cornway College was established in 2006 at its present loca ...

a private, co-educational, day and boarding school in Zimbabwe * Coventry Christian Schools *

Community Christian School (disambiguation) Community Christian School is the name of several private schools. These include *Community Christian School (Georgia), in Stockbridge, Georgia * Community Christian School (Bradenton, Florida) * Community Christian School (Tallahassee, Florida) * ...

* Casino Christian School, New South Wales *

Center for Cartoon Studies The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) is a two-year institution focusing on sequential art, specifically comics and graphic novels.Carbon capture and storage Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a process by which carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial installations is separated before it is released into the atmosphere, then transported to a long-term storage location.IPCC, 2021Annex VII: Glossary at ...

, a technology used to reduce emissions from facilities such as gas processing plants *

Copper-clad steel Copper-clad steel (CCS), also known as copper-covered steel or the trademarked name Copperweld is a bi-metallic product, mainly used in the wire industry that combines the high mechanical strength of steel with the conductivity and corrosion re ...

, a type of bimetallic conductor *

Combined Charging System The Combined Charging System (CCS) is a charging station standard for plug-in electric vehicles that uses the (CCS1) or (CCS2) connectors, which are extensions of the IEC 62196 Type 1 and Type 2 alternating current (AC) connectors, respe ...

, a connector standard for fast charging electric vehicles

Gaming

* Cases Computer Simulations, a video strategy and war game company *''

Candy Crush Saga ''Candy Crush Saga'' is a free-to-play tile-matching video game released by King on April 12, 2012, originally for Facebook; other versions for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Windows 10 followed. It is a variation of their browser game '' ...

'', a puzzle video game

Organisations

Cabinet Committee on Security The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is a cabinet committee of the Government of India that discusses, debates and is the final decision-making body on senior appointments in the national security apparatus, defence policy and expenditure, and ...

, in the Cabinet of India *

Canadian Cancer Society The Canadian Cancer Society () is Canada's largest national cancer charity and the largest national charitable funder of cancer research in Canada. History The Saskatchewan Medical Association formed Canada's first cancer committee in 1929, whi ...

Canadian Cardiovascular Society The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) is the national voice for cardiovascular physicians and scientists in Canada. The CCS is a membership organization that represents more than 1,800 professionals in the cardiovascular field. Its mission is ...

* Casualty Clearing Station, a medical facility operated by British Empire forces during World War I *

Ceylon Civil Service The Ceylon Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym CCS, was the premier civil service of the Government of Ceylon under British colonial rule and in the immediate post-independence period. Established in 1833, it functioned as part of th ...

Centre for Civil Society Centre for Civil Society (CCS) is a non-profit think tank based in New Delhi. It was founded in 1997 by Dr. Parth J. Shah, former Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. It operates as an independent educational organisation. Acc ...

China Communications Services China Communications Services Corporation Limited, known as China Comservice, is a subsidiary of China Telecommunications Corporation. It is engaged in providing telecommunication infrastructure services and outsourcing services to telecommunica ...

China Classification Society The China Classification Society (CCS) is a state-owned enterprise directly under the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China, in charge of the classification of ships and offshore installations. It was originally established in 1 ...

Combined Chiefs of Staff The Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) was the supreme military staff for the United States and Britain during World War II. It set all the major policy decisions for the two nations, subject to the approvals of British Prime Minister Winston Churchi ...

, the supreme military command for the western Allies during World War II * Comparative Cognition Society, a scientific society for the study of animal cognition and comparative psychology *

Computer Conservation Society The Computer Conservation Society (CCS) is a British organisation, founded in 1989. It is under the joint umbrella of the British Computer Society (BCS), the London Science Museum and the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. Overview The ...

* Consumers Cooperative Services, a network of New York City consumer cooperatives founded in the 1920s *Crippled Children Society, founded in New Zealand in 1935 by Alexander Gillies *

Crown Commercial Service The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is an executive agency and trading fund of the Cabinet Office of the UK Government. The CCS is responsible for managing the procurement of common goods and services, increasing savings for the taxpayer by cen ...

, an executive agency and trading fund of the Cabinet Office of the UK Government *

Committee of Concerned Scientists The Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) is an independent international organization devoted to the protection and advancement of human rights and scientific freedom of scientists, physicians, engineers, and scholars. History The Committee wa ...

, an organization supporting human rights of scientists around the world

Places

* Abbreviation for

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

, Venezuela * IATA code for Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela

Science

Cartesian coordinate system In geometry, a Cartesian coordinate system (, ) in a plane (geometry), plane is a coordinate system that specifies each point (geometry), point uniquely by a pair of real numbers called ''coordinates'', which are the positive and negative number ...

, a mathematical system * Capsanthin/capsorubin synthase, an enzyme * Cellular Confinement Systems (geocells), a honeycombed geosythethetic matrix filled with granular material *

Chinese Chemical Society (Taipei) Chemical Society Located in Taipei (CSLT; ) is a Taiwanese scholarly organization dedicated to chemistry. The organization traces its roots to the establishment of Chinese Chemical Society in Nanjing in 1932 and was reestablished in Taiwan in 19 ...

, a scholarly organization *

Chinese Chemical Society (Beijing) The Chinese Chemical Society (CCS; ) is a professional society of chemists headquartered in Beijing. It is part of the China Association for Science and Technology. Current membership is at around 55,000. History The CCS was founded in Nanjing on ...

, a scholarly organization *

Critical community size The critical community size (CCS) is the minimum size of a closed population within which a human-to-human, non-zoonotic pathogen can persist indefinitely. When the size of the closed population falls below the critical community size level, the ...

, a parameter used in vaccination and eradication campaigns * Chemical formula for the compound thioxoethenylidene * CCS (gene), a copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase * Chronic Covid Syndrome, long-term medical symptoms * Collision cross-section, a parameter in Ion mobility spectrometry

Sports

* Canadian Cue Sport Association *

CC Sabathia Carsten Charles Sabathia Jr. (born July 21, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, and New York Yankees. Sabathia batted and th ...

(born 1980), American baseball player *

Cardiff City Stadium The Cardiff City Stadium () is a stadium in the Leckwith, Cardiff, Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City and the Wales national football team, Wales national team. Following expansion of the Ninian S ...

, in Wales *

CIF Central Coast Section The Central Coast Section (CCS) is the governing body of public and private high school athletics in the portion of California encompassing San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara County, Monterey County, San Benito County, ...

, part of the California Interscholastic Federation *

Championship Cup Series The Championship Cup Series (CCS) is an American motorcycle racing sanctioning body. The American Sportbike Racing Association LLC (ASRA) is the parent company of CCS. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, CCS has been in operation since 1984, fo ...

, a motorcycle road racing sanctioning body * Capital City Service, a football hooligan gang attached to Hibernian FC *

Collegiate Conference of the South The Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Member schools are located in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, ...

, a US college sports conference *

Creamline Cool Smashers The Creamline Cool Smashers are a Filipino professional women's volleyball team playing in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The team is owned by food company Rebisco and named after its Creamline Creamy Ice Cream brand. They are the most suc ...

, a Filipino professional volleyball team

Other uses

* Container closure system, the packaging components for a pharmaceutical dosage *

Critical code studies Critical or Critically may refer to: *Critical, or critical but stable, medical states **Critical, or intensive care medicine * Critical juncture, a discontinuous change studied in the social sciences. *Critical Software Critical Software is a ...

CYLD cutaneous syndrome CYLD cutaneous syndrome (CCS) encompasses three rare inherited cutaneous adnexal tumor syndromes: multiple familial trichoepithelioma (MFT1) (also termed epithelioma adenoides cysticum and epithelioma adenoides cysticum of Brooke), Brooke–Spiegl ...

, an inherited, familial disorder involving the development of multiple skin tumors {{disambiguation