CSI

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CSI is a three-letter abbreviation that may stand for:

In entertainment:

• Carbon/Silicon, a rock band
• Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti, an Italian band evolved from punk/art band CCCP
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , a popular television show about forensic scientists
  • CSI: Miami, a spin-off show of the above
  • CSI: NY, another spin-off of the above
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (computer game), a spin-off game
  • CSI: Dark Motives, a spin-off game
  • CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder, the third game in the series

Religious organizations:

• Church of South India, a union of protestant Christian churches spread over South India
• Church of Scientology International, the largest organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system
• Christian Surfers International, an evangelical mission agency which seeks to convert surfers to Christianity through the sport of surfing
• Christian Schools International, an organization that supports Christian school teachers who want Bible-based textbooks for their classrooms
• Scouting Ireland (CSI), a world organization of the Scout Movement

Educational organizations:

• Cite Scolaire Internationale de Lyon, an international highschool in Lyon, France
• College of Staten Island, one of the "hybrid colleges" of the City University of New York

In computing:

• Common System Interface, a future computer bus being planned by Intel
• Complex specified information, a concept intended to formalize a property that singles out patterns that are both specified and complex
• Computer Security Institute, a computer organization
• CompuServe Inc., the first major commercial online service in the United States

In science:

• Caesium iodide or cesium iodide (strictly CsI), an ionic compound used in chemistry
• Chlorosulfonyl isocyanate, a reagent in organic synthesis

Other organizations:

• Two unidentified flying object research groups from the 1950s:
  • Civilian Saucer Intelligence of New York City
  • Civilian Saucer Investigations of Los Angeles
• Canadian Securities Institute, the educational body of the Investment Dealers Associations of Canada
• Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, a research center in France
• Commission Sportive Internationale, a former part of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) that ruled motorsport, later known as FISA
• Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, the organization formerly known as CSICOP
• Construction Specifications Institute
• Crime Stoppers International and
• Crimestoppers International Foundation

CSI may also refer to:

• Coral Sea Islands, northeast of Queensland, Australia
• Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (formerly known as Sahar Airport), an airport in Mumbai, India
• Container Security Initiative, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection initiative
• Control Sequence Introducer, an ANSI escape code
• Crime Scene Investigation, a term for forensics
• Customer satisfaction Index, see also American Customer Satisfaction Index
• Order of the Star of India, Companion of The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, an order of chivalry