IS

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Contents 1 Word 2 Abbreviation 2.1 Codes 3 People and Place 4 Miscellaneous 5 See also

[edit] Word

• is: The third-person singular verb form of the copula in the English language.

[edit] Abbreviation

IS and Is are two letter acronyms that or which may refer to:

• Image stabilization.
• Independence Square.
• Information science, an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information.
• An initialism for Information services.
• An initialism for Information systems.
• Insertion sequence.
• IntelliStar, a computer system used to display local forecasts on The Weather Channel.
• Intermediate school.
• International Sign (Deaf sign language/pidgin).
• International Socialists, a number of socialist political organizations.
• Intrinsic safety.
• The Investment Saving schedule of the non-financial real economy at equilibrium.
• In the Bible, it is an abbreviation short form for the major prophetic Book of Isaiah.
• In Geography, it is an abbreviation short form for Island(s).
• In Geography, it is an abbreviation short form for Isle(s).
• An initialism for Intelligent Systems, a first-party developer for Nintendo.
• An initialism for Istrebitel Sputnikov, a designation for Russian anti-satellite weapons.

[edit] Codes

• Island Airlines, an American aviation firm's IATA reservation code: IS.
• Israel's NATO country code digram: IS.
• Iceland's ccTLD: .is.
• Icelandic language (ISO 639-1 alpha-2 language code: is).

[edit] People and Place

• Is may refer to a fictional character in the Disney movie, Read It and Weep.
• Is or Ys, a mythological city in Bretagne.

[edit] Miscellaneous

• I"s, a manga by Masakazu Katsura.
• I.S., A manga about intersexuals by Chiyo Rokuhana.
• is- is a prefix which is similar or acts as an alternative to another main prefix: iso-.
• Lexus IS, the compact-sized sedan made by Toyota's Lexus division.
• The Anglo-Saxon Is-rune Isaz: ᛁ.

[edit] See also

• E-Prime