NSS

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NSS is an acronym for:

An organisation:

• National Screen Service, an American company involved in cinema advertising
• National Space Society, an international space advocacy organisation
• National Secular Society, a British organisation
• National Security Service (United States), an office in the American FBI
• National Speleological Society, an American organisation
• National Security Service (Maldives), the former name of the Maldivian armed forces
• National Security Service (Somalia), the former special police of Somalia during the rule of Siad Barre.
• New Skies Satellites, the former name of the Dutch spacecraft operator SES NEW SKIES
• National Service Scheme, an Indian government-sponsored programme

A school:

• National Sport School (Canada), a high school in Alberta, Canada
• Northern Secondary School, a public school in Toronto, Canada

In computing and technology:

• Name Service Switch, a technology used in UNIX
• Namespace Specific String, a part of the syntax of a Uniform Resource Name
• Network and Switching Subsystem, a component of the GSM mobile phone network
• Network Security Services, a set of software libraries
• Novell Storage Services, a file system used by the Novell NetWare operating system.
• NSS (chess program), a 1958 computer chess program
• National Security Systems, a set of U.S. defense IT systems, such as DISN, GIG-BE, and the Defense Message System

A miscellaneous topic:

• The National Security Strategy of the United States
• Naked short selling, an illegal practice in stock trading
• New Star Soccer, a computer game
• Newsstand Specials, a spinoff of the Playboy magazine
• Nice Skater Shoes, a shoe brand
• No Shit Sherlock, a sarcastic remark meant to convey disbelief at the obvious nature of someones statement
• A National Stockpile Site, where nuclear weapons are stored.