ABS
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ABS is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:
- Able Seaman (rank)
- Able Seaman (occupation)
- Abu Simbel Airport (IATA airport code: ABS), in Abu Simbel, Egypt
- Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, a plastic
- Acute Bacterial Sinusitis, sinus inflammation resulting from bacterial infection.
- Adult bookstore
- Airport Base Station, Apple's WLAN solution, AirPort
- Akita Broadcasting System, a broadcasting station in Akita Prefecture, Japan
- ABS-CBN, a broadcasting corporation in the Philippines
- Albino Blacksheep, a website
- Alternative Business Structure a putative UK legal entity
- American Bible Society
- American Bouldering Series, the national governing body of competitive bouldering in the United States.
- American Boy Scouts, an early Scouting organization
- American Bureau of Shipping
- Amniotic band syndrome
- Anchor Bible Series
- Animal Behavior Society
- Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) (translated from German, Antiblockierbremssystem), an electronic automotive safety system for the vehicle braking system
- Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service
- Arch Build System, an Arch Linux tool
- Archbold Biological Station, a research station in Florida, USA
- Architects Benevolent Society, a UK registered charity
- Asset-backed security, a financial term
- Association of Business Schools
- Association of Broadcasting Staff
- ABS (TV station), the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Adelaide TV station
- Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia's official statistical organisation
- Automatic Brightness Stabilizer / Automatic Brightness Stabilization controller, adjusts the x-ray generator to maintain a preset image brightness level during fluoroscopy
- Abingdon Boys School, a Japanese Rock band.
- Automatic Block Signal, a railroad signal system in the United States
Abs or abs can also be:
- an abbreviation
- Abdominals, abdominal muscles
- Absolute value of a number, its value without regard to sign; its magnitude
- Absolutive case
- Absorbance in regard to Spectroscopy
- All Blacks, the rugby team of New Zealand
- (lambda) Abstraction, (λname.expression)
- a nickname
- Abby Sciuto, NCIS character
- Abs Breen, member of the former UK boy band 5ive
- Abs Denham
- Michael Absalom, a former CBBC presenter, usually referred to as "Abs" on air
- surnames
- See Abs (surname)