NLS

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The three-letter acronym NLS has several possible meanings:

Contents 1 Government 2 Schools and libraries 3 Business and commerce 4 Science 5 Computing 6 Military 7 Sport 8 Other uses

[edit] Government

• The National Literacy Strategy of England and Wales
• The National Language Services of South Africa
• U.S. National Longitudinal Survey
• National Laboratory Service

[edit] Schools and libraries

• National Library Services, A division of the Library of Congress
• the National Law School of India University
• National Library of Scotland
• Nebraska Leadership Seminar, a leadership program for high-school sophomores in Nebraska

[edit] Business and commerce

• Non-Linear Systems, manufacturer of electronic and testing systems .
• The stock symbol for Nautilus, Inc. (NLS), manufacturer of Nautilus, Bowflex, StairMaster, Schwinn Fitness and Pearl Izumi products.
• New Life Spectrum, a commercial tropical fish food that is referred to by many aquarists world-wide simply as NLS.
• Nailsea and Backwell railway station, England; National Rail station code NLS.
• Niles (Amtrak station), Michigan, United States; Amtrak station code NLS.

[edit] Science

• In biology it stands for nuclear localization signal
• In theoretical physics, it refers to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation
• In spaceflight it refers to the Nanosatellite Launch System coordinated by the Space Flight Laboratory of the Institute for Aerospace Studies at University of Toronto.

[edit] Computing

• NLS (computer system) is a pioneering computer system
• Native Language Support, a system of software internationalization
• Not life safe, a web acronym sometimes used to describe a link less safe than something not safe for work

[edit] Military

• The Nimrod Line Squadron, who service the Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod based at RAF Kinloss

[edit] Sport

• National League System in English football

[edit] Other uses

• National Lifeguard Service in Canada