PCS
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PCS may refer to:
In medicine:
- Post-concussion syndrome, a set of symptoms that a person may experience for weeks, months, or even years after a concussion
- Postcholecystectomy syndrome, the presence of abdominal symptoms after surgery to remove the gallbladder
- Precordial catch syndrome, a common cause of chest pain complaints in children and adolescents
In military:
- Peace and conflict studies, an inter-disciplinary inquiry into war
- Permanent Change of Station, to be permanently moved to a new post
- USS PCS-1376, a United States Navy patrol boat
- USS PCS-1379, the fourth of twelve Patrol Craft Sweepers constructed by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation
In technology:
- Partitioning Communication System, a high-assurance communications security technology
- Patni Computer Systems, a provider of Information Technology services and business solutions
- Periphere Computer-Systeme, a German manufacturer of UNIX-based computers in the 1980s and 1990s
- Personal Communications Service, the 1900-MHz radio band used for digital mobile phone services in Canada and the United States, branded as Sprint PCS in particular.
- Physical Coding Sublayer, a computer and telecommunications standard
In other fields:
- Pacific Collegiate School, a grades 7-12 charter school located on the westside of Santa Cruz, California
- Pinball Construction Set, a computer game by Bill Budge published by Electronic Arts
- Polish Council of State, a council that existed between 1947 and 1989
- Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, a Canadian corporation that is the world's largest producer of potash
- Public and Commercial Services Union, the sixth largest union trade union in the United Kingdom
- Photo City Sagamihara, awards for photography given annually by the Japanese town of Sagamihara
- Plant Cell Structure
- PCS is the ticker symbol for MetroPCS Communications Inc., a publicly traded company.
- Public and Commercial Services Union, a trade union representing public sector workers in the United Kingdom