CIS

CIS may refer to:

In education

• Chinese International School, Hong Kong
• Clifford International School, Guangzhou, China
• Colombo International School, in the suburbs of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• College in the Schools, a program for high school students run by the University of Minnesota, US
• Communities In Schools, a US federation of organizations combating educational dropout
• Copenhagen International School, in Hellerup, Copenhagen
• Council of International Schools, that defines standards and supports improvement of education
• Cebu International School, Philippines
• MIT Center for International Studies

Organizations

• Commonwealth of Independent States, former Soviet Republics
• Commonwealth Investigation Service, an Australian security service, 1945 to 1960
• Canadian Ice Service, a division of the Meteorological Service of Canada
• Canadian Identification Society, of police and civilians in crime scene investigation
• Canadian Interuniversity Sport, the national governing body of university sport in Canada
• Center for Immigration Studies, a research organization in Washington, DC
• Centre for Independent Studies, a libertarian think tank in Australia
• Christians in Science, UK organization
• Centre for Internet and Society (India)

Places

• Canton Island Airport, Kanton Island, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, IATA code
• CIS Tower, a building in Manchester, England

In science and technology

In electronics and computing

• Card Information Structure, formatting and organization data stored on a PC card
• Center for Internet Security
• Comodo Internet Security suite
• CompuServe Information Service, US commercial online service
• Computer information systems, a digital management information system
• Contact image sensor, a technology developed for optical flatbed scanners

In health and medicine

• Cancer Information Service, a program of the US National Institutes of Health
• Carcinoma in situ, group of abnormal cells which may be cancer
• Clinically isolated syndrome, an initial neurological episode related to nerve tissue
• Combined intracavernous injection and stimulation test, a diagnostic procedure for erectile dysfunction

Other uses in science and technology

• Common Intelligibility Scale, for speech intelligibility
• Continuous Injection System, a fuel injection system developed by the Robert Bosch Group
• Continuous ink system, for ink-jet printers
• Copper indium selenide (CuInSe₂), used in solar cells and semiconductors

Other uses

• Case Information Statement, a document used in US civil lawsuits
• Cisalpino, Switzerland-Italy railway company, CIS in timetables
• Communication and Information Services Corps, formerly Army Corps of Signals of Ireland
• Community Innovation Survey, a series of surveys throughout the European Union
• Confederacy of Independent Systems, a fictional entity in the Star Wars universe
• Co-operative Insurance Society, a British insurance company

See also

• Cis (disambiguation), for non-acronyms