GBS
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GBS may refer to:
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In medicine:
- Gastric bypass surgeryGastric bypass surgeryGastric bypass procedures are any of a group of similar operations that first divides the stomach into a small upper pouch and a much larger lower "remnant" pouch and then re-arranges the small intestine to allow both pouches to stay connected to it. Surgeons have developed several different ways...
, a class of medical procedures used to treat morbid obesity - Group B streptococcus, a type of bacteria which causes a Group B streptococcal infection
- Guillain–Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disease affecting the peripheral nervous system
- Glasgow-BlatchfordGlasgow-BlatchfordThe Glasgow-Blatchford bleeding score is a screening tool to assess the likelihood that a patient with an acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding will need to have medical intervention such as a blood transfusion or endoscopic intervention...
bleeding score, a screening tool for patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding - Gay bowel syndromeGay bowel syndromeGay bowel syndrome is an outdated term first used by Henry L Kazal and colleagues in 1976 to describe the various sexually transmitted perianal and rectal diseases and sexual traumas seen in Kazal's proctology practice, which had many gay patients.-History:...
, an obsolete term that was sometimes used to refer to conditions supposedly more frequent in gay men
In education:
- God's Bible School and CollegeGod's Bible School and CollegeGod's Bible School and College is a non-denominational Bible college in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1900.- Overview :Originally known as God’s Bible School, the college was founded by Martin Wells Knapp in 1900. It began as a diploma course, devoted almost exclusively to the study of the Bible and...
, a Christian college in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States - Gandaki Boarding SchoolGandaki Boarding SchoolGandaki Boarding School , formerly known as Nepal Adarsha Vidyashram, is a model school of Nepal...
, formerly called Nepal Adarsha Vidyashram, a boarding school in Nepal - Galgotias Business SchoolGalgotias Business SchoolGalgotias Business School is a PGDM institution located in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.-History:The institution was established by the Mr. Suneel Galgotia the Chairman of Galgotias Educational Institutions...
, a management school in Greater Noida, India - Glenbrook South High SchoolGlenbrook South High SchoolGlenbrook South High School, or GBS, is a public four-year high school located in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Northfield Township High School District, which also includes Glenbrook North High School...
, a high school in Glenview, Illinois, United States - Gyeonggibuk Science High SchoolGyeonggibuk Science High SchoolGyeonggibuk Science High School is a science high school in Uijeongbu, Republic of Korea established in 2005. It called Uijeongbu Science High School before January 7, 2008. Some Korean students called GBS "Uigwak" which is from the pronunciation of UIS.There are about 230 students. Most students...
, a science high school in Uijeongbu, Republic of Korea - Goethe Business SchoolGoethe Business SchoolThe Goethe Business School is a Graduate Business School in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, set up as an independent, non-profit foundation under private law, held by Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Founded in 2004, Goethe Business School is the center for management education of...
, a graduate business school in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
In technology:
- Gravity-based structure, a support structure technique often used in building offshore oil platforms
- Global Broadcast ServiceGlobal Broadcast ServiceThe Global Broadcast Service is a combined United States space and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence system, that provides a one-way Wideband/high-Throughput of information to forces garrisoned, deployed, or on the move....
, a United States Military communications network - Game Boy Sound SystemGame Boy Sound SystemThe Game Boy Sound System for the Game Boy is akin to the sound system of the Nintendo Entertainment System , the difference being that GBS has a higher pitch than NES sound format...
, the audio playback technology used in the Nintendo Game Boy - GNU build systemGNU build systemThe GNU build system, also known as the Autotools, is a suite of programming tools designed to assist in making source-code packages portable to many Unix-like systems....
, also known as Autotools, a suite of GNU project programming tools - GBs, plural of gigabyteGigabyteThe gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage. The prefix giga means 109 in the International System of Units , therefore 1 gigabyte is...
- Gbs, short for gigabitGigabitThe gigabit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage. The prefix giga is defined in the International System of Units as a multiplier of 109 , and therefore...
s per second, a data rate unitData rate unitsIn telecommunications, bit rate or data transfer rate is the average number of bits, characters, or blocks per unit time passing between equipment in a data transmission system. This is typically measured in multiples of the unit bit per second or byte per second.- Avoiding confusion :To be as... - Grundy Business SystemsGrundy NewBrainThe Grundy NewBrain was a microcomputer sold in the early 1980s by Grundy Business Systems Ltd of Teddington and Cambridge, England.- Beginnings :...
, an English microcomputer company of the 1980s - Global Business Services, a division of IBM Global ServicesIBM Global ServicesIBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It has over 190,000 workers across more than 160 countries...
Other:
- The Gay Byrne ShowThe Gay Byrne ShowThe Gay Byrne Show was an Irish radio programme, which ran from 1973 until 1998. The programme was presented by Gay Byrne, and aired Monday to Friday for two hours each day. It was a favourite of Irish housewives...
, an Irish radio show (1974–1998) - The IOC country code for Guinea-BissauGuinea-BissauThe Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....
- Gifu Broadcasting System, a television and radio station in Gifu PrefectureGifu Prefectureis a prefecture located in the Chūbu region of central Japan. Its capital is the city of Gifu.Located in the center of Japan, it has long played an important part as the crossroads of Japan, connecting the east to the west through such routes as the Nakasendō...
, Japan - Gold Bauhinia StarGold Bauhinia StarThe Gold Bauhinia Star is the highest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star in Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special...
, the second highest rank in the Hong Kong honours system - Great Big SeaGreat Big SeaGreat Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage...
, a Canadian folk-rock band - George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
(1856–1950), an Irish playwright - Gram Bharati SamitiGram Bharati SamitiGram Bharati Samiti or Society for Rural Development is an Indian non-governmental organisation working in the Jaipur district of Rajasthan with the aim of "establishing a society based on humanitarian, democratic values and ecologically balanced habitat"...
, or Society for Rural Development, a non-governmental organization in the Jaipur district of Rajasthan - Große Berliner Straßenbahn, a former name of the Berlin StraßenbahnBerlin StraßenbahnThe Berlin tram network is the main tram system in Berlin, Germany. It is one of the oldest tram networks in the world having its origins in 1865 and is operated by , which was founded in 1929. It is notable for being one of the largest tram systems; there are 22 tram lines operate across a...
- Gürbetal-Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn, a former Swiss railway, now part of the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railwayBern-Lötschberg-Simplon railwayThe Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway, known since the merger of the "old" BLS with the Bern-Neuenburg-Bahn , the Gürbetal-Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn and the Simmentalbahn in 1997 as the BLS Lötschbergbahn, is a Swiss railway company. It is the largest standard gauge network on the Swiss Railway...
- Guillermo Barros SchelottoGuillermo Barros SchelottoGuillermo Barros Schelotto is a former Argentine football forward.Barros Schelotto, nicknamed "Guille" or "Melli" , played 16 years of his professional career in the Argentine Primera División...
, an Argentine soccer player - Gugun Blues ShelterGugun Blues ShelterGugun Blues Shelter, or Gugun and The Blues Shelter , or Gugun Power Trio is an Indonesian blues band, formed in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2004. The current members are Gugun on guitar, Jono on bass and Bowie on drums...
, Indonesian music group