ICS
Encyclopedia
Communications and technology
- Image Cytometry StandardImage Cytometry StandardThe Image Cytometry Standard is a digital multidimensional image file format used in life sciences microscopy. It stores not only the image data, but also the microscopic parameters describing the optics during the acquisition....
, a digital multidimensional image file format used in life sciences microscopy - Industrial Control System
- Information and Computer ScienceInformation and Computer ScienceInformation and Computer Science or Computer and Information Science is a field that emphasizes both computing and informatics, upholding the strong association between the fields of information sciences and computer sciences and treating computers as a tool rather than a field.-Computing...
, the combined field of informatics and computing - International Channel ShanghaiInternational Channel ShanghaiInternational Channel Shanghai, better known as ICS, is the foreign-language cable channel of Shanghai Media Group. Long before the parent company was known as SMG, Shanghai Television Station began producing the English-language “News at Ten” in 1986. On January 1, 2008, ICS replaced the Shanghai...
, a foreign-language cable channel - International Classification for StandardsInternational Classification for StandardsInternational Classification for Standards is an international classification system for technical standards. It is designed to cover every economic sector and virtually every activity of the humankind where technical standards may be used....
, an international classification system for technical standards - International Code of SignalsInternational Code of SignalsThe International Code of Signals is an international system of signals and codes for use by vessels to communicate important messages regarding safety of navigation and related matters. Signals can be sent by flaghoist, signal lamp , flag semaphore, radiotelegraphy, and radiotelephony...
, a maritime signaling standard also abbreviated INTERCO - Internet chess serverInternet chess serverAn Internet chess server is an external server that provides the facility to play, discuss, and view the board game of chess over the Internet...
, an external server that provides the facility to play, discuss, and view chess over the Internet - Internet Connection SharingInternet Connection SharingInternet Connection Sharing is the use of a device with Internet access such as 3G cellular service, broadband via Ethernet, or other Internet gateway as an access point for other devices...
, a feature in Microsoft operating systems since the advent of Windows 98 Second Edition - Israeli Cassini SoldnerIsraeli Cassini SoldnerIsraeli Cassini Soldner is the old geographic coordinate system for Israel. The name is derived from the Cassini Soldner projection it uses and the fact that it is optimized for Israel. This coordinate system is sometimes also referred as the "Old Israeli Grid"...
, a historical geographic coordinate system - .ics, a filename extension for iCalendarICalendariCalendar is a computer file format which allows Internet users to send meeting requests and tasks to other Internet users, via email, or sharing files with an extension of .ics...
files - Ice Cream Sandwich, the codename for version 4.0 of the Android operating system
Music
- ICS VortexICS VortexSimen Hestnæs , also known as I.C.S. Vortex, or just simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician, best known as the current vocalist of the avant-garde metal band Arcturus, the current vocalist and bass guitarist to the progressive black metal band Borknagar, and the former bass guitarist and backing...
, an alias of Simen Hestnæs, Norwegian rock musician - Immersion Composition SocietyImmersion Composition SocietyThe Immersion Composition Society is an underground network of composers, organized into independent groups, called lodges, who periodically spend one or more days composing unusually large volumes of music for the purpose of creating raw material for their new projects. There are several dozen...
, a network of composers, based in the USA
Organizations
- Immigration And Customs Security, a fictional organization in the Canadian TV series The Border
- Indian Civil Service
- Indian National Congress (Socialist)
- Institute for Computational SustainabilityInstitute for Computational SustainabilityThe Institute for Computational Sustainability , founded in 2008 with support from an Expeditions in Computing grant from the National Science Foundation, focuses on the newly emerging field of Computational Sustainability and aims to apply computational techniques to help solve some of the most...
, a Cornell-based institute in the United States - Integrated Computer SolutionsIntegrated Computer SolutionsIntegrated Computer Solutions, Inc.Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. , of Bedford, MA, provides consulting, support, training and add-on products for the Qt cross-platform framework. ICS is a Qt Software Preferred Training and Consulting Partner. ICS has also been recognized by Nokia as the only...
, a US software development and professional services organization - International Chamber of ShippingInternational Chamber of ShippingThe International Chamber of Shipping is the world's principal shipping organisation, representing around 75% of the world’s merchant tonnage; through membership of national shipowners' associations, concerned with all regulatory, operational and legal issues....
- International Citizen ServiceInternational Citizen ServiceInternational Citizen Service is a global volunteering experience funded by the Department for International Development which gives young people across the UK the chance to join in the fight against global poverty...
, a UK volunteer organization - International Commission on StratigraphyInternational Commission on StratigraphyThe International Commission on Stratigraphy , sometimes referred to by the unofficial "International Stratigraphic Commission" is a daughter or major subcommittee grade scientific daughter organization that concerns itself with stratigraphy, geological, and geochronological matters on a global...
, the largest scientific body within the International Union of Geological Sciences - International Continence SocietyInternational Continence SocietyThe International Continence Society is an international society of medical professionals, with national chapters, interested in the study of the lower urinary tract...
, the umbrella body for all the national continence societies - Irish Computer SocietyIrish Computer SocietyIrish Computer Society was founded in 1967 as the professional body for people in the computer and IT Industry.Its objective is to promote professional information and computer skills. The ICS is a member of the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies...
, the national body for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Professionals in Ireland
Schools and universities
- Graduate School of International Corporate StrategyGraduate School of International Corporate StrategyThe , also known by an acronym ICS, is the graduate business school of Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan. It is also referred to as "Hitotsubashi ICS". ICS is the first "professional graduate school" established in Japan...
, in Tokyo, Japan - Indian Central School, in Singapore
- Institute of Cornish StudiesInstitute of Cornish StudiesThe Institute of Cornish Studies is a research institute in west Cornwall: it started in 1970/71 as a research centre jointly funded by Exeter University and Cornwall County Council, with three core staff being employees of the University of Exeter...
, in Falmouth, UK - Instituto de Ciências Sociais, a research institute of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Inter-Community School ZürichInter-Community School ZürichThe Inter-Community School Zürich is a private, independent, international, co-educational day school and offers a comprehensive educational programme in English for children from ages of 3 to 18. The school is international in character and welcomes students of all nationalities...
, in Switzerland - Intermountain Christian SchoolIntermountain Christian SchoolIntermountain Christian School is a school that was founded in 1983. In recent years, ICS has been named the #1 High School in the state of Utah...
, in Utah, USA - International Correspondence SchoolsInternational Correspondence SchoolsInternational Correspondence Schools, also known as ICS Learn and ICS, is an educational institute established in 1890 that provides correspondence and distance learning courses...
- International Christian School (Hong Kong)
Other uses
- Incident Command SystemIncident Command SystemThe Incident Command System is "a systematic tool used for the command, control, and coordination of emergency response" according to the United States Federal Highway Administration...
, an emergency response management system - Intercostal spaceIntercostal spaceThe intercostal space is the space between two ribs . Since there are 12 ribs on each side, there are 11 intercostal spaces, each numbered for the rib superior to it.-Structures in intercostal space:* several kinds of intercostal muscle...
, the space between two ribs - Inhaled corticosteroid, steroid hormones used to treat the nasal mucosa, sinuses, bronchii, and lungs