NIS
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Nis or NIS may refer to:
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NIS can also refer to:
- Nickel sulfideMilleriteMillerite is a nickel sulfide mineral, NiS. It is brassy in colour and has an acicular habit, often forming radiating masses and furry aggregates...
NiS
Nis or NIS may refer to:
- NišNišNiš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...
, a city in south-eastern SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. - Ness, Western IslesNess, Western IslesNess is the northernmost part of the Isle of Lewis, a community consisting of about 16 villages, including Lionel, Habost, Swainbost, Cross, North and South Dell, Cross Skigersta, Skigersta, Eoradale, Adabrock, Port of Ness, Knockaird, Fivepenny and Eoropie. It is the most north-westerly community...
(Scottish Gaelic: Nis), a village in the Outer Hebrides islands.
In politics and government:
- New Israeli Shekel, the currency unit of Israel.
- Newly Independent State, a title used for a former Soviet republic after the fall of the USSR.
- National Intelligence Service (South Korea)National Intelligence Service (South Korea)The National Intelligence Service is the chief intelligence agency of South Korea. The agency was officially established in 1961 as the Korea Central Intelligence Agency , during the rule of President Park Chung-hee's military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, which displaced the...
, South Korea's state security agency. - National Intelligence Service (Greece), Greece's national intelligence agency.
- Norwegian Intelligence ServiceNorwegian Intelligence ServiceEtterretningstjenesten or the Norwegian Intelligence Service is a Norwegian military intelligence agency under the Chief of Defence and the Ministry of Defence....
, Norway's military intelligence agency. - Naval Investigative Service, the predecessor of the Naval Criminal Investigative ServiceNaval Criminal Investigative ServiceThe United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service is the primary security, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement agency of the United States Department of the Navy...
(NCIS) as the U.S. Navy's internal law enforcement branch. - Statistics BelgiumStatistics BelgiumStatistics Belgium is the main official statistical institution in Belgium offering a large choice/variety of figures....
(Dutch: Nationaal Instituut voor de Statistiek, French: Institut National de Statistique), the main government statistics office of Belgium. - Nuclear Information ServiceNuclear Information ServiceNIS is a not-for-profit, independent information service based in the UK, which works to promote public awareness and foster debate on nuclear disarmament and related safety and environmental issues...
, NIS is a not-for-profit, independent information service based in the UK, which works to promote public awareness and foster debate on nuclear disarmament and related safety and environmental issues. - National Institute of Statistics of Cambodia, the National statistical agency of Cambodia.
- Newly Independent States, the countries formerly in the Soviet Union
In computing:
- Network Information ServiceNetwork Information ServiceThe Network Information Service, or NIS is a client–server directory service protocol for distributing system configuration data such as user and host names between computers on a computer network...
, also known as "Yellow Pages" (YP); a client-server directory service protocol by Sun Microsystems for managing a network. - Norton Internet SecurityNorton Internet SecurityNorton Internet Security, developed by Symantec Corporation, provides malware prevention and removal during subscription period and uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses. Other features include a software firewall, e-mail spam filtering, and phishing protection.Symantec distributes...
, computer security software developed by Symantec Corporation. - Nippon Ichi Software, a developer and publisher of video games.
- Network information systemNetwork information systemNetwork Information System is an information system for managing networks, such as electricity network, water supply network, gas supply network, or telecommunications network....
, a system to manage other networks. - Network and Information Security, a term extensively used by European Network and Information Security AgencyEuropean Network and Information Security AgencyThe European Network and Information Security Agency is an agency of the European Union.ENISA was created in 2004 by EU and is fully operational since September 1st, 2005...
(ENISA).
In music
- Johnson (rapper)Johnson (rapper)Marc Kwabena Johnson better known as Johnson is a Danish rapper. Previously he was known as NiggerenISlæden . Before his solo career, he was a member of the band B.A.N.G.E.R.S. and J.A.Z. and has collaborated with many Danish hip hop artists.-Career:Marc Johnson was born to a Ghanaian father and a...
, Danish rapper also known as N.I.S.
NIS can also refer to:
- Naftna Industrija SrbijeNaftna Industrija SrbijeNaftna Industrija Srbije is an oil company in Serbia. The company's main business is the oil and gas exploration, production, importing, processing, transportation, and marketing of oil and oil products in Serbia. It holds monopoly on all oil imports until 2011 except the high quality diesel fuel...
, Petroleum Industry of Serbia - National Institute of SportsNational Institute of SportsFounded in 1961, Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports or NIS, is Asia's largest Sports Institute located in princely city of Patiala...
, an educational center in India - National innovation systemNational innovation systemThe National Innovation System is the flow of technology and information among people, enterprises and institutions which is key to the innovative process on the national level...
, which examines knowledge production in a firm - N-Iodosuccinimide, a reagent used in organic synthesis and source of electrophilic iodine
- Sodium-iodide symporterSodium-iodide symporterThe sodium/iodide symporter , also known as solute carrier family 5, member 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC5A5 gene. The sodium/iodide symporter is a transmembrane glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 87 kDa and 13 transmembrane domains, which transports two sodium cations ...
, found in the thyroid gland - The Nanjing International SchoolNanjing International SchoolNanjing International School is a non-profit International School serving the expatriate community of Nanjing, enrolling children age 3 to 18, PreK to Grade 12.-History:...
, school serving the expatriate community of Nanjing - Nishimachi International SchoolNishimachi International SchoolNishimachi International School is a private school in Tokyo, Japan which was established in 1949. Located in the Azabu Juban area of Tokyo, it is one of the International Schools in the area. Nishimachi currently has students of over 50 nationalities attending, and has a very international...
, a private school in Tokyo, Japan - The Nordic Integrated System, a type of ski bindingSki bindingA ski binding is an attachment which anchors a ski boot to the ski. There are different types of bindings for different types of skiing.-Universal designs:...
in cross-country skiingCross-country skiingCross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
developed by RottefellaRottefellaRottefella is a Norwegian ski binding manufacturer.-Rottefella/Fischer Partnership:Taking effect beginning of the 2007-2008, Rottefella will be the official bindings of Fischer Skis boots. Presently, Fischer boots use the Salomon Nordic System Rottefella is a manufacturer of NNN bindings... - The Norwegian International Ship RegisterNorwegian International Ship RegisterNorwegian International Ship Register or NIS is a separate Norwegian ship register for Norwegian vessels aimed at competing with flags of convenience registers like Panama, Liberia etc. Originally proposed by Erling Dekke Næss in 1984 it was established in Bergen in 1987 and is managed by the...
, in Norwegian Norsk Internasjonalt Skipsregister (NIS)