[extropy-chat] Application Abbreviations

[Patrick Wilken]

Hi Natasha:

> Does anyone know what the following abbreviations stand for?

Check out:

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

For instance:

> SS,

Schutzstaffeln (WWII, German)
Self-Service
Steam Ship (nautical vessel designation; also see MS for motor ship)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (book by J. K. Rowling)
  Sa Sainteté (French: His/Her Holiness)
  Safe Sex
  Safety Stock (inventory control system)
  Safety Systems
  Saint Scholastica
  Saints
  Sakura Star (website)
  Salmon Sperm (carrier DNA)
  Same Size
  Sample Size
  Samurai Showdown/Samurai Spirits (SNK game)
  Samurai Spirits (SNK video game)
  Samurai Sword
  San Sebastián
  Sassari (Sardinia, Italy)
  Satellite-Switched
Savage Species (roleplaying games, Dungeons & Dragons)
  Scanner Subsystem
  Scleral Spur (ophthalmology)
  Score Sheet
  Scoville Scale (measure of chili hotness)
  Screen Saver
  Screen Shot
  Scribe Sheet
  Sea Salt
  Sea State
  Search String
  Secondary School
  Secondary Storage
  Secret Service
  Section Secretary (Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America)
  Sector Suite (FAA positions at an ARTCC)
  Secure Seal (anti-fraud technology used by banks)
  Security and Safeguards
  Security Service (MI5)
  Sega Saturn (game machine)
Seismic Stability
  Select Standby (RS-449)
  Selective Service
  Selective Signaling
  Sell Stop (trading markets; stocks, bonds, commodities)
  Semisolid (pharmaceutics)
  Senior School
  Separate School (Toronto Catholic District School Board, Canada)
  Serial Slayer
  Serious Sam (game)
  Serta Sheep
  Service Sink (construction plans; plumbing)
  Service System (Bellcore)
  Service/Segment (Bellcore)
  Sesame Street
  Session Service
  Settleable Solids
  Seventh Son (book)
  Severn School (Severn High School)
  Severus Snape (Harry Potter character)
Shared Services (IBM)
  Shared Slot
  Shell Script
  Shelter Supervisor
  Shetland Sheepdog
  Shining Soul (game)
  Ship Service
  Short Stop (baseball/softball position)
  Short Stuff
  Shortland Street (New Zealand TV soap opera)
  Shortstop (baseball)
  Shoulder Stretch (stretching exercises)
  Side, Side (geometry)
  Sidewalk Slam (band)
  Signal Simulator
  Signaling System (telecommunications)
  Silver Star
  Simmer Stat
  Simplex Signaling
  Sims Superstar (game)Single Shot
  Single Sided
  Single Signal
  Single Source
  Single Strand (DNA)
  Single Strength
  Sire Summary
  Sister Sledge (band)
  Six Sigma
  Sjogren's Syndrome
  Ski School
  Skyshrine (Everquest, gaming)
  Slave Select (electronics)
  Slick Shoes (band)
  Sliding Scale
  Slim Shady (Eminem albumn)
  Slow Start
  So Sorry
  So Sweet
  Social Science
Social Security
  Social Studies
  Society of St. Sulpice (The Sulpicians; religious order)
  Software Support
  Solar System
  Soldier's System
  Solid State
  Sommersemester (German: summer semester)
  Sonic Shuffle (Sega game)
  Soprano Saxophone
  Sorry, Sloppy
  Source Selection
  Southend-On-Sea (British postcode)
  Souvenir Sheet (philately)
  Space Shuttle
  Space Station
  Spacely Sprockets
  Special Service
  Special Studies
  SpineShank (band)Spousal Support
  Spread Spectrum
  Sprint Spectrum (PCS)
  Sprite Show (webcomic)
  Staatsspoor (former railway station in The Hague)
  Stack Segment
  Staff Specialist
  StaidSoft
  Stainless Steel
  Standard Score
  Starshell
  Starship (science fiction)
  Start to Start
  State School (Australia)
  State Ship
  Status Signal
  Steady State (control systems engineering)
  Steam Stat
  Stefano Silvestri (Italian Undersecretary of Defense)
  Step-Son
Steyr Scout (Counter-Strike, gaming)
  Stop State
  Storage to Storage Instruction
  Storm Shield (Diablo 2 game)
  Street Sharks (cartoon)
  Strip Search
  Strong Sad (cartoon character)
  Strong Safety (football)
  Structural Steel
  Stunt Squad
  Sua Santità (Italian: His Holiness)
  Sub Space (online game)
  Submarine (conventional)
  Submarine Qualified
  Submersible Ship (submarine)
  Subnet Sweep
  Subordinate System
  Sub-Sonic
  Subspace (gaming)
  Subsystem Specification
Suburban Service (Canadian post)
  Suicide Squad (Quake 3 clan)
  Suitable Substitute (US DoD)
  Sum of Squares
  SummerSlam (WWF PPV event)
  Summerslam (WWF Wrestling event held in August)
  Summoned Skull (Yu-Gi-Oh! card)
  Sunday School
  Sunset
  Sunshine
  Super Saiyan (game)
  Super Saiyan Saiyajin (Dragon World)
  Super Scalar
  Super Solenoid (anime; aka S2 or S^2)
  Super Sonic
  Super Sport
  Super Star
  Super Stock (racing category)
  Supersede
  Supervisory System (SONET)SS
Supply Support
  Support Strategy
  Support System/Subsystem
  Sure, Sure
  Surface Search
  Surface to Surface
  Surveillance Station
  Survivor Series (WWF PPV event)
  Suspended Solids
  Svensk Standard (Swedish Standard)
  Swedish Standards
  Sweep Select
  Sweet Surrender
  Swing Space (Pentagon Renovation Project)
  Switch and Signaling
  Switching System
  Sworn Statement (Notary Public-Vital documents)
  Sylvia Saint (adult film star)
  Synthetic Substitution
  System Shock (computer game)
System Specification
  System Status
  System Summary
  System Supervisor
  System Support
  Systemic Sclerosis

best, patrick