Ss
SS is an abbreviation for Schutzstaffel, a former paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany.
SS, Ss, or similar may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- SS (band), an early Japanese hardcore punk band
- , a Japanese comic produced between 2000 and 2003
- S.S., for Sosthenes Smith, pseudonym of H. G. Wells's book A Vision of the Past
Language
- ß or ss, a German language ligature
- Ss (digraph) used in Chinese transliteration for the phoneme /z/
- sensu stricto, Latin phrase meaning "in the strict sense"
- Scilicet, used as a section sign
- Swazi language (ISO 639-1 code "ss")
- SS, a type of switch-reference in linguistics
Places
- Guangdong Experimental High School (Sheng Shi or Sang Sat), China
- Province of Sassari, Italy (vehicle plate code)
- South Sudan (ISO 3166-1 code SS)
- SS postcode area, UK, around Southend
Science and technology
- Stainless steel, sometimes marked SS
- Suspended solids, in water
- settleable solids, in water
Computing
- .ss, top-level domain country code for South Sudan
- Slave select or chip select, a control line for a computer data bus
- SS register, or stack segment register, in x86 processor
- Super speed USB, or USB 3.0
Biology and medicine
- (+)-sabinene synthase, an enzyme
- Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease
- Sweet's syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, a disease
Vehicles
- SS class blimp, for anti-submarine warfare
- Super Sport (Chevrolet), performance option
Ships
- Ship prefix for (single-screw) steamship
- Steamship
- Steamboat
- Submarine, by US Navy hull classification
Sports
- Shortstop, a fielding position in baseball and softball
- Special stage (rallying)
- Strong safety, a defensive position in American and Canadian football
Transportation
- Corsair International (IATA airline code SS)
- Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, a Dutch private railroad
- Sand Springs Railway in Oklahoma, US (railroad reporting mark SS)
- SS Cars Ltd, Jaguar from 1945
- Stockholms Spårvägar, a Swedish streetcar and bus company.
- Chevrolet SS, sport sedan.
Other uses
- Saints
- Social services
See also
- S/S (disambiguation)
- SSS (disambiguation)
- SS1 (disambiguation)