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)