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'''Vis''', '''ViS''', '''VIS''', and other capitalizations may refer to: |
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== Places == |
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== Geography == |
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* [[Vis (island)]], a Croatian island in the Adriatic sea |
* [[Vis (island)]], a Croatian island in the Adriatic sea |
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* [[Vis (town)]], on the island of Vis |
** [[Vis (town)]], on the island of Vis |
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* [[Vis, Bulgaria]] |
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* [[Vis (river)]], in south-central France |
* [[Vis (river)]], in south-central France |
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* [[Vis, Bulgaria]], a village in Haskovo Province |
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* [[Viš]], a village in Montenegro |
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== Organizations == |
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* [[VIS (criminal organisation)]], Bulgarian front company for a criminal organisation |
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* [[Vasil Iliev Security]] (VIS and VIS-2), former front companies for a criminal organization in Bulgaria |
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* [[Victorian Institute of Sport]], a government sporting institute in Victoria, Australia |
* [[Victorian Institute of Sport]], a government sporting institute in Victoria, Australia |
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* [[Vienna Independent Shorts]], an annual international |
* [[Vienna Independent Shorts]], an annual international film festival in Vienna, Austria |
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* [[Vienna International School]], |
* [[Vienna International School]], a school for the children of UN employees and diplomats in Vienna, Austria |
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* [[Viacom International Studios]], a division of Paramount International Networks |
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== Science and technology == |
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* [[Viewable image size]], the amount of screen space available on display without obstruction |
* [[Viewable image size]], the amount of screen space available on display without obstruction |
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* [[Visible spectrum]], the portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum that is visible to the human eyes |
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* [[Visa Information System]], a database of fingerprints and facial scans in use by Schengen Zone countries |
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* [[Visual Instruction Set]], a SIMD instruction set for SPARC processors |
* [[Visual Instruction Set]], a SIMD instruction set for SPARC processors |
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* [[Visa Information System]], a biometric database for visa applications in the Schengen area of the EU |
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* Voter Information Service for [[Elections Canada]] |
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* [[Vis (surname)]], a Dutch surname, including a list of people named Vis |
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* [[Vis.]], taxonomic abbreviation for Roberto de Visiani (1800-1878), Dalmatian Italian botanist |
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* [[Fiderd Vis]] (born 1981), Aruban judoka |
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* [[Rudi Vis]] (born 1941), British politician |
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==Other== |
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* [[Vis medicatrix naturae]], the healing power of nature, a phrase erroneously attributed to Hippocrates |
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* [[Potentially visible set]], a form of polygon culling used to accelerate the rendering of 3D environments |
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* [[Visible spectrum]], especially in the combined form UV-VIS (ultraviolet and visible) |
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* [[Vis-à-vis (disambiguation)]] |
* [[Vis-à-vis (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[Viz (disambiguation)]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:22, 11 November 2024
Look up vis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Vis, ViS, VIS, and other capitalizations may refer to:
Places
[edit]- Vis (island), a Croatian island in the Adriatic sea
- Vis (town), on the island of Vis
- Vis (river), in south-central France
- Vis, Bulgaria, a village in Haskovo Province
- Visalia Municipal Airport (IATA and FAA:VIS), Visalia, California
- Viš, a village in Montenegro
Organizations
[edit]- Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation, an IC foundry in Taipei, Taiwan
- Vasil Iliev Security (VIS and VIS-2), former front companies for a criminal organization in Bulgaria
- Vatican Information Service, the official news service of the Vatican
- VAZInterService, an automobile manufacturer in Russia
- Vavoua International School, an international boarding school in Côte d'Ivoire
- Victorian Institute of Sport, a government sporting institute in Victoria, Australia
- Vienna Independent Shorts, an annual international film festival in Vienna, Austria
- Vienna International School, a school for the children of UN employees and diplomats in Vienna, Austria
- VIS Entertainment, a former video game developer in Scotland
- Viacom International Studios, a division of Paramount International Networks
Science and technology
[edit]- Vaccine Information Statement, a formal vaccine description published by the United States Centers for Disease Control
- Variable Intake System, a technology of internal combustion engines
- Tandy Video Information System, a multimedia CD-ROM console from the early 1990s
- Viewable image size, the amount of screen space available on display without obstruction
- Visible spectrum, the portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum that is visible to the human eyes
- Visual Instruction Set, a SIMD instruction set for SPARC processors
- Visa Information System, a biometric database for visa applications in the Schengen area of the EU
Other uses
[edit]- Vis (surname), a Dutch surname, including a list of people named Vis
- Vis., taxonomic abbreviation for Roberto de Visiani (1800-1878), Dalmatian Italian botanist
- vis, the possessive form of the English neologistic gender-neutral pronoun ve
- FB Vis, a type of Polish handgun
- The heroine of the 11th century Persian love story Vis and Rāmin
- Willem C. Vis Moot, an international arbitration moot court held annually in Vienna, Austria