ABS
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ABS is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:
- Able-bodied Seaman / Able-bodied Seamen — (the original term was Able Seaman, abbreviated AB)
- ABS, a popular clothing brand by Allen B. Schwartz
- Always Better Service, the brand name of a computer manufacturing company.
- Absolutive case
- Abbafy - Broyden - Spedicato , numeric solution for a system of equation.
- Abu Simbel Airport (IATA airport code: ABS) in Abu Simbel, Egypt
- Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, a plastic
- Action Battle System, a type of fantasy battle system made with RPG Maker.
- Adult Book Store, Bookstore catering to Adult Entertainment
- Airport Base Station, Apple WLAN solution
- Akita Broadcasting System, a broadcasting station in Akita Prefecture, Japan
- Albino Blacksheep, a website
- American Bible Society
- American Bureau of Shipping
- Amused But Silent, internet slang
- Anchor Bible Series
- Animal Behavior Society
- Anti-lock braking system (translated from German, Antiblockier-Bremssystem)
- Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service
- Arch Build System, an Arch Linux tool
- Asset-backed security, a financial term
- Association for Bahá’í Studies
- Association of Broadcasting Staff
- Atlanta Blues Society
- Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia's official statistical organisation
- Automatic Beam System - automated railways & monorails
- Automatic block signal
- Automatic Brightness Stabilizer / Automatic Brightness Stabilization controller - adjusts the x-ray generator to maintain a preset image brightness level during fluoroscopy
- Gospel For Asia Biblical Seminary - Also called as GFABS and ABS
Abs or abs can also be:
an abbreviation:
- Absolute value of a number, its value without regard to sign; its magnitude
- Absorbance in regards to Spectroscopy
- All Blacks - the rugby team of New Zealand
a contraction:
- Abdominals, abdominal muscles
a nickname:
- Abs Breen is a member of the former UK boy band 5ive
- Abs is a nickname for the name Abigail. For example, Abigail Z. could be called Abs Z. for short
- A regular CBBC presenter is nicknamed "Abs," although his full name is not known
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