SS
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SS may refer to: The Wikinfo templates, Template:SS and Template:SSS SuperSearch which aid the reader or researcher in locating information on the web. There are numerous other uses, the most prominent being the notorious Nazi special unit.
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Military
- Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force
- Special Service, a division of soldiers in British service during World War II (later renamed Commandos)
- United States Navy Hull classification symbol designation for a conventionally (non-nuclear) powered submarine
- Surface-to-surface missile of Soviet/Russian type, as listed by NATO
- Steam Ship Screw-driven steamships generally carry the ship prefix "SS" before their names
History, government, and social sciences
- Collar of Esses, an ornamental collar in British heraldry
- Social Studies, a group of academic disciplines that study the human aspects of the world
- Selective Service, the means by which the United States administers military conscription
- Social security, a field of social welfare concerned with the fulfillment of socially recognized needs
- Simplified spelling, the object of spelling reform and campaigning issue of the Simplified Spelling Society
- United States Secret Service:United States federal government law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Transport
- Corsairfly, a Paris-based airline company with IATA airline code "SS"
- Super Sport, a performance package offered by Chevrolet
- SS Cars Ltd, the forerunner of Jaguar
- Swallow Sidecar Company, the former name of the Jaguar automobile company
- Sand Springs Railway, which has the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reporting mark "SS"
- Stockholms Spårvägar, the former public streetcar and bus operating company (1915-66) in Stockholm, Sweden
- A sports car sold by the Australian Holden Commodore car company
- Shaoshan, a series of electric locomotives in China railway
Geography
- Sassari, an Italian province
Religion
- Saints, often abbreviated "SS" in the plural (e.g. "SS Peter and Paul")
- Sabbath School, part of the weekly Seventh-day Adventist Church service
Sports
- Società Sportiva (Italian for "Sport Society"), frequently found as an identifier in the names of Italian sports clubs
- Shortstop, a defensive position in baseball
- Strong Safety, a defensive position in American and Canadian football
Other
- The ß ligature (German letter for double "s")
- Slave select, a control line for the Serial Peripheral Interface Bus
- Society of Saint-Sulpice, in that the initials "S.S." after a person's name may indicate membership therein
- Spread Spectrum, a communications technique (FHSS, DSSS, CDMA), usually used for wireless
- Sum of squares, a mathematical equation used in statistics
