USS may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) are a Canadian alternative rock musical duo from Toronto.Universal Studios Singapore Universal Studios Singapore (abbreviation: USS) is a theme park located within the Resorts World Sentosa integrated resort at Sentosa in Singapore. It features 24 rides, shows, and attractions in seven themed zones. It is one of the five U ...

, a theme park in Singapore

Businesses and organizations

* Union of Sovereign States, the planned successor to the Soviet Union * Union Switch & Signal, a supplier of railroad switching equipment * Union Syndicale Suisse, the Swiss Trade Union Confederation * United Seamen's Service, a non-profit, federally chartered organization founded in 1942 * United State of Saurashtra, a separate, western State within the Union of India from 1948 until 1956 *

United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...

, the upper chamber of the United States Congress *

U.S. Steel The United States Steel Corporation is an American steel company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It maintains production facilities at several additional locations in the U.S. and Central Europe. The company produces and sells steel products, ...

Corporation *

USA Swimming USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent the United States, as well as the overa ...

, formerly United States Swimming, the national governing body for competitive swimming in the US *

Universities Superannuation Scheme The Universities Superannuation Scheme is a pension scheme in the United Kingdom with £89.6 billion under management as of August 2021 (up from £67 billion in 2019). It has over 400,000 members, made up of active and retired academic and aca ...

, a pension scheme in the United Kingdom *

United Peasant Party The United Peasant Party (, abbr. USS) is an agrarian political party in Serbia. Its primary area of strength is in the municipality of Svrljig. It is affiliated with the European People's Party in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorit ...

(''Ujedinjena seljačka stranka''), a political party in Serbia

Computing

* Unformatted System Services, the mechanism within

VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM) is the IBM subsystem that implements Systems Network Architecture (SNA) for mainframe environments. VTAM provides an application programming interface (API) for communication applications, and contro ...

to format a session's logmode and application. An equivalent facility in TN3270 also specifies a logon screen. *

UNIX System Services z/OS UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX, or informally USS) is a base element of z/OS. z/OS UNIX is a certified UNIX operating system implementation ( XPG4 UNIX 95) optimized for mainframe architecture. It is the first UNIX 95 to not be derived f ...

, a component of z/OS that provides Unix compatibility * Upload Speed Sense, a method of regulating a host's upload bandwidth in the

eMule eMule is a Free software, free peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows. Started in May 2002 as an alternative to eDonkey2000, eMule connects to both the eDonkey network and the Kad network. The distinguishing features of eM ...

client

Health care

* Ultrasound scan, a scientific and medical imaging technique (usually refers to

medical ultrasound Medical ultrasound includes Medical diagnosis, diagnostic techniques (mainly medical imaging, imaging) using ultrasound, as well as therapeutic ultrasound, therapeutic applications of ultrasound. In diagnosis, it is used to create an image of ...

) *

Upshaw–Schulman syndrome Upshaw–Schulman syndrome (USS) is the recessively inherited form of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), a rare and complex blood coagulation disease. USS is caused by the absence of the ADAMTS13 protease resulting in the persistence of ...

, the recessively inherited form of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura * Universal Spinal System, an implantable device (instrumentation) system for correcting

scoliosis Scoliosis (: scolioses) is a condition in which a person's Vertebral column, spine has an irregular curve in the coronal plane. The curve is usually S- or C-shaped over three dimensions. In some, the degree of curve is stable, while in others ...

Schools

University of Southern Somalia The University of Southern Somalia is a higher education center based in Baidoa, Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa a ...

Uxbridge Secondary School Uxbridge Secondary School (U.S.S.) is a high school in the Township of Uxbridge, Ontario, and is one of 18 high schools within the Durham District School Board. The school has students from grades 9–12 and offers a wide range of academic and e ...

, a high school in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada

Other uses

United States Ship United States Ship (abbreviated as USS or U.S.S.) is a ship prefix used to identify a commissioned ship of the United States Navy and applies to a ship only while it is in commission. Before commissioning, the vessel may be referred to as a " p ...

, typically as a ship prefix in the United States Navy (includes submarines) * United States Standard, an older standard of screw thread * In the fictional ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...

'' universe, either ''United Space Ship'' or ''United Star Ship'' {{disambiguation