Fos or FOSS may refer to:

Companies

* Foss A/S, a Danish analytical instrument company *

Foss Brewery The Foss Brewery ( no, Foss Bryggeri) was a brewery in Oslo. The company was started in 1836 as the Ytteborg Brewery (''Ytteborgs Bryggeri'') and was located on ''Hausmanns gate'' (Hausmann Street). In the 19th century, the water in the lower par ...

, a former brewery in Oslo, Norway *

Foss Maritime Foss Maritime (formerly Foss Launch and Tug Company), is an American tugging company. The company was founded in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857–1927) and her husband Andrew Foss. The company is now the largest tug and towing concern on the west coas ...

, a tugboat and shipping company

Historic houses

* Foss House (New Brighton, Minnesota), United States *

Foss and Wells House The Foss and Wells House is a historic Italianate house located in Jordan, Minnesota. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1980. Description and history It was built with local sandstone in 1858. Foss an ...

, Jordan, Minnesota, United States * Horatio G. Foss House, Auburn, Maine, United States

People

* Foss (surname) *

Foss Shanahan Foss Shanahan (10 June 1910 – 13 September 1964) was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant. Biography Shanahan was born on 10 June 1910 at Alexandra. He was educated at the Christian Brothers' Boys' School in Dunedin and Waitaki Boys' Hi ...

(1910–1964), New Zealand diplomat * Foss Westcott (1863–1949), English bishop

Places

Foss Dyke The Foss Dyke, or Fossdyke, connects the River Trent at Torksey to Lincoln, the county town of Lincolnshire, and may be the oldest canal in England that is still in use. It is usually thought to have been built around AD 120 by the Romans ...

, a canal in Lincolnshire, England *

Foss-Eikeland Foss-Eikeland or Foss Eikjeland is a village in the western part of the large Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village lies just south of the city of Sandnes, just north of the river Figgjoelva and the municipal border. The ...

, a village in Sandnes, Norway *

River Foss The River Foss is in North Yorkshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Ouse, Yorkshire, River Ouse. It rises in the Foss Crooks Woods near Oulston Reservoir close to the village of Yearsley and runs south through the Vale of York to the ...

, a river in North Yorkshire, England, U.K.

United States

* Foss, Oklahoma, a town **

Foss State Park Foss State Park is a Oklahoma state park located on Foss Lake, in southwestern Custer County, Oklahoma, near the city of Foss. Recreational activities include hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, boating, swimming and camping. Faciliti ...

* Foss, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Foss Glacier, a glacier on Mount Hinman, Washington * Foss Peak, Tatoosh Range, Washington * Foss River, a river in Washington

Other uses

* Foss (band), an El Paso, Texas-based rock band * Foss (cat), the pet of Edward Lear *

Free and open-source software Free and open-source software (FOSS) is a term used to refer to groups of software consisting of both free software and open-source software where anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source ...

(FOSS) **

FOSS Movement in India FOSS Movement in India refers to the campaign across the country during the 1990s and 2000s in particular, to promote Free and Open Source Software. It was marked by the existence of many Indian Linux User Groups (ILUGs) groups and Free Softwa ...