NCS may refer to:
Organizations
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NASCAR Canada Series
The NASCAR Canada Series (NCS, ) is a national NASCAR racing series in Canada, and is a continuation of the old CASCAR Super Series which was founded in 1981. It is the top NASCAR touring series in Canada.
History
In September 2006 NASCAR purchas ...
, canadian stock car racing series
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National Career Service (India)
The National Career Service (NCS) is a career service in India operated by the Indian Government's Ministry of Labour and Employment. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 20 July 2015, aimed at replacing the existing nationwide sys ...
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National Cartoonists Society
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...
, US
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National Center for Simulation
The National Center for Simulation (NCS) is a trade association of Modeling, Simulation, and Training (MS&T) companies, government, academic, start-up companies, and industry members. With a focus on advancing the MS&T industry, NCS promotes outre ...
, US defense technologies association
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National Children's Study
The ''Eunice Kennedy Shriver'' National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It supports and conducts research ai ...
, US cohort study
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National Citizen Service
National Citizen Service, also known as NCS, was a Government-funded personal and social development programme in England available for 16-17 year olds. The scheme was run by the NCS Trust, a public body for youth and a key component of the Gover ...
, voluntary service for 16-17-year-olds in England
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National Clandestine Service
The Directorate of Operations (DO), less formally called the Clandestine Service,Central Intelligence AgencyCareers & Internships Retrieved: July 9, 2015. is a component of the US Central Intelligence Agency. It was known as the ''Directorate ...
, later Directorate of Operations, a component of the CIA
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National Crime Squad
The National Crime Squad (NCS) was a British police organisation which dealt with national and transnational Organised crime, organised and major crimes. Formed in April 1998 after the amalgamation of six former Regional Crime Squads, it merge ...
, a former British police organisation
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National Communications System
The National Communications System (NCS) was an office within the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with enabling national security and emergency preparedness communications ( NS/EP telecommunications) using the national teleco ...
, a former US agency
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National Convenience Stores, a US company
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Naval Canteen Service, the Royal Navy branch of the NAAFI
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NCS Group
NCS Pte. Ltd. (also known as NCS Group, previously known as National Computer Systems) is a multinational information technology company headquartered in Singapore. Founded in 1981 as an agency of the Singapore government, it was privatised in ...
, formerly National Computer Systems, Singapore
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North Carolina Symphony
The North Carolina Symphony (NCS) is an American orchestra based in Raleigh, North Carolina, with sixty-six full-time musicians. The orchestra performs in Meymandi Concert Hall and performs occasionally with the Carolina Ballet and the Opera Co ...
, based in Raleigh, North Carolina
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North Coast Section
The North Coast Section (NCS) is a part of the California Interscholastic Federation, governing the eastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, up along the northern coast of the state of California, from Fremont in the south to Crescent ...
, an athletic organization in California, US
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NoCopyrightSounds
NoCopyrightSounds, or NCS, is a British record label that releases royalty-free electronic dance music. Originally starting as a music promotion YouTube channel, it reached 1 million paid downloads in 2017.
History
NoCopyrightSounds was start ...
, a British record label
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Neurocritical Care Society
The Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) is an international, multidisciplinary medical society first established in 2002. The Society is dedicated to improving the care and outcomes of patients with life-threatening neurologic illnesses in the intensi ...
, an international, multidisciplinary medical society
Schools and universities
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National Cathedral School
National Cathedral School (NCS) is an independent Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopal private school, private day school for girls in grades 4–12 located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, ...
, Washington, D.C.
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National Cryptologic School
The National Cryptologic University (NCU) (formerly known as the National Cryptologic School, or the NCS) is a school within the National Security Agency that provides training to members of the United States Intelligence Community.
The Nationa ...
, of the U.S. National Security Agency
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Navy Children School
Navy Children School (NCS) is a chain of schools across India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of cou ...
, India
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Newark Charter School
Newark Charter School (NCS) is a public charter school located in Newark, Delaware, that serves children from kindergarten to twelfth grade using the Core Knowledge Foundation, Core Knowledge curriculum. 3,005 students were enrolled in the school ...
, Newark, Delaware, US
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Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, London, England
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Northland Christian School
Northland Christian School is a private, Christian, PK-12 school located in Northwest Houston, Texas, United States.
History
Northland Christian School (NCS) was established in the spring of 1974. Seeking to create a school in their community ...
, Houston, Texas, US
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North Cestrian School
North Cestrian School, formerly North Cestrian Grammar School, is a free school in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, for pupils aged between 11 and 18. North Cestrian is part of the Hamblin Educational Trust.
History
The school was ...
, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England
Science and technology
Biology and chemistry
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N-Chlorosuccinimide
''N''-Chlorosuccinimide (NCS) is the organic compound with the formula C2H4(CO)2NCl. This white solid is used for chlorinations. It is also used as a mild oxidant. NCS is related to succinimide, but with N-Cl in place of N-H. The N–Cl bond is ...
, an organic chemical
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Neotenic complex syndrome
Neotenic complex syndrome (NCS) is a syndrome that presents as an extreme form of developmental delay, with the defining characteristic being neoteny of the patient. It was named in 2017 by Dr. Richard F. Walker, who discovered several genes impl ...
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Nerve conduction study
A nerve conduction study (NCS) is a medical test, medical diagnostic test commonly used to evaluate the function, especially the ability of action potential, electrical conduction, of the motor nerve, motor and sensory nerves of the human body. Th ...
, a medical diagnostic test
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Neuronal calcium sensor Neuronal Calcium Sensor is a large family of proteins which work as calcium dependent molecular switches and includes members like Frequenin (NCS1), recoverin, GCAP, neurocalcin, visinin etc. All the members carry 4 EF hand motifs (out of which only ...
, a family of proteins
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Thiocyanate
Thiocyanates are salts containing the thiocyanate anion (also known as rhodanide or rhodanate). is the conjugate base of thiocyanic acid. Common salts include the colourless salts potassium thiocyanate and sodium thiocyanate. Mercury(II) t ...
, an organic compound in the cyanate family
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Natural Color System
The Natural Colour System (NCS) is a proprietary perceptual color model. It is based on the color opponency hypothesis of color vision, first proposed by German physiologist Ewald Hering. The current version of the NCS was developed by the ...
, a proprietary color model
Computing
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National CAD Standard
The National CAD Standard (NCS) is a collaborative effort in the United States among computer-aided design (CAD) and building information modeling (BIM) users. Its goal is to create a unified approach to the creation of building design data. Develo ...
, US
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Network Computing System
The Network Computing System (NCS) was an implementation of the Network Computing Architecture (NCA). It was created at Apollo Computer in the 1980s. It comprised a set of tools for implementing distributed software applications, or distributed co ...
, an implementation of the Network Computing Architecture at Apollo Computer
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Network-based Call Signaling
Network-based Call Signaling (NCS) is a profile of the Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) for use in PacketCable applications for voice-over-IP.
A network implementing NCS is designed according to the media gateway control protocol architectu ...
, a protocol used with VoIP
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Networked control system A networked control system (NCS) is a control system wherein the control loops are closed through a communication network. The defining feature of an NCS is that control and feedback signals are exchanged among the system's components in the form o ...
, closing control loops with a communication network
Transport
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Newark City Subway
The Newark Light Rail (NLR) is a light rail system serving Newark, New Jersey, and surrounding areas, owned by New Jersey Transit and operated by its bus operations division. The service consists of two segments, the original Newark City Subwa ...
, New Jersey, US
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North Central Service
The North Central Service (NCS) is a Metra commuter rail line running from Union Station (Chicago), Union Station in downtown Chicago through northwestern and far northern suburbs to Antioch, Illinois, Antioch, Illinois. In December 2022, the pub ...
, a rail line in Chicago, Illinois, US
Other uses
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National Care Service, proposed social care service in the United Kingdom
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National Compensation Survey The National Compensation Survey (NCS) is produced by the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), measuring occupational earnings, compensation costs, benefit incidence rates, and plan provisions. It is used to adjust ...
, US
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NATO Codification System
The NATO Codification System (NCS) is a Standardization Agreement approach to identify, classify, and number items of supply. This applies to repetitively used and stocked items (e.g., repair parts, equipment, food, etc.). The System has been agr ...
, for items of supply
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Norwegian continental shelf
The Norwegian continental shelf () (abbreviated as NCS) is the continental shelf over which Norway exercises sovereign rights as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The area of the shelf is four times the area of Norw ...
, the continental shelf of Norway
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NCS: Manhunt'', a British crime drama series from 2001-2002
See also
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