OBS or obs. may refer to:

Organisations

* Office of Boating Safety, the division of Transport Canada responsible for boating safety *

Optus Broadband Satellite Singtel Optus Pty Limited is an Australian telecommunications company headquartered in Macquarie Park, a suburb in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singaporean telecommunicatio ...

, a satellite broadband service offered by the Australian ISP Optus * Orange Belt Stages, a bus company based in California, US *

Orange Business Services Orange Business, the business services arm of Orange S.A., is a global integrator of communications, products, and services for multinational corporations. On 16 February 2023, Orange Business Services got renamed to Orange Business. Orange ...

, a worldwide business communications company * Organization for Black Struggle, an activist organization in St. Louis, Missouri, US *

Coop Obs! Obs is a chain of 31 hypermarkets throughout Norway managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperatives. The chain director is Lars Midttun. History The first hypermarket opened in Trondheim in 1968 under the name DOMUS Stormarked. Befor ...

, a chain of hypermarkets in Norway, formerly known as Obs * Outward Bound School; See

Outward Bound Outward Bound (OB) is an international network of outdoor education organisations that was founded in the United Kingdom by Lawrence Holt in 1941 based on the educational principles of Kurt Hahn. Today there are organisations, called schools, i ...

Outward Bound Singapore Outward Bound Singapore (OBS; ; ; ) is part of the network of Outward BoundList of Outward Bound Centers

, part of the network of Outward Bound centres * Océ Business Services, the outsourcing business of Océ * Oporto British School, a school in northern Portugal

Science and technology

Organic brain syndrome Organic brain syndrome, also known as organic brain disease, organic brain damage, organic brain disorder (OBD), organic mental syndrome, or organic mental disorder, refers to any syndrome or disorder of mental function whose cause is alleged ...

, a medical condition resulting from brain injury * Omnidirectional bearing selector, an aircraft navigation instrument; See

VHF omnidirectional range Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range Station (VOR) is a type of short-range VHF radio navigation system for aircraft, enabling aircraft with a VOR receiver to determine the azimuth (also radial), referenced to magnetic north, between the a ...

Obstetrics and gynaecology Obstetrics and gynaecology (also spelled as obstetrics and gynecology; abbreviated as Obst and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and ...

, commonly abbreviated Obs/Gyn * Ocean-bottom seismometer, a seismic tool to record earthquakes underwater *Old Body Style, a colloquial name for the fourth generation Chevrolet C/K /GMC Sierra pickup truck (GMT400) manufactured between 1988 and 2000

Computing

OBS Studio OBS Studio (also Open Broadcaster Software or OBS, for short) is a free and open-source, cross-platform screencasting and live streaming app. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux distributions, and BSD. The OBS Project raises funds on Open ...

, an open source streaming and recording program * Open Build Service, a software distribution development platform *

Optical burst switching Optical burst switching (OBS) is an optical telecommunication, optical networking technique that allows dynamic sub-wavelength switching of data. OBS is viewed as a compromise between the yet unfeasible full optical packet switching (OPS) and the mo ...

, a switching technology in optical networks

Television, film, and music

* One Buck Short, a punk-rock band from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * "Orange Blossom Special" (song), bluegrass song written by Ervin T. Rouse

Broadcasters

* OBS (South Korean broadcaster), a broadcast television station based in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea *

Oita Broadcasting System or OBS is a television company based in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. Famous radio announcer and personality Toshio Nishimura used to appear on OBS. He is well known throughout the prefecture and is often referred to by his radio nickname "Bin ...

, a broadcasting station in Ōita Prefecture, Japan *

Olympic Broadcasting Services Olympic Broadcasting Services S.L. (OBS) is a limited liability company which was established by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2001 in order to serve as the Host Broadcaster organisation for all Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, O ...

, an organization responsible for the broadcast of the Olympic Games since 2010 Vancouver Winter Games

Publications

* ''OBS!'' (magazine), Swedish business and political magazine * ''

L'Obs (), previously known as (2014–2024), (1964–2014), (1954–1964), (1953–1954), and (1950–1953), is a weekly French news magazine. Based in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, ' is one of the three most prominent French news magazines a ...

'', French news magazine * '' On Basilisk Station'', the first novel in David Weber's Honor Harrington series

Business

Off-balance-sheet In accounting, "off-balance-sheet" (OBS), or incognito leverage, usually describes an asset, debt, or financing activity not on the company's balance sheet. Total return swaps are an example of an off-balance-sheet item. Some companies may have ...

, financing activity not on the company's balance sheet * Organisation breakdown structure, a global hierarchy that represents the different levels of responsibility within a project or enterprise

Other uses

Operation Blue Star Operation Blue Star was a military operation by the Indian Armed Forces conducted between 1 and 10 June 1984 to remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh militants from the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), a holy site of Sikhism, and i ...

* Original British Standard, a bullhead rail profile * Ong Beng Seng, Singaporean businessman * Old Body Style, car and truck modifications