Vis, ViS, VIS, and other capitalizations may refer to:

Places

Vis (island) Vis () is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It is the farthest inhabited island off the Croatian mainland. Before the end of World War I, the island was held by the Liburnians, the Republic of Venice, the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy (Napol ...

, a Croatian island in the Adriatic sea **

Vis (town) Vis is a town on the eponymous island in the Adriatic Sea in southern Croatia. Its population was 1,934 . The town is the seat of the eponymous Vis municipality, one of the island's two municipalities (the other being Komiža). Both belong admin ...

, on the island of Vis *

Vis (river) The Vis is a river in south-central France, in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie administrative region. It is a right tributary of the Hérault (river), Hérault. Its source is in the Cévennes, near the village of Alzon. It flow ...

, in south-central France * Vis, Bulgaria, a village in Haskovo Province * Visalia Municipal Airport (IATA and FAA:VIS), Visalia, California * Viš, a village in Montenegro

Organizations

Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) is a Taiwanese specialized IC foundry service provider, founded in December 1994 in Hsinchu Science Park by Morris Chang. In March 1998, VIS became a listed company on the Taiwan Over-the-c ...

, an IC foundry in Taipei, Taiwan * Vasil Iliev Security (VIS and VIS-2), former front companies for a criminal organization in Bulgaria *

Vatican Information Service The Vatican Information Service (VIS) is an official, free news service of the Holy See Press Office, founded in 1991 in the Vatican City during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II. It transmits news on a daily basis at 3 p.m. local Rome time ...

, the official news service of the Vatican * VAZInterService, an automobile manufacturer in Russia *

Vavoua International School Vavoua International School (VIS) was a boarding school operated by WEC International located east of the Ivorian town of Vavoua on the road to Zuénoula. It was closed in 2002 due to political unrest in Ivory Coast. History Founded in 1970, the ...

, an international boarding school in Côte d'Ivoire *

Victorian Institute of Sport The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is the government-funded sporting institute of the Australian state of Victoria. It provides high performance sports programs for talented athletes, enabling them to achieve national and international succ ...

, a government sporting institute in Victoria, Australia * Vienna Independent Shorts, an annual international film festival in Vienna, Austria *

Vienna International School Vienna International School (VIS) is a non-profit international school in Vienna, Austria. The school was built to accommodate the children of United Nations (UN) employees and diplomats when the UN decided to locate one of its offices in Vienna ...

, a school for the children of UN employees and diplomats in Vienna, Austria *

VIS Entertainment VIS Entertainment Limited (formerly known as VIS Interactive) was a British video game developer based in Edinburgh. Chris van der Kuyl and Peter Baillie established the company in 1996. In 2003, VIS Entertainment faced financial struggles and ...

, a former video game developer in Scotland * Viacom International Studios, a division of Paramount International Networks

Science and technology

Vaccine Information Statement A Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) is a document designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide information to a patient receiving a vaccine in the United States. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act requires ...

, a formal vaccine description published by the United States Centers for Disease Control * Variable Intake System, a technology of internal combustion engines * Tandy Video Information System, a multimedia CD-ROM console from the early 1990s * Viewable image size, the amount of screen space available on display without obstruction *

Visible spectrum The visible spectrum is the spectral band, band of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visual perception, visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called ''visible light'' (or simply light). The optica ...

, the portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum that is visible to the human eyes *

Visual Instruction Set Visual Instruction Set, or VIS, is a SIMD instruction set extension for SPARC V9 microprocessors developed by Sun Microsystems. There are five versions of VIS: VIS 1, VIS 2, VIS 2+, VIS 3 and VIS 4. History VIS 1 was introduced in 1994 and was f ...

, a SIMD instruction set for SPARC processors *

Visa Information System The European Union Visa Information System (VIS) is a database containing information, including biometrics, on visa applications by Third Country Nationals requiring a visa to enter the Schengen area. The system was established in June 2004 by ...

, a biometric database for visa applications in the Schengen area of the EU

Other uses

Vis (surname) Vis is a Dutch language, Dutch metonymic occupational surname. ''Vis'' means "fish" and referred to a fisherman.Vis., taxonomic abbreviation for Roberto de Visiani (1800-1878), Dalmatian Italian botanist * ''vis'', the possessive form of the English neologistic gender-neutral pronoun ''ve'' *

Vis Pesaro Vis Pesaro dal 1898 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Vis Pesaro, is an Italian association football club located in Pesaro, Marche. The club currently plays in Serie C. The team is the largest in the city and among the oldest in Italy. Vis Pesa ...

, an Italian association football club *

FB Vis The Vis (Polish designation ''pistolet wz. 35 Vis''; German designation ''9 mm Pistole 35(p)'', or simply the Radom in some English sources and Vis wz. 35 in Poland) is a Polish 9×19mm caliber, trigger (firearms), single-action, semi-automatic p ...

, a type of Polish handgun * The heroine of the 11th century Persian love story

Vis and Rāmin Vis and Rāmin (, ''Vis o Rāmin'') is a classical Persian romantic tale. The epic was composed in poetry by Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani (or "Gorgani") in the 11th century. Gorgani claimed it had a Sasanian origin, but it is now regarded to be of P ...

Willem C. Vis Moot The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot or Vis Moot is an international moot competition. Since 1994, it has been held annually in Vienna, Austria, attracting approximately 400 law schools from all around the world and spurri ...

, an international arbitration moot court held annually in Vienna, Austria

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