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SS is most commonly an abbreviation for German Schutzstaffel ('Protection Squadron'), a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany.

SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

• SS (band), an early Japanese hardcore punk band
• SS (manga), a Japanese comic 2000-2003
• SS Entertainment, a Korean entertainment company
• S.S., for Sosthenes Smith, H. G. Wells' pseudonym for the story A Vision of the Past
• The Wheel in Space, a 1968 Doctor Who serial (production code SS)

Businesses and organizations

Businesses

For transport operators, see § Transport operators and services.

• SS Cars Ltd, renamed Jaguar from 1945
• SS Entertainment, a Korean entertainment company
• S.S. Kresge Corporation, now known as Kmart, the first Big Box Store
• Sareen Sports Industries, India

Other organizations

• Sea Scouts
• United States Secret Service (founded in 1865)
• Shiv Sena (1966–2022), a political party in India
• Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice, identified by the post-nominal letters SS
• Waffen-SS, a combat unit (1933–1945) related to the Schutzstaffel

Language

• Ss (digraph) used in Pinyin
• ß or ss, a German-language ligature
• ss switch-reference in linguistics
• Scilicet, used as a section sign
• sensu stricto (in the strict sense) in Latin
• Swazi language (ISO 639-1 code "ss")

Places

• American Samoa, former two-letter NATO code SS
• Guangdong Experimental High School (Sheng Shi or Saang Sat), China
• Province of Sassari, Italy (vehicle plate code SS)
• South Sudan (ISO 3166-1 code SS)
• SS postcode area, UK, around Southend-on-Sea
• San Sebastián, a Spanish city

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

• (+)-sabinene synthase, an enzyme
• Serotonin syndrome, due to some serotonergic medications
• Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease
• Sweet's syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis

Computing

• .ss, top-level domain country code for South Sudan
• Screenshot, digital image showing contents of a computer display
• Slave select line on a computer data bus
• SS register in x86 processor
• Super speed USB, or USB 3.0
• ss, in the Unix iproute2 collection
• Sega Saturn, the abbreviation predominantly used in Japan

Other uses in science and technology

• Stainless steel, sometimes marked SS
• Subtropical storm, a category of subtropical cyclone
• Suspended solids and settleable solids, in water

Sports

• Sareen Sports Industries, India
• Shortstop, a fielding position in baseball and softball
• Special stage (rallying)
• Strong safety, a position in American and Canadian football
• Sunday Silence, an American racehorse

Transportation

Ship types

• Screw steamer, a ship prefix for steamboats and steamships
• Submarine, by US Navy hull classification

Other vehicles

• Chevrolet SS, a sports sedan
• Chevrolet SS (concept car)
• SS Cars Ltd, Jaguar from 1945
• SS class blimp, for anti-submarine warfare
• Super Sport (Chevrolet), performance option
• Eagle SS, a kit car

Transport operators and services

• SS (New York City Subway service), a former designation for the shuttles of the New York City Subway
• Corsair International (IATA airline code SS)
• Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, a Dutch railroad
• Sand Springs Railway in Oklahoma, US, reporting mark
• Staatsspoorwegen, a Dutch East Indies railroad
• Stockholms Spårvägar (1915), a historic Swedish tram operator
• Stockholms Spårvägar, a Swedish tram operator

Other uses

• Safety stock, a hedge against stockouts
• Saints, sometimes abbreviated ss
• Sanctioned Suicide, an internet forum for suicide discussion and encouragement
• Social security
• Collar of Esses, a form of livery collar formerly known as a "Collar of SS"

See also

• "Double S", a 1978 song by Bill Anderson and Buddy Killen
• S/S (disambiguation)
• SS1 (disambiguation)
• SSS (disambiguation)