The letters signified by the signal ( . . . --- . . . ) prescribed by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention of 1912 for use by ships in distress.

Creamed beef on toast. (from S--t on a shingle)

Not "Save Our Ship". It stands for "Shit On a Shingle" (creamed chipped beef on toast). A common breakfast lukewarm food (minced beef on toast) or any chow that's awful.

SOS is a design data management product built for hardware engineers. It allows version control for both binary files and ASCII files Furthermore, SOS provides design engineers to predictably create and re-create releases during tape-out.

Swedish Obesity Study

Southern Oxidants Study; SOS is a field study examining ozone and ozone precursors in the southeastern U.S.

Silicon-On-Sapphire; special case of SOI where an active Si layer is formed on top of a saphire substrate (an insulator) by means of epitaxial deposition; due to a slight lattice mismatch between Si and sapphire, Si epitaxial layers larger than the critical thickness have a high defect density; learn more.

Sapphire On Silicon

Sistema Operacional S

The ISO currency code for the Somali Schilling.

The ISO 4217 currency code for the Somalian Shilling.

Standard Organizational Structure refers to the projects-based organizational structure that a 1994 directive from Corps of Engineers Headquarters required all Corps Operations Divisions nationwide to adopt.

State Override System, a system by which EAS can be activated through the NJSP Division Headquarters, whenever a government official cannot establish direct contact with a broadcast station or cable system.

An inferior line-oriented text editor used by freshmen and mechanical engineering majors. The enlightened used TECO, a cryptic character-oriented programmable editor.

( tudent riginated tudies) Refers to academic programs that are based on group projects developed by students.

Snake Oil Salesmen

Section of State. this geographical classification uses population counts to define Collection Districts (CDs) as urban or rural and to provide, in aggregate, statistics for urban concentrations and for bounded localities and balance areas. Section of State represents an aggregation of non-contiguous geographical areas of a particular urban/rural type. The Sections of State defined include Major Urban (population clusters of 100,000 or more), Other Urban (population clusters of 1,000 to 99,999), Bounded Locality (population clusters of 200 to 999), Rural Balance (remainder of State/Territory) and Migratory, and in aggregate cover the whole of Australia.

Short on storage. A CICS condition when the amount of storage requested exceedsthe amount available.

Statement of Support. A statement that provides information regarding which parent provides support and is responsible for insurance ocverage for dependent children.

See Statement of Sensitivity.

Secretary of State

In X-rays technology, solid state opening switch that can deliver pulses in the gigawatt range.

Abbreviations Spar Parts , Rigging

Surveillance Operating System

Single Operation System. This system simplifies emergency procedures by combining the functions of the cut away and reserve handles in a single handle.

Scope of Services

Sour bond Source of funds seller

(Mass noun) Rope.

Services of Supply

Source of Supply

Someone over shoulder

specially ordered set

Standard Offer Service