Solid-state Imaging Spectrometer -- One of two types of detector on-board ASCA. This one uses CCDs to detect X-ray photons. There are two such detectors referred to as "SIS0" and "SIS1".
Store Inventory System. The SIS tracks costs, issues, credits, receipts, and inventory adjustments for over 8,000 items.
Software Installation Service. A Tivoli product that provides an easy-to-use, efficient interface for installing Tivoli Enterprise(TM) software. SIS uses Tivoli's MDist technology and provides automated checking for prerequisite software, a reusable repository of installation images, and both graphical and command line interfaces for deploying Tivoli products to a large number of computers.
olid-state maging pectrometer. A type of detector on ASCA. There are two SISs called SIS0 and SIS1.
Signal Intelligence Service
The Seed Information System (SIS) database, a global list of seed sources, houses the details of approximately 8,000 public and private institutions dealing with seed production and processing in over 150 countries.
Scholarly Information Services - an organisational unit of DOI responisble for the ANU Library.
Secret Intelligence Service (Norway)
Switched Internetworking Services (BaySIS).
Senior Intelligence Service of the CIA, which assigns the executive ranks equivalent to a general in the military. So an SIS-1 is equal to a one-star general.
Station Information Service
The Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6.
Secret Intelligence Service. SIS, commonly known as MI6, is responsible for obtaining secret information and conducting operations in support of the UK's foreign policy objectives, and to counter threats to UK interests worldwide.
Tivoli Software Installation Service is a Java-based product that provides an easy and fast process for installing Tivoli products. Using SIS, you can create an IR that contains the product installation images. You can then select all of the products you want to install and select all of the machines on which you want to install them.
ymbian nstallation ile: SIS files are downloaded to the desktop computer. Once launched, they automatically install applications to a device running the Symbian OS.
SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES. Information services providing alerts on new vulnerabilities and the existence of actual exploits allowing remediation efforts to be directed towards the most critical issues.
SIS (Sentencing Information System) is a system giving statistical information about criminal sentences developed by the NSW Judicial Commission.
Secret Intelligence Service (British foreign intelligence and counter-intelligence service)
Single Instance Store. A component that saves disk space on the server by maintaining a single physical copy of all identical files found. If SIS finds a duplicate file on the server, it copies the original file into the SIS store and leaves a link where the original resided. This technology is used only with Remote Installation Services. See also: Remote Installation Services