NS-series robots from the book I, Robot

Nazism, also known as "National Socialism" in Germany, the ideology held by the National Socialist German Workers Party

a code for "non-smoking" designating that tobacco smoking is not permitted

Novi Sad, a city in Serbia

Nova Scotia, as the official Canadian postal abbreviation for the province

Norfolk Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark: NS), a major Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation

Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands

a ship prefix for civilian ship names meaning "Nuclear Ship"

Natural Selection (computer game), a mod for the game Half-life

Norfolk Southern Railway (former) (AAR reporting mark: NS), the final name of a railroad running in Virginia and North Carolina before its acquisition by the Southern Railway in 1974

Negeri Sembilan, one of the 14 states in Malaysia.

Jennifer Government: NationStates, a web-based simulation game

National service, a name for the conscription system of some militaries

a prefix for certain system-provided classes in the NEXTSTEP operating system (such as "NSString")

Namespace (computer science), an abstract container used in computing

New Spring (known to fans as "NS"), a 1999 anthology edited by Robert Silverberg and derivative 2004 novella by Robert Jordan

National Semiconductor (also known as "Natsemi"), an American integrated circuit design and manufacturing company

Nasjonal Samling, a 1930s Norwegian national socialist political party

NetStorm, a RTS published in 1997 by Activision

Normal saline, a solution of sodium chloride used in intravenous drips (see Saline (medicine))

1 E-9 s (or "nanosecond", abbreviated "ns"), a measure of time

Network simulator, a piece of software that simulates a network, without an actual network being present

ns (simulator) (or "ns-2"), a popular open source network simulator

New Slovenia (also known as Nova Slovenija - Krscanski Ljudska Stranka), a right-of-centre political party in Slovenia

Name server, a computer server that implements a name service protocol

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Nice Shot, a typed slang term used in online multiplayer video games

New Serbia (Нова Србија or Nova Srbija), a moderate nationalist political party in Serbia

People's Party, a political party in the Republic of Montenegro

NEXTSTEP, an object-oriented, multitasking operating system by NeXT

"New Style date" (as "N.S."), a date designation indicating derivation from the Gregorian Calendar, as opposed to "O.S." indicating derivation from the Julian Calendar (see Old Style and New Style dates)