List of acronyms: S

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter S.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz)

Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.

(Main list of acronyms)

S0–9

  • S followed by a number is used to denote various German and Austrian S-train lines.
  • S4C – (i) Sianel Pedwar Cymru (Welsh, "Channel Four Wales")
  • S3 - (i) Alternative to SSS (e.g. Amazon S3)

SA

SB

SC

SD

SE

SF

SG

(iso15)

SI

SJ

SK

SL

SM

SN

SO

SP

SQ

SR

SS

ST

SU

SV

SW

SX

SY

  • SY – (s) Syria (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
  • SYC – (s) Seychelles (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • SYLK – Microsoft 'Symbolic Link' data file format
  • SYP – (s) Syrian pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
  • SYR – (s) Syria (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • Syriza – (p) Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás (Greek Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς, "Coalition of the Radical Left")
  • SysML – (p) System Modeling Language
  • Sysop – (p) System Operator

SZ

References

  1. Society of Automotive Engineers
  2. Replaced Interstate Commerce Commission on January 1st, 1996
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