ABS

ABS or abs may refer to:

Science and technology

• Rectus abdominis muscle and other muscles of the human abdominal wall ("stomach" muscles) are referred to as the abs
• Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, a common plastic polymer
• Anti-lock braking system, an electronic automotive safety system for the vehicle braking system
• Absolute value of a number, its value without regard to sign; its magnitude. abs is the associated function in many programming languages.
• Absolutive case in interlinear glossing
• Absorbance in regard to spectroscopy
• Arch Build System, a component of the package management system for the Arch Linux distribution
• AirPort Base Station, part of Apple's AirPort WLAN solution
• Automatic Block Signal, a railroad signal system in the United States
• Amniotic band syndrome
• Cis-abienol synthase, an enzyme
• Ankaferd BloodStopper, an antihemorrhagic

Music and media

Music ensembles

• A.B.'s, a Japanese 1980s instrumental band
• Abingdon Boys School, a Japanese rock band
• American Bach Soloists, an American chamber music ensemble

Broadcasting

• ABS (TV station), the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Adelaide TV station
• ABS network, a multinational media and broadcasting network
• Akita Broadcasting System, a broadcasting station in Akita Prefecture, Japan
• Amalgamated Broadcasting System, a defunct American radio network
• ABS-CBN

Other media

• Albino Blacksheep, a website

Organizations

Companies

• ABS (company), a satellite communications company based in Hamilton, Bermuda
• ABS Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Baltimore, Maryland
• Alternative Bank Schweiz, a company based in Solothurn, Switzerland
• American Bladesmith Society
• American Breeders Service, now ABS Global
• Alto Broadcasting System, the predecessor of ABS-CBN Corporation.
• ABS Building Society, Australia

Governmental agencies

• Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia's official statistical organisation

Other organizations

• American Bible Society
• American Boy Scouts, an early Scouting organization
• American Bureau of Shipping, a shipping classification society
• Animal Behavior Society
• Association of Broadcasting Staff
• Aston Business School, the business school of Aston University in Birmingham, England, UK
• All Blacks (ABs), the rugby team of New Zealand

Places

• ABS, IATA airport code for Abu Simbel Airport in Abu Simbel, Egypt
• Archbold Biological Station, a research station in Florida, USA

Other uses

• Abs (surname), list of people with the surname Abs
• Able Seaman (rank)
• Able Seaman (occupation)
• Ambonese Malay, a Malay creole of Indonesia
• Asset-backed security, a financial term

People with the given name Abs

• Abs Breen, member of the former UK boy band Five
• Michael Absalom, a former CBBC presenter, usually referred to as "Abs" on air

Fictional

• Abby Sciuto, NCIS character known by Gibbs as "Abs"
• Abs Denham, Casualty character

See also

• AB (disambiguation)