ABS

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ABS is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:

• Able Seaman (rank) or Able Seaman (occupation)
• ABS, a popular clothing brand by Allen B. Schwartz
• ABS Computer Technologies ("Always Better Service"), a computer manufacturing company now owned by online retailer Newegg
• Absolutive case
• Abu Simbel Airport (IATA airport code: ABS), in Abu Simbel, Egypt
• Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, a plastic
• Acute Bacterial Sinusitis, sinus inflammation resulting from bacterial infection.
• Airport Base Station, Apple WLAN solution
• Akita Broadcasting System, a broadcasting station in Akita Prefecture, Japan
• ABS-CBN, a broadcasting corporation in the Philippines.
• Albino Blacksheep, a website
• American Bible Society
• American Bouldering Series, the national governing body of competitive bouldering in the United States.
• American Bureau of Shipping
• Anchor Bible Series
• Animal Behavior Society
• Anti-lock braking system (translated from German, Antiblockiersystem)
• Arch Build System, an Arch Linux tool
• Asset-backed security, a financial term
• Association of Broadcasting Staff
• Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia's official statistical organisation
• Automatic Brightness Stabilizer / Automatic Brightness Stabilization controller, adjusts the x-ray generator to maintain a preset image brightness level during fluoroscopy

Abs or abs can also be:

an abbreviation

• Abdominals, abdominal muscles
• Absolute value of a number, its value without regard to sign; its magnitude
• Absorbance in regards to Spectroscopy
• All Blacks, the rugby team of New Zealand
• (lambda) Abstraction, (λname.expression)

a nickname

• Abs Breen, member of the former UK boy band 5ive
• Abs is a nickname for the name Abigail. For example, Abigail Z. could be called Abs Z. for short
  • Abby Sciuto, NCIS character
• Michael Absalom, a former CBBC presenter, usually referred to as "Abs" on air