CIS

CIS usually refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, a modern political entity consisting of eleven former Soviet Union republics.

The acronym CIS may also refer to:

Organizations

• Canadian Interuniversity Sport, the national governing body of university sport in Canada
• Center for Immigration Studies, a research organization in Washington, DC
• Centre for Independent Studies, a libertarian think tank in Australia
• Christians in Science, professional organization for scientists who are Christians
• Council for International Service (1919–1927), an organisation of Quakers based in Britain

Medicine and health

• Cancer Information Service, a public and personalized information service in the United States
• Carcinoma in situ, an early form of malignant cancer
• Clinically isolated syndrome, an initial neurological episode related to nerve tissue
• Clinical information system, an information system designed to manage clinical aspects of a hospital
• Critical incident stress, a post-traumatic stress disorder
• Combined intracavernous injection and stimulation test, a diagnostic procedure for erectile dysfunction

Computing and technology

• Card Information Structure, formatting and organization data stored on a PC card
• Comodo Internet Security Suite, a freeware security suite developed by Comodo
• CompuServe Information Service, a commercial online service in the United States
• Computer information systems, a digital management information system
• Contact image sensor, technology developed for optical flatbed scanners
• Continuous ink system, a cost-effective replacement for ink-jet printer cartridges
• Continuous integration server, a server computer used for software engineering and development
• Customer information system, used to help manage customer relationships

Schools and education

• Chinese International School, a private Reception-Year 13 (K-12) school in Hong Kong
• Colombo International School, in the suburbs of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• College in the Schools, an educational program for high school students run by the University of Minnesota
• Communities In Schools, a federation of independent organizations focused on education in United States
• Copenhagen International School, in Hellerup, Copenhagen
• Council of International Schools, an association of international schools that aims to improve international education

Science

• Configuration interaction singles, a variational quantum-chemical method for calculating excited states
• Copper indium selenide (CuInSe₂), a chemical substance used in solar cells and semiconductors

Business

• Corporate identity system

Miscellaneous

• Case Information Statement, a document used in civil lawsuits in the United States
• Cisalpino, a railway company operating trains between Switzerland and Italy, referred to as CIS in timetables
• Citizenship and Immigration Services, a bureau in the United States Department of Homeland Security
• Collective investment scheme, a scheme for people to invest together for a common goal
• Community Innovation Survey, a series of surveys throughout the European Union
• Confederacy of Independent Systems, a fictional combatant in the Clone Wars from Star Wars
• Continuous Injection System, a fuel injection system developed by the Robert Bosch Group
• Co-operative Insurance Society, a British insurance company
  • CIS Tower, a building in Manchester, England
• Cubic inch per second, a measure of flow rate
• Current Index to Statistics, a search engine for the statistics literature

See also

• Cis (disambiguation) for non-acronyms

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