BIS explained
Bis or BIS may refer to:
- bis, a Latin word meaning 'twice'
Arts and entertainment
Music
Other uses in arts and entertainment
Businesses and organizations
- Banca Italiana di Sconto, a defunct Italian bank
- Bank for International Settlements, an international financial institution
- Benevolent Irish Society, a Canadian philanthropic organization
- Bezpečnostní informační služba, the Czech Security Information Service
- BIS hallmark, a jewellery hallmarking in India
- Bloque Institucional Social Démocrata, a political party of the Dominican Republic
- Bohemia Interactive Studio, a Czech video game developer
- British Ice Skating, a British sports body
- British Interlingua Society, a British society
- British Interplanetary Society, a British space advocacy society
- Bureau of Indian Standards, a national standards body
- Bureau of Industry and Security, an agency of the United States Department of Commerce
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, a former British government department
- British Information Services, a British government propaganda organization
Education
Science and technology
- -bis, an IUPAC numerical multiplier for compound or complex features, meaning 2
- A colloquial name for N,N'-Methylenebisacrylamide
- Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, in psychology
- Behavioural Inhibition System, a brain-behavioral systems in reinforcement sensitivity theory
- BIS monitor or bispectral index, to assess the depth of anaesthesia
- BlackBerry Internet Service
- Boot Integrity Services, in Preboot Execution Environment specifications
- MAPPER, now known as BIS, is a fourth-generation programming language
- YTJ (Finnish government service), also known as Business Information System
Other uses
See also
- Bice, from the French bis, a green or blue pigment
