Si Explained

SI is the International System of Units.

SI, Si, or si may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Literature

• Si (novel), a 2014 novel by Bob Ong
• Sí (Peruvian magazine), a magazine notable for its anti-corruption reporting
• Skeptical Inquirer, an American magazine covering topics on science and skepticism
• Sports Illustrated, an American sports magazine

Music

• Sí (Julieta Venegas album), released in 2003
• Sì (Andrea Bocelli album), released in 2018
• "Sí" (Martin Jensen song), a 2015 song
• Si (musical note), the seventh note in the traditional fixed do solfège
• Sì (operetta), an operetta by the Italian composer Pietro Mascagni
• "Sì" (Gigliola Cinquetti song), the Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974
• Si (Zaz song), 2013
• Sí, a 2013 Spanish album by Malú
• "Sì", a 1985 song released by Italian actress Carmen Russo

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Si (film), original title of the 2010 South Korean film Poetry

Enterprises and organisations

Computing

• Swiss Informatics Society, a Swiss organization of computer science educators, researchers, and professionals
• The SI, a former name of the American defense contractor Vencore

Education

• St. Ignatius College Preparatory, a Jesuit high school in San Francisco, California, US
• Silay Institute, a private college in the Philippines

Government

• Si, a South Korean administrative unit
• Survey of India, an Indian government agency responsible for managing geographical information
• Swedish Institute (Svenska institutet), a Swedish government agency which promotes Sweden abroad

Politics

• Sarekat Islam, a socio-political organization in Indonesia under Dutch colonial rule
• Catalan Solidarity for Independence, a Catalan political party
• Situationist International, an organization of social revolutionaries
• Socialist International, a worldwide organization of political parties
• Solidarity and Equality, an Argentine political party (Spanish: Solidaridad e Igualdad)

Transportation

• Blue Islands (IATA airline code, SI)
• Skynet Airlines (IATA airline code SI, ceased operating 2004)
• Spokane International Railroad (reporting mark SI), a former railway in Washington, US

Other enterprises and organizations

• Samahang Ilokano, a fraternity/sorority based in the Philippines
• SÍ Sørvágur, a Faroese sports association
• Society of Indexers, a professional society based in the UK
• Sports Interactive, a British computer games development company

People with the name

• Si (surname), a Chinese surname
• Si (given name)

Places

• Mount Si, a mountain in the U.S. state of Washington
• Province of Siena (postal code and vehicle registration plate code)
• Si County, Anhui, China
• Si River, in China
• Slovenia's ISO 3166-2 code

Science and technology

Biology and healthcare

• Sacroiliac, an anatomical abbreviation for the sacroiliac (joint)
• Self-injury, intentional, direct injuring
• Shock index, a measurement used to determine if a person is suffering shock

Chemistry

• si, a chemical descriptor; See prochirality
• Silicon, symbol Si, a chemical element
• Disulfur diiodide, empirical formula SI

Computing and Internet

• .si, the Internet country code top-level domain for Slovenia
• Shift In, an ASCII control character
• SI register, or source index, in X86 computer architecture
• Swarm intelligence, an artificial intelligence technique
• Synthetic intelligence, an alternate term for or a form of artificial intelligence

Motor vehicles

• Honda Civic Si, an automobile
• Spark-ignition engine, a type of internal combustion engine

Other uses in science and technology

• Signal integrity, electronic circuit tools and techniques that ensure electrical signals are of sufficient quality
• Sine integral, Si(x)
• Spectral interferometry, attosecond physics technique

Titles and ranks

• Si, a Maghrebi Arabic variant of Sidi, a title of respect
• Si, a variant of the Thai honorific Sri
• Station inspector, a rank in the Singapore Police Force
• Sub-inspector, a rank in Indian Police forces

Other uses

• Statutory instrument (UK), abbreviated SI, the principal form in which delegated legislation is made in Great Britain
• Sì (dessert), a Chinese dessert
• Irish: [[Sídhe]], Irish: Sí, or Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Sìth, Celtic mythological beings
• si, the Sinhala language ISO 639 alpha-2 code
• Supplemental instruction, an academic support program often used in higher education

See also

• S1 (disambiguation)