what does SOS exactly mean?
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Contrary to common belif, SOS does not stand for anything.  Many belive it stands for "save our ship" or "save our souls".  In fact, it was simply used because it is extremely easy to tap and interpret in morse code.  Dit dit dit dah dah dah dit dit dit.  It replaces It's predecesor, CQD, around 1912.  People have since given it names like save our ship, but when it was origionally created, this was not the case.
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They are the programs currently running on your computer. Most of them are used by the operating system and are necessary for normal operations.\n\nFor example: LSASS controls the security.\n\nIf you want to know exactly what they are, you can check here...\n\nhttp://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm\n\nThis is a very good website that will not only tell you what they are, but also if they are necessary. Ones that aren't, it will even tell you how to remove them.
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in Real Estate it stands for \nOut\nSide\nEntrance\n\nyou may opt for "Own Separate Entrance" but the fact is OSE in real estate DOES stand for Out Side Entrance. for further help u might notice that its generally used in term of basements and all.\n\nyou may want to go to this page :\nhttp://www.erealtyonline.net/gloss.html#acronyms\ndo try it.. i dontm ind not getting 10 points... but want you to have the correct answer
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From Wikipedia:\n\nSodtware as a Service (SaaS) is a model of software delivery where a company adopts specific activities that provide customers access to software alleviating that customer from the maintenance and daily technical operation and support of business and/or consumer software. SaaS is a model of software delivery rather than a market segment; software can be delivered using this method to any market segment including home consumers, small business, medium and large business.
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A system of anything is a set of things that work together. A computer hardware system would be: a processor unit, connected to a monitor (screen) or more, plus printers, storage devices (disks), modems, and so on. So, I could ask: Is the system up, which means is the computer hardware system working. A system may also mean a software (program) system, a program that runs on the hardware system. So, a word processor (like Word) is an application system (actually an application system is a bigger system, so maybe MS Office is a system) that runs on the hardware system. So, I could ask: Is the system up? which means is the software running.
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It means stupid or dump....\nIn some senses people might use to indicate the other meaning of sth ,,which is not the real fact
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The S means "signed by".  The person writing the minutes of the meeting must leave their signature at the bottom.
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The sequence SOS was choosen because in Moris code the letters S and O are represented by three dots and three dashes respectively, making them easy to remember and to transmit.  The phrases such as "save our souls," "save our ship," and "send out sailors" came later, likely as a way to help sailors remember the letters they were to use.
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i think you mean PUTO \n\nIt means a s s h o l e
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The abbreviation ORS means oral rehydration salts, or oral rehydration solution.\n\nThe word ors means: Gold, represented in heraldic engraving by a white field sprinkled with small dots
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SUS is actually a viscosity unit. It stands for "Saybolt universal seconds". When you see it on a can of spray, it informs you on the viscosity of the product you're about to spray (like wd40).
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SOS is the commonly used description for the International Morse code distress signal (· · · - - - · · · ). This distress signal was first adopted by the German government in radio regulations effective April 1, 1905, and became the worldwide standard when it was included in the second International Radiotelegraphic Convention, which was signed on November 3, 1906, and became effective on July 1, 1908.\n\nFrom the beginning, the SOS distress signal has actually consisted of a continuous sequence of three-dits/three-dahs/three-dits, all run together without letter spacing. In International Morse Code, three dits form the letter S, and three dahs make the letter O, so "SOS" became an easy way to remember the correct order of the dits and dahs. In modern terminology, SOS is a "procedural signal" or "prosign", and the formal way to show that there are no internal spaces when it is sent is to write it with a bar above the letters, i.e. .)\n\nIn popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as "Save Our Souls", "Save Our Ship", and "Send out Sailors". However, these phrases were a later development, most likely used to help remember the correct letters — something known as a backronym.
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There is much mystery and misinformation surrounding the origin and use of maritime distress calls. Most of the general populace believes that "SOS" signifies "Save Our Ship." Casual students of radio history are aware that the use of "SOS" was preceded by "CQD." Why were these signals adopted? When were they used? \n\nThe practical use of wireless telegraphy was made possible by Guglielmo Marconi in the closing years of the 19th century. Until then, ships at sea out of visual range were very much isolated from shore and other ships. The wireless telegraphers used Morse Code to send messages. Morse Code is a way of "tapping" out letters using a series of dots (short signals) and dashes (long signals). Spoken, short signals are referred to as "dih" and long signals are referred to as "dah". The letter "A" is represented by a dot followed by a dash: \n\n\n \n\nBy 1904 there were many trans-Atlantic British ships equipped with wireless communications. The wireless operators came from the ranks of railroad and postal telegraphers. In England a general call on the landline wire was a "CQ." "CQ" preceded time signals and special notices. "CQ" was generally adopted by telegraph and cable stations all over the world. By using "CQ," each station receives a message from a single transmission and an economy of time and labor was realized. Naturally, "CQ," went with the operators to sea and was likewise used for a general call. This sign for "all stations" was adopted soon after wireless came into being by both ships and shore stations. \nIn 1904, the Marconi company suggested the use of "CQD" for a distress signal. Although generally accepted to mean, "Come Quick Danger," that is not the case. It is a general call, "CQ," followed by "D," meaning distress. A strict interpretation would be "All stations, Distress." \n\nAt the second Berlin Radiotelegraphic Conference 1906, the subject of a danger signal was again addressed. Considerable discussion ensued and finally SOS was adopted. The thinking was that three dots, three dashes and three dots could not be misinterpreted.  It was to be sent together as one string.\n\nThe Marconi Yearbook of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony , 1918 states, "This signal [SOS] was adopted simply on account of its easy radiation and its unmistakable character. There is no special signification in the letter themselves, and it is entirely incorrect to put full stops between them [the letters]." All the popular interpretations of "SOS," "Save or Ship," "Save Our Souls," or "Send Out Succour" are simply not valid. Stations hearing this distress call were to immediately cease handling traffic until the emergency was over and were likewise bound to answer the distress signal. \n\n \n \n\nAlthough the use of "SOS" was officially ratified in 1908, the use of "CQD" lingered for several more years, especially in British service where it originated. It is well documented in personal accounts of Harold Bride, second Radio Officer, and in the logs of the SS Carpathia, that the Titanic first used "CQD" to call for help. When Captain Smith gave the order to radio for help, first radio officer Jack Phillips sent "CQD" six times followed by the Titanic call letters, "MGY." Later, at Brides suggestion, Phillips interspersed his calls with "SOS." In SOS to the Rescue, 1935, author Baarslag notes, "Although adopted intentionally in 1908, it [SOS] had not completely displaced the older 'CQD' in the British operators' affections." (It is interesting to observe that Marconi was waiting in New York to return home to England on the Titanic.) \nThe first recorded American use of "SOS" was in August of 1909. W
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Sod is a contraction of "sodomite" so it is basically a curse. I think "silly sod" became popular via Monty Python' Flying Circus. At least that is where I think I first heard it.
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SOS is the commonly used description for the International Morse code distress signal (· · · - - - · · ·). This distress signal was first adopted by the German government in radio regulations effective April 1, 1905, and became the worldwide standard when it was included in the second International Radiotelegraphic Convention, which was signed on November 3, 1906, and became effective on July 1, 1908.\n\nFrom the beginning, the SOS distress signal has actually consisted of a continuous sequence of three-dots/three-dashes/three-dots, all run together without letter spacing. In International Morse Code, three dots form the letter S, and three dashes make the letter O, so "SOS" became an easy way to remember the correct order of the dots and dashes. In modern terminology, SOS is a "procedural signal" or "prosign", and the formal way to show that there are no internal spaces when it is sent is to write it with a bar above the letters, i.e. SOS.\n\nIn popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as "Save Our Ship," "Save Our Souls," "Survivors On Ship," "Save Our Sailors" "Stop Other Signals" and "Send Out Sailors". However, these phrases were a later development, most likely used to help remember the correct letters—something known as a backronym.
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it means f**K It.\n\nNo, actually, it is not Damn it.  Sod is a word for sex (explicit) as in "Sod off, you!"
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SOD  - Stupid Old Joke\nBOL - Burst Out Laughing\nMMS - Made Me Smile\nPOC - Pile Of Crap(In Reponse to a stupid joke)\nLOS - Load OF Sh*t(In Reponse to a stupid joke)