CVS

CVS can refer to:

• Computer-controlled Vehicle System, a personal rapid transit system developed in Japan
• Convenience store (via an abbreviation commonly used in Japan and China)

Computing

• Concurrent Versions System, a revision control system, popular for open source and commercial software development
• CVSNT, a versioning system for source code & documents with failsafe audit, change sets, merge tracking etc. forked from GNU CVS
• OpenCVS is a new implementation of the Concurrent Versions System
• TortoiseCVS is a CVS graphical front end for Microsoft Windows embedded in Explorer which includes CVSNT client
• WinCVS is a CVS graphical front end for Microsoft Windows which includes CVSNT client

Entertainment

• Cable Video Store (CVS), a defunct United States pay-per-view provider.
• SNK vs. Capcom, video games featuring characters created by either company
• Computer vision systems

Mathematics

• an abbreviation for "coversine"

Military

• CVS, the US Navy hull classification symbol for ASW Support Aircraft Carrier
• FAA and IATA airport code for United States Air Force base Cannon Air Force Base

Organizations and companies

• CVS Caremark, a major pharmacy chain & pharmaceutical services company in the United States
  • CVS Pharmacy, a subsidiary of the CVS Caremark Corporation which runs the pharmacies and stores
  • MinuteClinic, a subsidiary of the CVS Caremark which operates a Medical Clinic in some CVS/Pharmacy stores
• Council for Voluntary Service, a type of umbrella body for local voluntary and community organisations in England
• CVS UK Ltd, a veterinary corporate group in the United Kingdom

People

• C. Vivian Stringer, a coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame

Science

• Cardiovascular system, the organs that circulate substances between cells
• Cyclic vomiting syndrome, an illness characterized by recurring attacks of nausea and vomiting
• Chorionic villus sampling, a form of prenatal testing
• Computer vision syndrome, a condition resulting from excessive computer display use
• CVS (enzyme), the enzyme responsible for the biosynthesis of valencene
• Center for Visual Sciences, a virtual center for research collaboration at UC Davis
• Chromous-Volatile Sulfide, used in environmental chemistry as the volatile part of natural sulfide after their oxidation by Cr²⁺

See also

• Cvs., the currency sign for the Bolivian centavo

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