PVS

PVS

The acronym PVS may refer to:

* Persistent vegetative state
* Polynesian Voyaging Society
* Potato virus S
* Post-Vietnam syndrome
* Potentially visible set, a technique to speed-up BSP tree navigation in FPS games
* The IATA code for Provideniya Bay Airport
* Principal variation search
* Prototype Verification System, a specification language used for the formal specification and verification of software
* A satirical news channel on the BBC's programme Broken news :- see PVS (channel)
* Prisoner Visitation and Support, a prison-visitation program in the United States Federal and Military prisons
* Personal Viewing Sight with a numerical suffix to designate the model. PVS's are used by the American military for passive (non-thermal) night vision devices, such as PVS-14. PVS suffixes range from PVS-2 through PVS-22 skipping PVS-16. Most military PVS's have a civilian equivalent model number
* Polyvinyl siloxane, an addition reaction silicone elastomer used as impression material in Dentistry


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