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CLS
Introduction
CLS may refer to:
Education and society
Education and society
Academic fields
- Critical legal studies, a contentious school of legal philosophy, that emerged from Harvard Law School in the 1980s.
- Critical language studies – the study of language that evolved into critical discourse analysis
Educational institutions
- City of London School (an all-boys school; see also City of London School for Girls.
- Covington Latin School, a high school in Covington, Kentucky
Academic associations, divisions, programs and facilities
- Columbia Law School at Columbia University
- Coalition of Latin@ Scholars at Teachers College, Columbia University
- Canadian Light Source – a synchrotron research facility located at the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Societies and associations
Software
Software
- Common Language Specification an open specification developed by Microsoft that describes the executable code and runtime environment. It defines an environment that allows multiple high-level languages to be used on different computer platforms without being rewritten for specific architectures.
- cls is a command in some operating systems, including MS-DOS, and programming languages, such as BASIC, that clears the screen.
- Call logging system, a transaction logging system or interface.
Occupational terms
Occupational terms
- Clinical laboratory scientist, another term for medical technician, a type of healthcare professional.
- Combat lifesaver (or combat medic) US Military Occupational Specialty 68W
Medicine
Medicine
- Capillary leak syndrome
- Coffin-Lowry syndrome, a genetic disorder associated with mental retardation
- Clinical laboratory scientist, another term for medical technician, a type of healthcare professional
Business and finance
Business and finance
- Continuous linked settlement, a financial clearing system
- CLS Group of Companies (headquartered in France, but with various divisions, including CLS America)
- Celestica Inc. (New York Stock Exhchange symbol: CLS).
Miscellaneous products
Miscellaneous products
- The Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class, a series of automobile models.
- Canadian lumber sizes – a surfaced timber widely used in building for studding. It has 3mm radius eased edges and consistent dimensions.
- Nikon’s Creative Lighting System, a complete lighting solution for Nikon’s camera bodies and external light units.