27-571: (Redirected from Mos ) For Misplaced Pages's Manual of Style (MOS), see Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style . [REDACTED] Look up MOS or mos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MOS or Mos may refer to: Technology [ edit ] MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor), also known as the MOS transistor Mathematical Optimization Society Model output statistics ,
54-683: A style sheet . The standards documented in a style guide are applicable for either general use, or prescribed use in an individual publication, particular organization, or specific field. A style guide establishes standard style requirements to improve communication by ensuring consistency within and across documents. They may require certain best practices in writing style , usage , language composition , visual composition , orthography , and typography by setting standards of usage in areas such as punctuation , capitalization , citing sources , formatting of numbers and dates, table appearance and other areas. For academic and technical documents,
81-829: A Boston, Massachusetts landmark, located in Science Park, a plot of land spanning the Charles River, USA Companies and organizations [ edit ] MOS (brand) , American brand of organizational tools MOS Technology , a defunct semiconductor company Mos, a startup tech company founded by Amira Yahyaoui MOS Burger , a fast-food restaurant chain that originated in Japan The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), American fertilizer and mining company Other uses [ edit ] Mos, an uncommon singular form of mores , widely observed social norms (from Latin mos and mōrēs ) Mos,
108-628: A Boston, Massachusetts landmark, located in Science Park, a plot of land spanning the Charles River, USA Companies and organizations [ edit ] MOS (brand) , American brand of organizational tools MOS Technology , a defunct semiconductor company Mos, a startup tech company founded by Amira Yahyaoui MOS Burger , a fast-food restaurant chain that originated in Japan The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), American fertilizer and mining company Other uses [ edit ] Mos, an uncommon singular form of mores , widely observed social norms (from Latin mos and mōrēs ) Mos,
135-609: A Soviet Unix clone My Oracle Support, a support site for the users of Oracle Corporation products, known until October 2010 as "MetaLink" macOS , an operating system for Macs Government and military [ edit ] Master of the Sword , the title for the head of physical education at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Member of Service , any emergency responder (police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician) that needs emergency help, usually over two-way radio Military occupation specialty code , used by
162-439: A guide may also enforce the best practice in ethics (such as authorship , research ethics , and disclosure) and compliance ( technical and regulatory ). For translations, a style guide may even be used to enforce consistent grammar, tones, and localization decisions such as units of measure . Style guides may be categorized into three types: comprehensive style for general use; discipline style for specialized use, which
189-494: A human protein expressed in testis during sperm formation MOS, German vehicle registration plate district code for Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis "Man on the street" ( vox populi ) segments in broadcasting Mossi language ISO 639 alpha-2 language code Morvan Syndrome (MoS) though usually referred to as MVS MOS, minimum operating segment of a transportation system Mos, nickname of Thai singer Patiparn Patavekarn , also referred to as Mos Patiparn MoS, Motorways of
216-494: A human protein expressed in testis during sperm formation MOS, German vehicle registration plate district code for Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis "Man on the street" ( vox populi ) segments in broadcasting Mossi language ISO 639 alpha-2 language code Morvan Syndrome (MoS) though usually referred to as MVS MOS, minimum operating segment of a transportation system Mos, nickname of Thai singer Patiparn Patavekarn , also referred to as Mos Patiparn MoS, Motorways of
243-633: A measure of the perceived quality of a signal MOS (operating system) , a Soviet Unix clone My Oracle Support, a support site for the users of Oracle Corporation products, known until October 2010 as "MetaLink" macOS , an operating system for Macs Government and military [ edit ] Master of the Sword , the title for the head of physical education at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Member of Service , any emergency responder (police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician) that needs emergency help, usually over two-way radio Military occupation specialty code , used by
270-408: A short style sheet that cascades over the larger style guide of an organization such as a publishing company, whose specific content is usually called house style . Most house styles, in turn, cascade over an industry-wide or profession-wide style manual that is even more comprehensive. Examples of industry style guides include: Finally, these reference works cascade over the orthographic norms of
297-546: A traditional dish of the Nivkh people Mos language , an aboriginal Mon–Khmer language of Malaya and Thailand Mannan oligosaccharide-based nutritional supplements Manual of style , also known a style guide or stylebook; a guide for writing and sometimes also for layout and typography Margin on services , a financial reporting method for Australian life insurance companies Moment of symmetry , in music, same as well formed generated collection MOS (gene) , gene for
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#1732776690582324-495: A traditional dish of the Nivkh people Mos language , an aboriginal Mon–Khmer language of Malaya and Thailand Mannan oligosaccharide-based nutritional supplements Manual of style , also known a style guide or stylebook; a guide for writing and sometimes also for layout and typography Margin on services , a financial reporting method for Australian life insurance companies Moment of symmetry , in music, same as well formed generated collection MOS (gene) , gene for
351-485: A weather-forecasting technique MOS (filmmaking) , a filmmaking jargon acronym Mobile operating system , operating systems for mobile devices Computing [ edit ] Acorn MOS , an operating system used in the Acorn BBC computer range Media Object Server , a protocol used in newsroom computer systems Mean opinion score , a measure of the perceived quality of a signal MOS (operating system) ,
378-462: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages MOS For Misplaced Pages's Manual of Style (MOS), see Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style . [REDACTED] Look up MOS or mos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MOS or Mos may refer to: Technology [ edit ] MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor), also known as
405-413: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Manual of style A style guide is a set of standards for the writing, formatting , and design of documents . A book-length style guide is often called a style manual or a manual of style ( MoS or MOS ). A short style guide, typically ranging from several to several dozen pages, is often called
432-430: Is often specific to academic disciplines , medicine , journalism , law , government , business, and other industries; and house or corporate style , created and used by a particular publisher or organization. Style guides vary widely in scope and size. Writers working in large industries or professional sectors may reference a specific style guide, written for usage in specialized documents within their fields. For
459-440: The MOS transistor Mathematical Optimization Society Model output statistics , a weather-forecasting technique MOS (filmmaking) , a filmmaking jargon acronym Mobile operating system , operating systems for mobile devices Computing [ edit ] Acorn MOS , an operating system used in the Acorn BBC computer range Media Object Server , a protocol used in newsroom computer systems Mean opinion score ,
486-849: The Sea , is a concept in the transport policy of the European Union See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "mos" on Misplaced Pages. Mo's Restaurants , American restaurant chain in Oregon Molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) Mos Def , American hip-hop artist and actor Mos Eisley , a fictional city which first appeared in Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope PC-MOS/386 Man of Steel (disambiguation) MDOS (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with MOS All pages with titles containing MOS Topics referred to by
513-596: The Sea , is a concept in the transport policy of the European Union See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "mos" on Misplaced Pages. Mo's Restaurants , American restaurant chain in Oregon Molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) Mos Def , American hip-hop artist and actor Mos Eisley , a fictional city which first appeared in Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope PC-MOS/386 Man of Steel (disambiguation) MDOS (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with MOS All pages with titles containing MOS Topics referred to by
540-522: The U.S. military to identify a specific job Ministry of Supply , former British government ministry that co-ordinated military supplies Places [ edit ] Ma On Shan (town) , a town in the New Territories of Hong Kong Ma On Shan station , MTR station code Mos, Spain , a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra Museum of Science (Boston) (MoS),
567-402: The U.S. military to identify a specific job Ministry of Supply , former British government ministry that co-ordinated military supplies Places [ edit ] Ma On Shan (town) , a town in the New Territories of Hong Kong Ma On Shan station , MTR station code Mos, Spain , a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra Museum of Science (Boston) (MoS),
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#1732776690582594-564: The United States' The Chicago Manual of Style from the University of Chicago Press . Australia has a style guide, available online, created by its government. The variety in scope and length is enabled by the cascading of one style over another, analogous to how styles cascade in web development and in desktop cascade over CSS styles. In many cases, a project such as a book , journal , or monograph series typically has
621-907: The language in use (for example, English orthography for English-language publications). This, of course, may be subject to national variety, such as British, American, Canadian, and Australian English . Some style guides focus on specific topic areas such as graphic design , including typography . Website style guides cover a publication's visual and technical aspects as well as text. Guides in specific scientific and technical fields may cover nomenclature to specify names or classifying labels that are clear, standardized, and ontologically sound (e.g., taxonomy , chemical nomenclature , and gene nomenclature ). Style guides that cover usage may suggest descriptive terms for people which avoid racism , sexism , homophobia , etc. Style guides increasingly incorporate accessibility conventions for audience members with visual, mobility, or other disabilities. Since
648-530: The most part, these guides are relevant and useful for peer-to-peer specialist documentation or to help writers working in specific industries or sectors communicate highly technical information in scholarly articles or industry white papers . Professional style guides of different countries can be referenced for authoritative advice on their respective language(s), such as the United Kingdom's New Oxford Style Manual from Oxford University Press ; and
675-577: The rise of the digital age, websites have allowed for an expansion of style guide conventions that account for digital behavior such as screen reading . Screen reading requires web style guides to focus more intently on a user experience subjected to multichannel surfing. Though web style guides can also vary widely, they tend to prioritize similar values concerning brevity, terminology, syntax, tone, structure, typography, graphics, and errors. Most style guides are revised periodically to accommodate changes in conventions and usage. The frequency of updating and
702-448: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title MOS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS&oldid=1224037042 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Latin-language text Short description
729-448: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title MOS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MOS&oldid=1224037042 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Latin-language text Short description
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