Definition of is in English English dictionary
- International Sign (sign language)
- (Address Abbr.) Island
- complete consistent metric system of units for scientists (with basic quantities of length, time, electric current, temperature, luminous intensity, amount of substance and mass)
- alternative plural of I, Is
- Applied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other carbon atoms; contrasted with neo- and normal; as in isoparaffine; isopentane
- International Staff
- A designation of the American National Standards Institute--usually followed by a numberthat refers to an accepted industry protocol; e g, IS-95, IS-136, IS-54 IS-41: The network standard that allows all switches to exchange information about subscribers
- Stands for Information System
- Instrumentation System
- The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man
- Intermediate System: A system that provides forwarding functions or relaying functions or both for a specific ATM connection OAM cells may be generated and received
- Information Strategy
- Information Systems
- Information System(s)
- The use of and investment in computer technology by the principal or centralized organization formally charged with the responsibility for computer technology Often the IS organization is led by a chief information officer (CIO), vice president of the IS organization or director of data processing IS is also often the formal name of the department within an enterprise that is responsible for information technology Other common names for the IS department are: Management information systems (MIS) Data processing (DP) Information processing (IP)
- Applied to certain compounds having the same composition but different properties; as in isocyanic
- A designation of the American National Standards Institute--usually followed by a number-that refers to an accepted industry protocol; e g, IS-95, IS-136, IS-54 IS-41: The network standard that allows all switches to exchange information about subscribers IS-54: The first generation of the digital standard time division multiple access technology IS-95: The standard for code division multiple access IS-136: The latest generation of the digital standard time division multiple access technology IS-661: North American standard for 1 9 GHz wireless spread spectrum radio-frequency access technology developed by Omnipoint Corp IS-661, for which Omnipoint was awarded a pioneer's preference license for the New York City market, is based on a composite of code division multiple access and time division multiple access technologies The company says IS-661 reduces infrastructure costs and allows higher data speeds than mainstream GSM or TDMA platforms
- third-person singular of be
- Information System
- Case Western Reserve University's Information Services division
- Information Services
- - "Initial Study" Under CEQA, the Initial Study is prepared to determine whether there may be significant environmental effects resulting from a project The initial study is attached to the Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration It can become the basis of an EIR if it concludes that the project may cause significant environmental effects that cannot be mitigated below the level of significance
- Information Systems - the collection of technical and human resources that provide the storage, computing, distribution, and communication for the information required by all or some part of an enterprise
- information store
- Is is the third person singular of the present tense of be. Is is often added to other words and shortened to -'s. Iceland (in Internet addresses). Third person singular present indicative of be. the third person singular of the present tense of be
- Used by the client to select and send authentication information for an authentication type supported by the server
- a department that provides computing, networking, and Internet services
- This stands for Information System
- Interim Standard: A designation of the American National Standards Instituteusually followed by a numberthat refers to an accepted industry protocol; e g , IS-95, IS-136, IS-54
- -Information Systems Often refers to a company's management information systems (or MIS) organization See IT
- A prefix or combining form, indicating identity, or equality; the same numerical value; as in isopod, isomorphous, isochromatic
- Interim Standard: A designation of the American National Standards Institute--usually followed by a number-that refers to an accepted industry protocol; e g, IS-95, IS-136, IS-54 (Back to top )
- isis
- myelin
- est
- BE
- Buddhist Era
- BE
- Berlin, a federal state of Germany
- BE
- Black English
- BE
- Bengkulu, a province of Indonesia
- BE
- Bachelor of Engineering
- be
- used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
- be
- Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses
We liked to chat while we were eating.
- be
- Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
- be
- Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs. Often still used for to go
He is gone.
- be
- Used to form the passive voice
The dog was drowned by the boy.
- be
- Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same
3 times 5 is fifteen.
- be
- Used to indicate time of day, day of the week, or date
Today is the second, so I guess next Tuesday must be the tenth.
- be
- elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar
I have been to Spain many times.
- be
- Used to indicate height
He was five-eight.
- be
- Used to indicate age
He looks twelve, but is actually thirteen, and will turn fourteen next week.
- be
- To exist
To be or not to be, that is the question.
- be
- Used to indicate temperature
It is in the eighties outside, and next week it is expected to be in the nineties! (Fahrenheit degrees).
- be
- Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like
Why is it so dark in here?.
- is that so
- Really? Is it true?
I used to be a millionaire back in the 80s. ― Is that so?.
- Be
- {i} lightweight metallic chemical element commonly used in alloys
- be
- {f} exist; occur, happen; occupy a position or place
- be
- Belgium (in Internet addresses). The symbol for the element beryllium
- be
- v be am 1 sg pres es 3 sg pres er pl pres war, was, wase 1/3 sg pret bese 3 sg fut [OE bëon]
- is there
- does it exist
- Be
- art
- be
- Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the object
- be
- represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
- be
- be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
- be
- Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it
- be
- British Embassy
- be
- spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
- be
- To occupy a place
- be
- A prefix, originally the same word as by; To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir
- be
- To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have existence
- be
- To occur, to take place
- be
- v [{showing a state; I am; you are; he is; she is; we are; you are; they are} (The sky is blue)] ada [(Langitnya biru )]
- be
- Used to form future tenses, especially the future subjunctive
- be
- have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
- be
- The ISO 639 alpha-2 language code for Belarusian
- be
- "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
- be
- my
- be
- occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
- be
- The two-character ISO 3166 country code for BELGIUM
- be
- be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
- be
- To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday
- be
- Book Equity: Book equity is constructed from Compustat data or collected from the Moody's Industrial, Financial, and Utilities manuals BE is the book value of stockholders' equity, plus balance sheet deferred taxes and investment tax credit (if available), minus the book value of preferred stock Depending on availability, we use the redemption, liquidation, or par value (in that order) to estimate the book value of preferred stock Stockholders' equity is the value reported by Moody's or Compustat, if it is available If not, stockholders' equity is measured as the book value of common equity plus the par value of preferred stock, or the book value of assets minus total liabilities (in that order)
- be
- Best Effort
- be
- Abbreviation for Base Embossed Used to denote that there is embossing on the base of the insulator See also: Base
- be
- Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same
- be
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"
- be
- a light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element
- be
- To exist in a certain manner or relation, whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man
- be
- The country code for Belgium
- be
- have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
- be
- form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
- be
- To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to
- be
- The maximum amount of uncommitted data (in bits) in excess of Bc that a frame relay network can attempt to deliver during a time interval Tc This data (Be) generally is delivered with a lower probability than Bc The network treats Be data as discard eligible See also Committed Burst Size (Bc)
- be
- to have actuality LO - expresses surprise TI - a tone of the scale
- be
- occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?"
- be
- have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
- be
- Belgium
- be
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase
- be
- Chemical symbol for Beryllium
- be
- happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen
- be
- be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
- be
- base excess, the difference between the actual blood buffer concentration and the normal blood buffer concentration
- be
- Belgium, with Luxembourg
- be
- spend or use time; "I may be an hour" work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen
- be
- Excess Burst Rate
- be
- by means of
- be
- v to live; to happen; to exist
- be
- Belgium or base ejecting
- be
- To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around)
- be
- BURN - ENGINE
- be
- elliptical form of for "be here", "go to and return from" or similar
- be
- to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be"
- be
- To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for)
- be
- model designation for the Quad Cab Ram pickup