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PCS may refer to:

Medicine

• Post-concussion syndrome, a set of symptoms that a person may experience for weeks, months, or even years after a concussion
• Postcholecystectomy syndrome, the presence of abdominal symptoms after surgery to remove the gallbladder
• Precordial catch syndrome, a common cause of chest pain complaints in children and adolescents

Military

• Peace and conflict studies, an inter-disciplinary inquiry into war
• Permanent Change of Station, to be permanently moved to a new post
• USS PCS-1376, a United States Navy patrol boat
• USS PCS-1379, the fourth of twelve Patrol Craft Sweepers constructed by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation

Science and technology

• Partitioning Communication System, a high-assurance communications security technology
• Patni Computer Systems, a provider of information technology services and business solutions
• Periphere Computer-Systeme, a German manufacturer of UNIX-based computers in the 1980s and 1990s
• Personal Communications Service, the 1900-MHz radio band used for digital mobile phone services in Canada and the United States, branded as Sprint PCS and MetroPCS in particular
• Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
• Physical Coding Sublayer, an Ethernet Layer 1 (PHY) sub-layer
• Plant Cell Structure
• Polar coordinate system, a 2D or 3D coordinate system, determined by an angle and a distance
• Process Control System
• Personal Computer Support

Other fields

• The ticker symbol for MetroPCS Communications Inc., a publicly traded company
• Pacific Collegiate School, a grades 7–12 charter school located on the west side of Santa Cruz, California
• Partito Comunista Sammarinese (Sanmarinese Communist Party), a former political party in San Marino
• PCS Family Homes, an assisted living agency operating in southern Maine
• PhillyCarShare, a non-profit organization providing car sharing services in the Philadelphia area
• Photo City Sagamihara, awards for photography given annually by the Japanese town of Sagamihara
• Pinball Construction Set, a computer game by Bill Budge published by Electronic Arts
• pitch class set in music
• Polish Council of State, a council that existed between 1947 and 1989
• Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, a Canadian corporation that is the world's largest producer of potash
• Public and Commercial Services Union, a trade union representing public sector workers in the United Kingdom
• Picture communication symbols (PCS)

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Abbreviation

PCS

1. Personal Communication System

Anagrams

• Anagrams of CPS
• CSP