In telecommunications and fiber optics, a plastic-clad silica fiber or polymer-clad silica fiber ( PCS ) is an optical fiber that has a silica-based core and a plastic cladding.

She has a cool bedside manner, and is known to prescribe " PCS ", also known as " Pulaski's Chicken Soup ", for minor ailments.

The pre-college has two orchestras, the Pre-College Symphony ( PCS ) and the Pre-College Orchestra ( PCO ).

Although The Socialist Party is a numerically smaller organisation than Militant was in the 1980s, it has a larger number of members in leading trade union positions, including PCS Assistant General Secretary Chris Baugh, PCS Vice-President John McInally, former POA General Secretary Brian Caton and UNISON NEC member Roger Bannister amongst others.

PCS has a network for young members ( aged 27 and under ).

PCS has a network for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender members.

Many big IT companies like TCS, Cybage has presence in infocity whereas PCS is located at GIDC area.

In the United States, Sprint PCS was the first company to build and operate a PCS network, launching service in November under the Sprint Spectrum brand in 1995 in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.

Sprint PCS later selected CDMA as the radio interface for its nationwide network and built out a parallel CDMA network in the Baltimore-Washington area, launching service in 1997.

After completing the customer migration, Sprint PCS sold the GSM radio interface network equipment to Omnipoint Communications in January 2000.

Fixed access: In personal communications service ( PCS ), terminal access to a network in which there is a set relationship between a terminal and the access interface.

PCS switching center: In personal communications service, a facility that ( a ) supports access-independent call control / service control, and connection control ( switching ) functions, and ( b ) is responsible for interconnection of access and network systems to support end-to-end services.

Note 1: The PCS switching center represents a collection of one or more network elements.

Wireless mobility management: in Personal Communications Service ( PCS ), the assigning and controlling of wireless links for terminal network connections.

* Digital Cellular System, a mobile communications-based PCS network used outside of the U. S.

Founded in 2001 as joint venture between the Virgin Group and Sprint Corporation, Virgin Mobile USA began offering service as a mobile virtual network operator in 2002 via the Sprint CDMA 1900 MHz PCS digital network.

It was a single-band phone and was carried by Sprint for use on their PCS 1xRTT data network.

Ports of the game were released for the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X68000, PC ( MS-DOS, 1989 and 1996 ), Apple II, FM Towns Marty, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Sega Game Gear, mobile phone ( Sprint PCS ), Texas Instruments TI-8x series of calculators and UltraCade's Taito Arcade Classics.

Under the proposal, the ICD-9-CM code sets would be replaced with the ICD-10-CM code sets, effective October 1, 2013. On April 17, 2012 the Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ) published a proposed rule that would delay, from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014, the compliance date for the ICD-10-CM and PCS.

The 1900 MHz range is used for 2G ( PCS ) services, and 2100 MHz range is used for satellite communications.

AT & T Wireless launched UMTS services in the United States by the end of 2004 strictly using the existing 1900 MHz spectrum allocated for 2G PCS services.

J-STD-008, published in 1995, was only defined for the then-new North American PCS band ( Band Class 1, 1900 MHz ).

* " A Study on Null-Fill Array Antenna for Service Coverage Expansion in PCS Band " Youngseok Ko

The cleared band will now be used for PCS, AWS, and MSS services, including mobile broadband.

PCS is organised into groups that deal with different bargaining units such as Revenue and Customs, Department for Work and Pensions and Law and Justice.

The PCS is an active supporter of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign which campaigns for self-determination for the Cuban people.

( The 1900 MHz PCS band, established in 1994, is for digital operation only.

In North America, Sanyo manufactures CDMA cellular phones exclusively for Sprint-Nextel corporation's Sprint PCS brand in the United States, and for Bell Mobility in Canada.

The Daybreak was sold as a Xerox 1186 workstation when configured as a Lisp machine and as the Xerox 6085 PCS ( Professional Computer System ) or Viewpoint 6085 PCS ( Professional Computer System ) when sold as an office workstation running the Viewpoint system ( based on the Star software originally developed for the Xerox Star.

Mark Serwotka (; born 26 April 1963 ) is General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union ( PCS ), the trade union for British civil servants.

" Even though companies such as Vanguard have produced ABU-embroidered Air Assault Badges that are available on-line and through AAFES Military Clothing Sales Stores, AFI 36-2903 states the " badge is not authorized for wear on the ABU ," and " Upon Permanent Change of Station ( PCS ) to an Air Force unit, wear of Army Air Assault badge is optional.

PCS members on strike in 2010.

PCS members on strike in 2006.

In the 1980s, the PCS was estimated to have around 1, 000 members.

In the United States armed forces, a Permanent Change of Station ( PCS ) is the official relocation of an active duty military service member — along with any family members living with her or him — to a different duty location, such as a military base.

Luxembourg's major conservative party, the Christian Social People's Party ( CSV or PCS ) was formed as the Party of the Right in 1914, and adopted its present name in 1945.

The ban was eventually lifted by the incoming Labour government in 1997, with the Government Communications Group of the Public and Commercial Services ( PCS ) Union being formed to represent interested employees at all grades.

Known as the Personal Communication Sector ( PCS ) prior to 2004, it pioneered the " flip phone " with the MicroTAC-and, the " clam phone " with the StarTAC-in the mid-1990s.

At the most basic level Personal Communications Service or PCS describes a set of wireless communications capabilities that allows some combination of terminal mobility, personal mobility, and service profile management.

More specifically, PCS refers to any of several types of wireless voice and / or wireless data communications systems, typically incorporating digital technology, providing services similar to advanced cellular mobile or paging services.

In addition, PCS can also be used to provide other wireless communications services, including services that allow people to place and receive communications while away from their home or office, as well as wireless communications to homes, office buildings and other fixed locations.

Described in more commercial terms, PCS is a generation of wireless-phone technology that combines a range of features and services surpassing those available in analog-and digital-cellular phone systems, providing a user with an all-in-one wireless phone, paging, messaging, and data service.

PCS and the IMT-2000 standard of which PCS is a part do not specify a particular air interface and channel access method.

For example, in the US D, E, and F PCS spectrum blocks, the amount of spectrum available is 5 MHz in each direction.

* Personal Communications Service ( PCS ): PCS is a radio band that can be used by mobile phones in North America and South Asia.

Sprint happened to be the first service to set up a PCS.