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Sinch (company)

Sinch AB is a Swedish communications platform as a service company, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Stockholm, that lets businesses message customers via SMS, WhatsApp, voice, and email through APIs.

Sinclair (brand)

Sinclair is an American petroleum brand, identified by its green dinosaur logo DINO, founded by Harry F. Sinclair in 1916 and now owned by HF Sinclair Corporation.

Sinclair C5

The Sinclair C5 is a one-person battery-electric tricycle launched in the UK in 1985 by Sir Clive Sinclair, which failed commercially and became a cult classic.

Sinclair Oil Corporation

Sinclair Oil Corporation, also known as Sinclair Oil, was an American petroleum company founded by Harry F. Sinclair in 1916, best known for its green dinosaur mascot DINO.

Sinclair QL

The Sinclair QL, also known as the ZX83 or Quantum Leap, is a 32-bit personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in January 1984, twelve days before the Macintosh.

Sinclair Refinery

Sinclair Refinery, also called the Parco Refinery, is an oil refinery in Sinclair, Wyoming, begun in 1922, whose company town of Parco was renamed Sinclair in the 1930s or 1940s.

Sincor Oil and Gas Field

Sincor was a $4.2 billion extra-heavy oil project in the Zuata field of Venezuela's Orinoco Belt, begun in 2000 by TotalFinaElf and PDVSA, nationalized in 2007 as Petrocedeño.

Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company

The Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) is a Pakistani public-private joint venture formed in 2009 that operates an open-pit lignite mine in the Thar Coalfield, Sindh.

Sindicato de Telecomunicaciones y Servicios para la Ciudadanía

The Sindicato de Telecomunicaciones y Servicios para la Ciudadanía (STC), formerly the Sindicato de Trabajadores de Comunicaciones, is a Spanish union organizing telecommunications workers, formed by merger in 2002.

Sine cosine algorithm

The sine cosine algorithm (SCA) is a gradient-free metaheuristic for continuous optimization that updates candidate solutions using sine and cosine fluctuations toward the best solution found so far.

Sine-cosine encoder

A sine-cosine encoder, or sin/cos encoder, is a position sensor that outputs analog sine and cosine signals phase-shifted by 90 degrees, which electronics interpolate for high-resolution position feedback.

Sines LNG Terminal

The Sines LNG Terminal is an onshore LNG import terminal in the Port of Sines, Portugal, opened in 2004 and operated by REN Atlântico, delivering 98 percent of Portugal's maritime gas supply in 2024.

Sines petrochemical complex

The Sines petrochemical complex is a Repsol-owned petrochemical site at Sines, Portugal, operating since 1981 and processing about one million tonnes of feedstock a year into ethylene, propylene, and polymers.

Sines Refinery

The Sines Refinery (Refinaria de Sines) is an oil refinery in Sines, Portugal, commissioned in 1978, owned by Galp, and the only refinery operating in Portugal.

SINET (Japan)

SINET (Science Information NETwork) is Japan's national research and education network, built and operated by the National Institute of Informatics for universities and research institutions since 1992.

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is the flag carrier of Singapore, incorporated in 1972 when Malaysia-Singapore Airlines split, and named world's best airline at the 2026 Skytrax awards.

Singapore Airlines fleet

The Singapore Airlines fleet is the set of passenger and freighter aircraft flown by Singapore's flag carrier, with 145 passenger aircraft and one of the youngest fleets among major full-service carriers.

Singapore Airlines Flight 006

Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was a scheduled flight from Singapore to Los Angeles via Taipei whose Boeing 747 crashed on takeoff in a typhoon on October 31, 2000, killing 83 of 179 aboard.

Singapore Airshow

The Singapore Airshow is a biennial aerospace and defense exhibition at the Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, first held in 2008. It is regarded as Asia's largest air show.

Singapore Electricity Market

The Singapore electricity market is a liberalised power market where generators bid half-hourly in the wholesale market, which commenced in 2003 and is regulated by the EMA.

Singapore Flyer

The Singapore Flyer is a giant observation wheel at Marina Bay in Singapore, 165 meters tall, which opened in 2008 and was the world's tallest observation wheel until 2014.

Singapore General Hospital

Singapore General Hospital (SGH), established in 1821, is the largest acute tertiary hospital in Singapore, with more than 50 clinical specialties on its Outram campus.

Singapore Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems

The Singapore Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems refers to Singapore's National Robotics Programme, a multi-agency platform hosted by A*STAR since 2016 that coordinates robotics research and development nationwide.

Singapore LNG Terminal

The Singapore LNG Terminal is an onshore LNG import and regasification terminal on Jurong Island, Singapore, operated by Singapore LNG Corporation and in operation since 2013.

Singapore Power International

Singapore Power International Pte Ltd, formerly PowerGas Investments, is the investment holding company of Singapore's SP Group, incorporated in 1994 and holding a 40 percent stake in Australia's Jemena.

Singapore Registry of Ships

The Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) is the ship registry of Singapore, established in 1966 and administered by the Maritime and Port Authority; it is the world's fourth-largest ship registry.

Singareni Collieries Company

The Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL) is a coal mining company jointly owned by the governments of Telangana and India, exploiting the Godavari Valley Coalfield, South India's only coal repository, since 1920.

Singer (data integration specification)

Singer is an open-source data integration specification, also called the Singer spec, defining JSON message exchange between extractor taps and loader targets. Created by Stitch around 2016-2017; spec v0.3.0 defines SCHEMA, RECORD, STATE messages over stdout.

Singer Building

The Singer Building was an office skyscraper at Broadway and Liberty Street in Manhattan, designed by Ernest Flagg and the world's tallest building from 1908 to 1909.

Singer Corporation

Singer Corporation, also known as the Singer Manufacturing Company, is an American company founded in 1851 that became one of the world's first multinationals through its sewing machines.