Portable Batch System, a computer system that allocates network resources to batch jobs
Preferential Bidding System, a computer system that allows an employee to bid for work duties based on personal preferences
Privatbanen Sønderjylland (also known as Eurorail), a defunct Danish railway operating company
Sodium perborate, a component of detergents and a source of oxygen
Palestine Broadcasting Service
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PBS was founded in 1969, at which time it took over many of the functions of its predecessor, National Educational Television (NET).
PBS is not a broadcast network in the sense in which that term is usually used in the United States.
PBS has also begun at least three new TV networks: PBS YOU, PBS Kids, and PBS DT2 (a feed of HDTV and letterboxed programming for digital affiliates), along with packages of PBS programs that are similar to local stations' programming, the PBS-X feeds (see List of United States broadcast television networks).
PBS was founded in 1969, at which time it took over many of the functions of its predecessor, National Educational Television (NET) (which merged with station WNDT Newark, New Jersey to form WNET).
PBS is not a broadcast network in the sense in which that term is usually used in the United States, although it is more like U.S. broadcast networks than other public broadcasters that own their stations.
PBS stations are commonly operated by non-profit organizations, state agencies, local authorities (e.g., municipal boards of education), or universities in their community of license.