also: アイエス
Islamic State; IS; Daesh
Refers to the militant group Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). Often used in news contexts.
See also: イスラム国
IS claimed responsibility for the attack.
information separator; delimiter
Computing term for a character that separates fields of data, such as a comma or tab.
The city fell under the control of IS.
In CSV files, commas are used as information separators.
It was reported that young people had joined IS from abroad.
Abbreviation of English 'Islamic State' (sense 1) and 'information separator' (sense 2).