What is "bliss"

Bliss \Bliss\ (bl[i^]s), n.; pl. Blisses (bl[i^]s"[e^]z). [OE. blis, blisse, AS. blis, bl[=i][eth]s, fr. bl[=i][eth]e blithe. See Blithe.] Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.

An then at last our bliss Full and perfect is.
--Milton.

Syn: Blessedness; felicity; beatitude; happiness; joy; enjoyment. See Happiness.

Old English blis, also bliðs "bliss, merriment, happiness, grace, favor," from Proto-Germanic *blithsjo (cognates: Old Saxon blidsea, blizza), from *blithiz "gentle, kind" + *-tjo noun suffix. Originally mostly of earthly happiness; influenced by association with bless and blithe.

often with out, by 1973, U.S. colloquial, from bliss (n.).

n. perfect happiness

n. a state of extreme happiness [syn: blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air]

Bliss is a modernist short story by Katherine Mansfield first published in 1918. It was published in the English Review in August 1918 and later reprinted in Bliss and Other Stories.

Bliss is the name of the default computer wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is an image of a rolling green hill and a blue sky with cumulus and cirrus clouds. The landscape depicted is in the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area of Sonoma County, California, United States.

Charles O'Rear originally sent Bliss to Corbis in 1996 but then Microsoft bought the rights to the picture in 2000.

Bliss is the first novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. Published in 1981, the book won that year's Miles Franklin Award.

"Bliss" is the 108th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the 14th episode of the fifth season. The story came from a dream experienced by Bill Prady who at the time worked on the situation comedy series Dharma & Greg.

The Federation starship USS Voyager becomes trapped in an enormous space dwelling " pitcher plant".

"Bliss" is a song by English alternative rock band Muse, released on 20 August 2001 as the third single from their second studio album Origin of Symmetry (2001).

Bliss is the second studio album by Australian pop singer, Nikki Webster. It was released in Australia on 28 October 2002 (see 2002 in music) through BMG/Gotham Records. Bliss was recorded in one week, earlier that year. Nikki said:" My voice (in Bliss) has aged since Follow Your Heart." The album peaked at No.16 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

An early version of Bliss included a bonus DVD featuring the music videos for "Strawberry Kisses", "Depend on Me", "The Best Days", "Something More Beautiful" and "24/7 (Crazy 'bout Your Smile)".

BLISS is a system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University by W. A. Wulf, D. B. Russell, and A. N. Habermann around 1970. It was perhaps the best known systems programming language right up until C made its debut a few years later. Since then, C took off and BLISS faded into obscurity. When C was in its infancy, a few projects within Bell Labs were debating the merits of BLISS vs. C.

BLISS is a typeless block-structured language based on expressions rather than statements, and includes constructs for exception handling, coroutines, and macros. It does not include a goto statement.

The name is variously said to be short for "Basic Language for Implementation of System Software" or "System Software Implementation Language, Backwards". It was sometimes called "Bill's Language for Implementing System Software", after Bill Wulf.

The original Carnegie Mellon compiler was notable for its extensive use of optimizations, and formed the basis of the classic book The Design of an Optimizing Compiler.

DEC developed and maintained BLISS compilers for the PDP-10, PDP-11, VAX, DEC PRISM, MIPS, DEC Alpha, and Intel IA-32, The language did not become popular among customers and few had the compiler, but DEC used it heavily in-house into the 1980s; most of the utility programs for the VMS operating system were written in BLISS-32. After its acquisition of DEC, Compaq developed and maintained a BLISS compiler for Intel IA-64.

Bliss is small lunar impact crater that is located just to the west of the dark-floored crater Plato. It lies in a region of continental terrain between Mare Imbrium to the south and Mare Frigoris to the north. This crater is bowl-shaped, with a small interior floor at the midpoint and a somewhat eroded outer rim.

In 2000, the IAU named this feature after Nathaniel Bliss, the 4th Astronomer Royal. He was the only remaining Astronomer Royal who had not until then received the honor of a named feature or astronomical body. (This revision was announced by the XXIVth general assembly of the IAU, on August 15, 2000.) This new name for the feature was originally suggested by Patrick Moore.

Note that a bulletin announcing the name of this crater described it as a ghost crater that lies between Plato and Mons Piton to the south. However this was due to a mix-up, and Bliss is actually the crater formerly known as Plato A. The ghost crater between Plato and Mons Piton is sometimes known unofficially as Ancient Newton (not to be confused with the crater Newton).

Bliss is a computer virus, introduced in 1997, which aims to infect Linux systems. When executed, it attempts to attach itself to Linux executable files, to which regular users do not have access. In the case of the alpha version, this prevents the executables from running, so users notice it immediately. Although it was probably intended to prove that Linux can be infected, it does not propagate very effectively because of the structure of Linux's user privilege system. The Bliss virus never became widespread, and remains chiefly a research curiosity. After the Staog virus it is the second known Linux virus.

When the Bliss virus was released, antivirus software vendors and Linux distributions released security advisories to notify users of the potential risks. Debian still lists itself as vulnerable to the Bliss virus. However, due to the requirement for infection to occur under the root user, the risk is listed as minimal.

Bliss is a Canadian-produced, half-hour dramatic television series, produced by Montreal-based Galafilm and Toronto-based Back Alley Films, an anthology of women's erotica. The series ran from 2002 to 2004.

The format of the show—short, sensual vignettes adapted for television—aired on Oxygen in the United States (though heavily edited for American audiences) and Showcase, TMN and Movie Central in Canada. Reruns currently airing on US After Dark, and with Spanish dubbing on Telelatino Network (TLN) as "Cuentos Prohibidos" (roughly translates as "Forbidden Tales") in Canada. The series is distributed by Oasis International in Toronto.

Bliss, also known as Nicole Callahan, is a supervillainess in the Wildstorm Universe of American comic books. She was created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and drawn by J. Scott Campbell in her first regular appearance. She appeared as a supporting character in the series Gen¹³ and as a castmember in the series DV8, her most recent appearances were in Gen-Active.

Bliss - the Game for Lovers is a computer game created in 2005. It is the first and thus far the only game offered by independent software publisher Games for Loving 1.

Bliss, in comics, may refer to:

• Bliss (Marvel Comics), a member of the Marvel Comics mutant group The Morlocks
• Bliss (DC Comics), an incubus who appeared in the DC Comics series Starman
• Bliss (Wildstorm), a Wildstorm comic book character

Bliss is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Her first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #261 (May 1990).

Bliss was a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group (formerly Chart Show Channels).

Bliss was a monthly British magazine aimed at 14 to 17-year-old girls, retailing at £2.75 and often comes with a gift such as make-up or a bag. The content covers candid celebrity gossip, latest fashions, hair and make-up looks, a problem page on puberty, boyfriends, friends and sex, interview with the female celebrity cover girl, entertainment reviews, romance advice, psychology for friendships and real-life stories.

The magazine was launched by EMAP in June 1995, and sold to Italian publishers Panini in 2006. At the time of its sale in 2006, it had a circulation of 213,466 (already in decline), but this had fallen to 50,043 by December 2012.

In June 2014, it was announced that the July issue- already on newsstands- would be the last.

"Bliss" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It is the lead track from Amos' fifth studio album, To Venus and Back. "Bliss" went to alternative stations on August 6, 1999 and was released commercially in the U.S. on August 24, 1999. The song was not released as a single in the UK, but peaked at # 91 in the US.

Atlantic released "Bliss" in CD, cassette, 7" vinyl and a CD5 maxi single. The CD single contains the non-LP live version of "Hey Jupiter", while the CD5 maxi also includes the non-LP version of "Upside Down". Both of the live tracks do not appear on the album To Venus and Back. The regular CD single cardboard packaging does not include the extra photo with the "Bliss" lyrics that was part of the CD maxi single. The "Bliss" video premiered on MTV 120 Minutes on August 15, 1999. The video uses footage that was filmed during the final two shows of the Plugged '98 tour in Michigan.

Bliss is a 1985 Australian film directed by Ray Lawrence, co-adapted by Lawrence and Peter Carey, author of the original novel Bliss from which it is adapted.

It starred Barry Otto who, at the time, was best known in Sydney for his theatre work, and Lynette Curran, a veteran star of Australian stage, TV and film and a former co-star of the popular ABC soap opera Bellbird. Notable among the supporting roles is an early film appearance by Gia Carides and an early cameo role by John Doyle.

After a rocky start – 400 of the 2000-strong audience walked out during its first screening at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival – the film went on to receive multiple awards at the AFI awards.

Bliss is a 2000 French pop album by singer Vanessa Paradis. It is her fourth studio album and contains the single "Commando".

Bliss is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The film was thought lost until a copy was discovered in 1978 in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada.

Bliss is Birdbrain's debut studio album. It was recorded in 1995 at Newbury Sound, Boston, Massachusetts and released by TVT Records on August 15, 1995. Before Bliss, the band's only other releases was a demo tape, the song "Violence" on an anthology of Boston rock. It was their only album to have James Dennis on it. Despite a tour and promotion from TVT, the album was not successful. AFter the tour, on the eve of starting pre-production for the second album "Let's Be Nice" guitarist James Dennis was driven from the band over creative differences.

Bliss is a multi-channel spa and retail product company founded in 1996 and headquartered in Downtown New York. The company retails its own line of bath, body and skincare products through its Bliss catalog, website, Bliss spa stores and at international luxury retailers including Bloomingdale's, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Selfridges and Sephora.

Bliss are a pop group from Coventry, England.

Bliss is a 2006 Chinese family drama film directed by Sheng Zhimin and produced by Hong Kong director Fruit Chan. The film was Sheng's first as a director, having previously served as a line producer for Chan and Jia Zhangke on films such as Durian Durian and Platform.

Though primarily a mainland production, the film was financed in part by the Hong Kong-based See Movie Ltd. and was distributed by Hong Kong's Golden Network Asia.

Mutluluk (English title: Bliss) is a 2007 Turkish film directed by Abdullah Oğuz, and starring Özgü Namal, Talat Bulut, and Murat Han. It was chosen to open the 2007 Asian Film Festival in Mumbai and the 2007 Medfilm Festival in Rome. It won the audience prize and the young jury prize at the 2008 Turkish Film Festival in Nuremberg and won the audience award for international films at the 2008 Miami International Film Festival. Also, Mutluluk was rewarded by European Council with the Prix Odyssee Human Rights Award in 2007.

Bliss exists to ensure that all babies born too soon, too small or too sick in the UK have the best possible chance of survival and of reaching their full potential. Bliss supports families, work with health professionals, and campaign for improved hospital resources across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Its Chief Executive is Caroline Davey.

Bliss is an opera in three acts by Brett Dean to a libretto by Amanda Holden. The libretto is based on Peter Carey's novel Bliss, which had earlier been made into the 1985 film Bliss. The opera premiered at the Sydney Opera House on 12 March 2010 and has subsequently been performed in the United Kingdom and Germany. A performance of the work lasts for about two hours and forty minutes.

Bliss is Norwegian singer Tone Damli's first studio album. The album was released on 5 December 2005 and was produced by Geir Sundstøl. The album peaked at number 14 on the Norwegian Albums Chart.

The Bliss automobile was manufactured by the E. W. Bliss Company of Brooklyn, New York, in 1906. The company was founded in 1867 and for a short duration, diversified into automobile manufacturing.

Bliss was a single from New Zealand band Th' Dudes from their album Where Are The Boys?. It was released in May 1980 and reached No. 25 on the New Zealand music charts. It has since become a cult New Zealand drinking song. In 2001 the song was voted by members of APRA as the 50th best New Zealand song of the 20th century and featured on the Nature's Best 2 CD.

Bliss is a 1995 British television film directed by Marc Evans, starring Simon Shepherd, Jonathan Hyde, Reece Dinsdale and Jennifer Hilary.

Bliss is a 1997 American erotic drama film written and directed by Lance Young, in his film debut. It stars Sheryl Lee, Craig Sheffer and Terence Stamp. The film also features Lance Young's sister, Leigh Taylor-Young, as well as Molly Parker.

It was screened during the opening of the San Francisco International Film Festival.

The film revolves around a young married couple who are trying to address issues impacting their sex life. Media attention on the film was limited yet divided among the critics.

Bliss is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Aaron T. Bliss (1837–1906), U.S. Representative and Governor of Michigan
• A. J. Bliss (1862–1931), British iris breeder
• Alexa Bliss (born 1991), ring name of American professional wrestler Alexis Kaufman
• Arthur Bliss (1891–1975), British composer
• Atlanta Bliss (born c. 1952), American jazz trumpeter
• Baron Bliss (1869–1926), British philanthropist in British Honduras
• Bliss Carman (1861–1929), Canadian poet
• Brian Bliss (born 1965), American soccer defender and coach
• C. D. Bliss (1870–1948), American football player and coach
• Caroline Bliss (born 1961), British actress
• Charles K. Bliss (1897–1985), inventor of Blissymbols
• Chester Ittner Bliss (1899–1979), biologist known for his contributions to statistics
• Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833–1911), American merchant and politician
• Daniel Bliss (1823–1916), American founder of the American University of Beirut
• Dave Bliss (born 1943), American college basketball coach
• Diana Bliss (1954–2012), Australian theatre producer
• Douglas Bliss (1900–1984), Scottish painter
• Duane Leroy Bliss (1835–1910), American industrialist
• Ed Bliss (1912-2002), American journalist
• Edward Bliss (1865-1960), American missionary to China
• Eleanor Albert Bliss (1899–1987), American bacteriologist
• Frank Bliss (1852-1929), American baseball player
• Franklyn Bliss Snyder (1884-1958), American educator and academic
• Frederick J. Bliss (1857–1939), American archaeologist
• George Bliss (disambiguation), multiple people
• Gilbert Ames Bliss (1876–1951), American mathematician
• Harry Bliss, American cartoonist
• Henry E. Bliss (1870–1955), American librarian and inventor of the Bliss classification
• Henry H. Bliss (1830–1899), first person killed in a motor vehicle accident in the United States
• James Blish (1921–1975), American author of fantasy and science fiction
• Johnny Bliss (1922–1974), Australian rugby league footballer
• Ian Bliss, Australian actor
• Laurie Bliss (1872–1942), American football player and coach in the United States
• Lillie P. Bliss (1864–1931), American art collector and patron, founder of Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Lucille Bliss (born 1916), American actress and voice artist
• Michael Bliss (born 1941), Canadian historian and award-winning author
• Mike Bliss (born 1965), American NASCAR driver
• Nathaniel Bliss (1700–1764), English astronomer
• Philemon Bliss (1813–1889), U.S. Congressman and jurist
• Philip Bliss (1838–1876), American hymn lyricist and composer
• Philip Bliss (academic) (1787–1857), Registrar of the University of Oxford, etc.
• Ray C. Bliss (1907–1981), one of the important national U.S
• Richard Bliss, American telecommunications technician arrested in Russia on charges of espionage.
• Ryan Bliss (born 1971), American digital artist
• Sister Bliss (born 1970), British keyboardist, record producer, DJ, composer and songwriter
• Stephen Bliss (1787–1847), American minister and politician
• Sylvester Bliss (1814–1863), Millerite minister and editor
• Timothy Vivian Pelham Bliss (born 1940), British neuroscientist
• Thomas Bliss (born 1952), motion picture producer and executive producer
• Tasker H. Bliss (1853–1930), U.S. Army officer
• Willard Bliss (1825-1889), American doctor
• William Dwight Porter Bliss (1856–1926), American religious leader and activist
• William Henry Bliss (1835–1911), English scholar
• William Wallace Smith Bliss (1815–1853), U.S. Army Officer
• Zenas Bliss (1835–1900), U.S. Army General and Medal of Honor recipient

Bliss is a sans-serif typeface family designed by Jeremy Tankard.

Bliss is a design in the British humanist style, based on the Johnston typeface of London Underground as well as Gill Sans and Syntax, but with a more uniform style with greater evenness and similarity between weights. Describing it, Tankard wrote that "forms were chosen for their simplicity, legibility, and ‘Englishness’."

As of 2016, Bliss is used as a corporate font by the universities of Worcester and Bath Spa, United World Colleges, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the HADOPI institute, and by Edexcel.