DDS

DDS may refer to:

Computer and information science

• Data Design System, DDS-CAD software vendor
• Data Description Specifications, AS400 programming
• Data Distribution Service, a OMG standard for publish/subscribe middleware for distributed systems.
• Data dictionary system of ICL's VME operating system; see ICL VME#Quickbuild
• Digital Data Storage, a storage tape format related to Digital Audio Tape (DAT)
• Direct digital synthesis
• DirectDraw Surface, .dds texture files
• Dynamic Design Solutions, CAE software development company
• Dynamic digital signage
• DDS IMPA

Chemistry

• Distillers dried solubles, another name for distillers grains, a cereal byproduct of the distillation process.
• Diamino dimethyl sulphone, a compound used in the curing of epoxy resins, particularly BADGE (bisphenol A diglycidyl ether).

Law and administration

• Disability Determination Service, a state agency in the United States that determines eligibility for federal disability benefits

Medicine and dentistry

• Doctor of Dental Surgery, an academic degree
• Dopamine dysregulation syndrome, a condition connected with treatment for Parkinson's disease

Arts and popular culture

• Digimon Data Squad, season 5 of the Digimon anime
• Digital Devil Saga, a 2004 video game spun off from the Shin Megami Tensei series
• Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, Russian composer

Other uses

• Deflation Detection System
• Dewey Decimal Classification, often called the Dewey Decimal System
• Dry Deck Shelter
• Dark Dune Spot, a feature of the Martian landscape
• Direct Delivery Scheme, of the Society of Independent Brewers

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