DDS

DDS may refer to:

Computer and information science

  • Data Design System, DDS-CAD software vendor
  • Direct Digital Synthesis, a method for the generation of periodic digital signals
  • Data Definition Specification, in software data management
  • Data Description Specifications, in AS/400 programming
  • Data Distribution Service, an Object Management Group 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)
  • DirectDraw Surface, .dds texture files
  • Donovan Data Systems, software & computer services company
  • Dynamic digital signage
  • Leased line, Dataphone Digital Service or Digital Data System

Electronics and communications

  • Direct digital synthesizer, a type of frequency synthesizer used for creating arbitrary waveforms from a single, fixed-frequency reference clock

Chemistry

Law and administration

  • Disability Determination Service, a state agency in the United States that determines eligibility for federal disability benefits
  • Department of Driver Services, also known as Department of Motor Vehicles

Healthcare

  • Dapsone, also known as diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS), an antibiotic commonly used for the treatment of leprosy
  • Doctor of Dental Surgery, an academic degree
  • Dopamine dysregulation syndrome, a condition connected with treatment for Parkinson's disease
  • Drug delivery systems, how drugs are delivered to relevant areas or tissues

Schools

  • Dutchess Day School, private Pre-K through 8th Grade School in Millbrook, New York, United States
  • Davidson Day School, Pre-K through 12th Grade School in Davidson, North Carolina, United States

Other uses

gollark: I have no idea how you would actually run experiments on this, but there might be something I guess.
gollark: I think you're oversimplifying the things, umnikos.
gollark: If a trillion bacteria want some sugar a human is eating, say.
gollark: What about when those things conflict between entities?
gollark: And has all the bad things like "kill suffering things".
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