DCS

DCS may refer to:

Government

 * Danish Council of State, the privy council of Denmark
 * Defense Clandestine Service, a component of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
 * Department of Child Safety (or Services), or Child protective services, the name for an agency tasked with protecting children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect
 * Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), as in:
 * Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (disambiguation)
 * Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff
 * White House Deputy Chief of Staff
 * Diplomatic Courier Service, a branch of the US Bureau of Diplomatic Security tasked with protecting diplomatic pouches and material
 * Directorate of Colonial Surveys, the United Kingdom's central survey and mapping organisation for British colonies and protectorates 1946–1957
 * Dutch Council of State, a constitutionally-established advisory body to the government of the Netherlands

Law enforcement

 * Department of Corrective Services, department of New South Wales Government responsible for supervision of adult offenders on community-based or custodial orders
 * Detective Chief Superintendent, the senior detective and commander of the Criminal Investigation Department in most forces in the United Kingdom
 * Georgia Department of Community Supervision, the executive branch agency of the U.S. state of Georgia tasked with the supervision of felony probationers and parolees

Education

 * Dade Christian School, a private school in Miami-Dade County, Florida
 * Dayton City School, a school district and elementary/middle school in Dayton, Tennessee
 * Dean Close School
 * Desert Christian Schools (Arizona), in Tucson, Arizona
 * Desert Christian Schools (California), a private school in Lancaster, California
 * Diploma of Collegial Studies, a certificate awarded for completion of pre-university studies in the province of Québec, Canada
 * Dipolog Community School, a non-tertiary institution in Dipolog City, Philippines
 * Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores, a High/Middle Charter School located in Miami Shores, Florida

Medicine

 * D -Cycloserine, a GABA transaminase inhibitor and an antibiotic
 * Decompression sickness, symptoms suffered by a person exposed to a reduction in the pressure surrounding their body
 * Dendritic cells, a type of antigen presenting cell of immunologic function
 * Dorsal Column Stimulator, an implantable medical device used to treat chronic pain of neurologic origin
 * Damage control surgery, a form of surgery which is used in cases of severe trauma
 * Delusional companion syndrome, a psychological neuropathology of the self
 * Diffuse correlation spectrometry, a medical imaging technique

Technology

 * Data Coding Scheme is a field in SMS and CB messages which carries information about message encoding
 * Dark current spectroscopy, a technique used to find contaminants in silicon
 * Departure control system, airline computer systems responsible for passenger and bag processing activities
 * Desktop Color Separations, an enhanced EPS file format
 * Device Control String, hex 90 in the C1 set of control codes
 * Dichlorosilane, SiH2Cl2, used in microelectronic wafer processing
 * Digital Cellular System, a mobile communications-based PCS network used outside of the U.S.
 * Digital Command System, a model railroad system by MTH Electric Trains
 * Digital Compression System, a sound system developed by Williams Electronics
 * Digital cross connect system, a type of telecom equipment
 * Digital-Coded Squelch, a squelch that superimposes a continuous stream of FSK digital data on the transmitted signal
 * Distributed control system, a control system in which the controller elements are not central in location but are distributed throughout the system
 * Dwight Cavendish Systems, a manufacturer of video copy protection
 * Form D Control System, a subset of the Northeast Operating Rules Advisory Committee operating rules for railroads
 * Kodak DCS, a series of professional digital single-lens reflex cameras
 * Dry Combat Submersible, a military submarine being developed for use by the United States Navy

Entertainment

 * Dead Celebrity Status, a Canadian rap rock group
 * Desi Culture Shock, a UK Bhangra group
 * Digital Combat Simulator, a combat flight simulator developed by Eagle Dynamics

Other

 * Deacon (Church of Scotland), postnominal for a deaconess or deacon of the Church of Scotland
 * Deaf Children's Society, a British charity for deaf people and their families
 * Dynamic Cooking Systems, now a unit of Fisher & Paykel