DDS

DDS may refer to:

Arts and media

 * Digimon Data Squad, season 5 of the anime Digimon
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga, a 2004 video game spun off from the Shin Megami Tensei series
 * Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, Russian composer
 * Death's Dynamic Shroud, American electronic and vaporwave trio

Government agencies

 * 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
 * Due Diligence System

Private organizations

 * Davao Death Squad, a vigilante group in Davao City, Philippines
 * Davidson Day School, a pre-K–12 school in Davidson, North Carolina, United States
 * De Danske Skytteforeninger, a Danish sports organization
 * Diehard Duterte Supporters, supporters of Rodrigo Duterte, 16th president of the Philippines
 * Donovan Data Systems, a software and computer services company
 * Dutchess Day School, private pre-K through 8th grade school in Millbrook, New York, United States

Chemistry

 * Dimethyldichlorosilane, an organosilicon compound
 * Dammarenediol II synthase, an enzyme

Computing and information technology

 * Data Design System, a CAD software system
 * Direct Digital Synthesis / Direct digital synthesizer, a method for generation of periodic digital signals and used for creating arbitrary waveforms from a reference clock
 * 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
 * Dataphone Digital Service or Digital Data System, types of leased line
 * Digital Data Storage, a storage tape format related to Digital Audio Tape (DAT)
 * Dimensional Data Storage
 * DirectDraw Surface, .dds texture files
 * Dynamic digital signage

Medicine

 * 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

Other uses in science and technology

 * Dark dune spot, a feature of the Martian landscape
 * Deflation Detection System, on motor vehicle tires
 * Dry deck shelter, a module that allows divers easy exit and entrance while a submarine is submerged

Other uses

 * Dewey Decimal Classification, often called the Dewey Decimal System
 * Direct Delivery Scheme, of the Society of Independent Brewers