DSS

DSS may refer to:

Biology and medicine

 * Dejerine Sottas syndrome, genetic disorder a.k.a. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 3
 * Dengue shock syndrome
 * Disease-specific survival
 * Dextran sulphate sodium, a chemical used experimentally to induce colitis in rodents
 * Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, a lubricant, laxative, and pesticide
 * Dimethyl-silapentane-sulfonate, chemical compound used in spectroscopy for calibration
 * Disuccinimidyl suberate, a biochemical tool used as protein cross-linking agent

Technology

 * Deep Space Station, an antenna station in any of Deep Space Communication Complexes, part of the Deep Space Network.
 * Digital Satellite Service, digital satellite television transmission system used by DirecTV
 * Digitized Sky Survey, a digital version of several photographic atlases of the night sky
 * Direct-Sequence Spreading, another term for direct-sequence spread spectrum
 * Drahtseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos, funicular railway in Switzerland
 * Dynamic Spectrum Sharing, at technique for the coexistence of 4G and 5G mobile standards.

Computing

 * Darwin Streaming Server, the open source equivalent of QuickTime Streaming Server
 * Decision support system, information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities
 * Digital Signature Services, OASIS standard XML-based request/response protocols
 * Digital Signature Standard, which uses the Digital Signature Algorithm
 * Digital Speech Standard, a format of audio file
 * Digital Subscriber System ISDN, signalling standards:
 * Digital Subscriber System No. 1, a digital signalling protocol (D channel protocol) used for the ISDN
 * Digital Subscriber System No. 2, as the successor to DSS1, is also a digital signalling protocol (D channel protocol) used for the B-ISDN

United States

 * Defense Security Service, an agency in the U.S. Department of Defense
 * Department of Social Services, another name for Child Protective Services, a government agency in several states
 * Diplomatic Security Service, an agency in the U.S. Department of State
 * Director of Selective Service of the Selective Service System, as in the widely used "Draft Card" in the U.S. during World War II, officially known as DSS Form 1 Registration Card
 * Domestic Security Section, part of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice

Elsewhere

 * Directorate of State Security (Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit), Albanian domestic security agency during the Hoxha and Alia dictatorship (1944-1991); dissolved in 1991
 * Department of Social Security (Australia), defunct governmental agency in Australia
 * Department of Social Services (Australia), a national government department in Australia
 * Department of Social Security (United Kingdom), defunct governmental agency in the United Kingdom
 * Demokratska Srpska stranka (Democratic Serb Party), a political party in Montenegro
 * Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije), a political party in Serbia
 * United Nations Department for Safety and Security, a department of the UN dealing with the security and safety of its staff
 * Department of State Services, Nigeria, formerly known as State Security Service (SSS), the domestic intelligence agency of Nigeria
 * Departament of State Security (Romania) known as Departamentul Securității Statului or Securitate (informally), secret police and the main repressive force in communist Romania.

Schools and organizations

 * The Dance School of Scotland, a dance school in Glasgow, Scotland - incorporated with Knightswood Secondary School
 * Dansk Spejderkorps Sydslesvig, a Scout association of the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig, Germany
 * Delta Secondary School (Delta, British Columbia), a school in Canada
 * Dera Sacha Sauda, a non-profit social welfare and spiritual organization
 * Direct Subsidy Scheme, a schooling system in Hong Kong

Other

 * Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient manuscripts discovered in caves on the shore of the Dead Sea
 * Blaise Diagne International Airport, Diass, Senegal, by IATA code
 * Design for Six Sigma (also abbreviated DFSS), a business management method
 * Dizionario Storico della Svizzera, the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (Italian)
 * Duplex Stainless Steel, a steel with improved resistance to localized corrosion
 * Demographic surveillance system - Periodic data collection system of a geographic area