PDS

PDS can refer to:

Entertainment

 * Partially Deceased Syndrome, a fictional condition in BBC show In the Flesh
 * Panzer Dragoon Saga, a 1998 video game

Computing

 * Partitioned data sets, IBM
 * Passive data structure, another term for record
 * Processor Direct Slot, in some old Macintosh computers
 * Personal data service, services to let individuals manage their own personal data by themselves
 * Protective distribution system, a safeguarded telecommunication system
 * Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System (PDS), a superset of QuickBASIC
 * Paradox Development Studios, a game developer subsidiary of Paradox Interactive

Medical

 * Paroxysmal depolarizing shift, a pre-seizure interictal neuronal EEG spike in epilepsy.
 * Pigment dispersion syndrome, an affliction of the eye
 * Polydioxanone, a type of absorbable suture
 * Pleomorphic dermal sarcoma, a form of histiocytoma

Political parties

 * Party of Democratic Socialism (Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus), a defunct political party of Germany
 * Social Democracy Party of Albania
 * Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
 * Party of the Sicilians
 * Progressive Democrats, a defunct political party of Ireland
 * Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra), a defunct political party of Italy
 * Senegalese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Sénégalais), a political party of Senegal
 * Sudanese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Soudanais), a defunct political party of Sudan
 * Democratic Social Party (Partido Democrático Social), a defunct political party of Brazil
 * Prosperous Peace Party (Partai Damai Sejahtera), a political party of Indonesia
 * Parti de la Democratie Socialiste, a defunct provincial political party of Quebec, Canada

Schools

 * Princeton Day School, New Jersey, US
 * Peabody Demonstration School, former school in Nashville, Tennessee, US
 * Presbyterian Day School, Memphis, Tennessee, US
 * Providence Day School, Charlotte, North Carolina, US
 * Patumwan Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand

Scientific

 * Photothermal deflection spectroscopy
 * Planetary Data System, a NASA data archive system
 * Polydioxanone, a synthetic polymer
 * 15-Cis-phytoene desaturase, an enzyme
 * Poincaré dodecahedral space

Other

 * Particularly dangerous situation, special emphasis phrase in weather bulletins from the National Weather Service
 * Piedras Negras International Airport, IATA code PDS
 * Precision Drill Squad, a skilled military performance of Singapore
 * Product design specification
 * Public distribution system, Indian food distribution system
 * The Philip DeFranco Show, on YouTube
 * Permanent Duty Station, in the United States military forces (see temporary duty assignment)