DS
DS stands as an abbreviation for:
- Bureau of Diplomatic Security , United States Department of State
- Performing game , a school subject in the style of a theater lesson
- Dassault Systèmes , multinational software development company
- Permanent switching , see emergency lighting # Power supply
- Degtjarjow DS-39 , a heavy machine gun
- Denzinger-Schönmetzer , collection of creeds and church teaching documents
- Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
- Print , regulation in paper form
- 7.92 x 107 mm P35 (also: 7.92 DS ), an anti-tank ammunition developed in Poland
- DS Resource Records are used to concatenate DNSSEC-signed zones
- D + S communication center management , provider of solutions for direct marketing, consulting and sales
- D & S Automobile , former German automobile manufacturer
- Demo paramedics , paramedics on demonstrations
- Authorities time: closing time
Computer technology:
- Dedicated server , a specialized server
- Digital signage , use of digital media content in advertising and information systems
- directory service , English for directory service , the central collection of data on a network
- double-sided , a term used in digital storage technology, see single-sided / double-sided
Music:
- Derek Sherinian , an American keyboardist
- Desert Sessions , a music project founded by Josh Homme and Brant Bjork
- Drumset, a combination of different percussion instruments, see drums
Organizations:
- Dallas Semiconductor , a semiconductor manufacturer
- German singers , an umbrella organization of student associations
- German Sports Committee , the umbrella organization of sport in the Soviet Occupation Zone (SBZ) and German Democratic Republic (GDR) until 1957
- Deutschlandsender , a former German radio broadcaster
Parties:
- Démocrates suisses , French name for the Swiss Democrats
- Democratici di Sinistra , a former Italian party (1991-2007)
- Democratici Svizzeri , Italian name for the Swiss Democrats
- Democratická strana , former Slovak party (1944–1948 and 1989–2006)
- Democratic Socialists , a former German party (1982-1991)
- Demokratska Stranka , a social democratic party in Serbia
- German voice , the press organ of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD)
- German Social Party (Weimar Republic) , former German party (1921–1929)
- Dimokratiki Symmachia , a former liberal party in Greece (2010-2012)
Entertainment:
- Dancing Stage , a motion, under the name since late 2008 Dance Dance Revolution expelled
- Derby Stallion II , a Super Famicom video game
- The Tribes , a browser game that takes place in the Middle Ages
- Docking Station, the online expansion of the Creatures game series, see Creatures (game series) # Publications
- DualShock , the controller for the PlayStation game console from Sony
- Dungeon Siege , an action RPG
- Dungeonslayers , a free pen & paper role-playing game
- Nintendo DS , a portable game console from Nintendo
Traffic:
- Air Sénégal International , former Senegalese airline
- DS Automobiles , car brand of the French concern Groupe PSA
- Citroën DS , former French automobile series
- Citroën DS3 , former French automobile series; currently at DS Automobiles
- Citroën DS4 , former French automobile series; currently at DS Automobiles
- Citroën DS5 , former French automobile series; currently at DS Automobiles
- Datsun DS , Japanese automobile
- EasyJet Switzerland , a Swiss airline
- Steam ship , an addition to ship names
- Dewaet , a former Belgian car manufacturer with the brand name DS
- Panhard & Levassor DS , a car model from Panhard & Levassor
DS as a distinguishing mark on license plates:
- Germany: District of Donaueschingen (expiring)
- UK: Shrewsbury
- Netherlands: mopeds and mopeds
- Norway: Oslo
- Sweden: diplomatic license plate for Zambia
- Slovakia: Okres Dunajská Streda
DS stands for:
- Dal Segno , an instruction found in music notation
- Deinde Scriptum , see Postscript # Signature
D / s is an abbreviation for:
- Dominance and Submission , a sexual preference, see BDSM # Dominance and Submission
Ds is an abbreviation for:
- Darmstadtium , an exclusively artificially produced chemical element
- Pentax * is Ds , a digital single-lens reflex camera introduced in 2004 as a further development of the Pentax * is D
