DDS

D.D.S. refers to the academic degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery.

DDS may refer to:

Computer and information science

• Data Design System, DDS-CAD software vendor
• Data Description Specifications, AS400 programming
• Data Distribution Service, an OMG standard for publish/subscribe middleware for distributed systems.
• Directory Databasing System, a database construct leveraging the file system for increased performance.
• Data dictionary system of ICL's VME operating system; see ICL VME#Quickbuild
• Digital Data Storage, a storage tape format related to Digital Audio Tape (DAT)
• DirectDraw Surface, .dds texture files
• Donovan Data Systems, software & computer services company
• Dynamic Design Solutions, CAE software development company
• Dynamic digital signage
• Leased line, Dataphone Digital Service or Digital Data System

Electronics and Communications

• Direct digital synthesizer

Chemistry

• Distillers dried solubles, another name for distillers grains, a cereal byproduct of the distillation process.
• Dimethyldichlorosilane, an organosilicon compound.

Law and administration

• Disability Determination Service, a state agency in the United States that determines eligibility for federal disability benefits.^[1]

Healthcare

• 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

Medicine

• DDS, an outdated term used to refer to the eponymous Rothrockism – a condition characterized by intense penile pruritis that is often refractory to pharmacologic intervention.

Arts and popular culture

• Digimon Data Squad, season 5 of the Digimon anime
• Digital Devil Saga, a 2004 video game spun off from the Shin Megami Tensei series
• Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, Russian composer
• Breasts, Double D cup size

Schools

• Dutchess Day School, a private Pre-K through 8th Grade School in Millbrook, New York, United States
• Davidson Day School, A Pre-K through 12th Grade School in Davidson, North Carolina, United States.

Other uses

• Deflation Detection System
• Dewey Decimal Classification, often called the Dewey Decimal System
• Dry Deck Shelter
• Dragon Dagger Special, is a special attack exclusive to the Dragon dagger in the game RuneScape.
• Dark dune spot, a feature of the Martian landscape
• Direct Delivery Scheme, of the Society of Independent Brewers
• DragDropShop, a addon for webshops

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Notes

1. ^ See 42 U.S.C. § 421.