DSS may refer to:

Science and technology

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

Government and politics

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
  • Department 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

See also

  • DS2 (disambiguation)