DSS

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DSS may refer to:

Government and politics

• Department of Social Services (Australia), a national government department in Australia
• Diplomatic Security Service, an agency in the U.S. Department of State
• Defense Security Service, an agency in the U.S. Department of Defense
• Domestic Security Section, part of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
• Demokratska stranka Srbije (Democratic Party of Serbia), a political party in Serbia
• Demokratska Srpska stranka (Democratic Serb Party), a political party in Montenegro
• United Nations Department for Safety and Security, a department of the United Nations, dealing with the security and safety of its staff worldwide
• Department of Social Services, an agency in several U.S. states
• Direct Subsidy Scheme, a schooling system in Hong Kong
• Deputy Superintending Surveyor, an entry level Group 'A' engineering post in the Survey of India Service
• Department of Social Security (United Kingdom), defunct governmental agency in the United Kingdom
• Department of Social Security (Australia), defunct governmental agency in Australia
• National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers, post-WW1 centre-left British veterans group

Education

• Delta Secondary School (Delta, British Columbia), a school in Delta, BC, Canada
• German International School Sharjah (Deutsche Schule Sharjah), a German international school in Sharjah, serving kindergarten through grade 11. It was established in 1976

Medicine

• Dejerine Sottas syndrome, a genetic disorder also known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 3
• Dengue shock syndrome
• Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, a lubricant, laxative, and pesticide

Science and technology

• Darwin Streaming Server, the open source equivalent of Apple Computer's QuickTime Streaming Server
• Dataiku Data Science Studio, the collaborative advanced analytics platform to build predictive data products from raw data
• Decentralized Software Services, a REST oriented application model as part of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio
• Decision support system, a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities
• Deep Space Station, an antenna, transceiver, and associated equipment at a Deep Space Network Communications Complex
• Deputy Superintending Surveyor, a Class I Engineering post in Survey of India, a National Survey Organization under Department of Science & Technology (India)
• Dextran, sulfate sodium (or dextran sulphate sodium), a chemical used experimentally to induce colitis in rodents
• Digital Satellite Service, digital satellite television transmission system used by DirecTV
• 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 Spread Spectrum
• 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
• Digitized Sky Survey, a digital version of several photographic atlases of the night sky
• Dimethyl-silapentane-sulfonate, a standard used for calibrating NMR spectra
• Direct-Sequence Spreading, another term for Direct-sequence spread spectrum
• Disney Sound Source, a sound-card-like device that attaches to a parallel port
• Disuccinimidyl suberate, a biochemical tool used as protein cross-linking agent
• PCI DSS, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Other

• Dame of Saint Sylvester, female variant of class in one of the orders of knighthood of the Holy See
• Dead Sea Scrolls, an informal abbreviation
• Design for Six Sigma (also abbreviated as DFSS), a business-process management method related to traditional Six Sigma
• Digital Six Sigma, an updated version of Motorola's Six Sigma quality standard
• Dizionario Storico della Svizzera, the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (Italian)
• Dual Setup System in the video game Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
• Dera Sacha Sauda, a non-profit Social Welfare and Spiritual Organization, established in 1948, by the ascetic Mastana Balochistani, as a centre for spiritual learning. Its main centre is situated in Sirsa, Haryana, in the northern region of India
• Dubtribe Sound System, an American musical band
• Duplex Stainless Steel, a steel has improved resistance to localized corrosion
• DSS Honk- & Softbal, a Harlem baseball and softball club