CDS

CDS, CDs, Cds, etc. may refer to:

Computing and electronics

 * CDS Software
 * Cockpit display system
 * Commercial Data Systems Ltd., Emerald Park, Saskatchewan
 * Compact Discs
 * Cross-domain solutions, processes that transfer data between security domains

Companies

 * Complete Discovery Source

Defence/defense

 * Chief Defence Scientist, the head of the Australian Defence Science & Technology Organisation (The professional head of the Australian military is the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF).)
 * Chief of the Defence Staff - the professional head of the military
 * Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)
 * Chief of the Defence Staff (France)
 * Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana)
 * Chief of the Defence Staff (Nigeria)
 * Chief of the Defence Staff (Sierra Leone) - see Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces
 * Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)
 * Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)
 * Consejo de Defensa Sudamericano

Environmental

 * Continuous Deflection Separation, a means of separating materials from storm water using cyclonic separation

Finance

 * Canadian Depository for Securities
 * Certificates of deposit
 * Credit default swap, a type of credit derivative
 * The Counterfeit Deterrence System developed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group — compare EURion constellation

Music and movies

 * CD single, Compact Disc containing a single or a few tracks
 * Cinema Digital Sound, a multi-channel surround sound format used for theatrical films in the early 1990s

Non-profit organizations

 * CDC Development Solutions, formerly Citizens Development Corps, a non-government organization in Washington, D.C.
 * Cooperative Development Services, United States

Politics

 * Centre des démocrates sociaux (Centre of Social Democrats), a French political party
 * Centro Democrático y Social (Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)), a former Spanish political party
 * Centro Democrático e Social/Partido Popular (Democratic and Social Center / People's Party), a Portuguese political party
 * Convention Démocratique et Sociale-Rahama (Democratic and Social Convention), a Nigerian political party
 * Social Democratic Convention (Convention sociale démocrate), Malian political party
 * Campaign for Democratic Socialism, a former group within the British Labour Party; forerunner to the Social Democratic Party

Science

 * Cadmium sulfide photoresistor, an optoelectronic component
 * Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, a French astronomical data center
 * Coding DNA sequence, a term used for a part of a DNA sequence
 * Collecting duct system of the kidney

Other uses

 * Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India
 * Child-directed speech - see baby talk
 * Condensed Distillers Solubles, also referred to as Distillers grains, a cereal byproduct of the distillation process
 * Conference of Drama Schools, England
 * Controlled/Dangerous Substance, as defined by the Controlled Substances Act
 * Container Delivery System, a system used for airdrops.
 * Community Day School a school system used in the state of California
 * Cul de Sac, a comic strip created by Richard Thompson

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