CDS

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CDS may refer to:

In computing and electronics :

• Content delivery system is a computer-based system, often web-based for collecting and coordinating electronic documents and communications
• in Avionics, CDS means Cockpit display system.

In science :

• Coding sequence, a term used in molecular biology for a part of a DNA sequence that contains a gene (and thus "codes" for a protein).
• Cadmium Sulfide photoresistor, an optoelectronic component.

In music :

• In a music, CD Single is a short record

In finance :

• Credit default swap, a term in finance denoting a type of a credit derivative

In defense :

• The Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), the professional head of the military in the United Kingdom
• The Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada), the professional head of the military in Canada
• The Counterfeit Deterrence System developed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group -- compare EURion constellation

In politics :

• Centro Democrático y social, a former Spanish political party
• Centre des démocrates sociaux, a French political party, which became Force démocrate in 1995

Other uses :

• The Canadian Depository for Securities, Canada's national securities depository, clearing and settlement hub.
• Career Depression Syndrome, dissatisfaction in one's career. See also burnout
• Cast Deployment System, a term in DisneySpeak indicating a computerized "clocking in" program utilized by the Walt Disney Company to record cast member work times

• Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, a French astronomical database
• Child-directed speech - see Baby talk
• Cinema Digital Sound, short-lived theatrical surround sound system of the early 1990s
• Carolina Day School, a private school in Asheville,NC
• Commercial Data Systems, Ltd., a software publisher and technology company based in Emerald Park, Saskatchewan
• Conceptual Data Structures, a set of semantic relations that frequently occur in common knowledge objects like texts, documents, notes...
• Controlled/Dangerous Substance, as defined by the Controlled Substances Act