CDS

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

Contents 1 Computing and electronics 2 Science 3 Music 4 Finance 5 Defence/Defense 6 Politics 7 Other uses

[edit] Computing and electronics

• Content delivery system is a computer-based system, often web-based, for collecting and coordinating electronic documents and communications.
• Cockpit display system, in Avionics, is the Human Machine Interface (HMI) by which aircrew manage the modern Glass cockpit.
• Content Directory Service, in UPnP/AV, allows Digital Media Players to browse content on a server (for example, Windows Media Connect, or Intel VIIV).
• Cadence Design Systems, an American company producing Electronic Design Automation software.
• Correlated Double Sampling, in signal processing.

[edit] Science

• Coding sequence, a term used for a part of a DNA sequence.
• Cadmium Sulfide photoresistor, an optoelectronic component.
• Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, a French astronomical data center.
• Collecting duct system of the kidney
• Chromatography (or Chromatographic) Data System, a system designed to collect and process data from various types of chromatographic equipment.

[edit] Music

• A CD single contains only a single or a few tracks.

[edit] Finance

• The Canadian Depository for Securities, Canada's national securities depository, clearing and settlement hub.
• Credit default swap, a type of credit derivative.
• Certificates of Deposit are often referred to as CDs.
• The Counterfeit Deterrence System developed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group -- compare EURion constellation

[edit] Defence/Defense

• Chief Defence Scientist, head of the Australian Defence Science & Technology Organisation
• Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), the professional head of the military in the United Kingdom
• Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada), the professional head of the military in Canada

[edit] Politics

• Centro Democrático y Social, a former Spanish political party.
• Centre des démocrates sociaux, a French political party which became Force démocrate in 1995.
• Centro Democrático e Social/Partido Popular, a Portuguese political party.
• Convention Démocratique et Sociale-Rahama, a Nigerian political party.
• Social Democratic Convention, a Malian political party.
• Christian Democratic Students, a Flemish student party, related to CD&V (the Flemish Christian Democrats)

[edit] Other uses

• Career Depression Syndrome, dissatisfaction in one's career. See also burnout.
• Carolina Day School, a private school in Asheville, North Carolina.
• Cast Deployment System, a computerized "clocking in" program used by the Walt Disney Company to record cast member work times.
• Centre for Development Studies, a development research institute at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India.
• Certified Director of Safety, a designation issued by the North American Transportation Management Institute (NATMI)
• Child-directed speech - see Baby talk.
• Cinema Digital Sound, short-lived theatrical surround sound system of the early 1990s.
• Clinical decision support system
• Combined Defence Services Examination, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for induction into the Indian Armed Forces.
• Commercial Data Systems, Inc., a computer systems reseller based in Hawaii.
• 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 or notes.
• Condensed Distillers Solubles, also referred to as Distillers grains, a cereal byproduct of the distillation process.
• Conference of Drama Schools, comprising the 22 leading drama schools in England.
• Controlled/Dangerous Substance, as defined by the Controlled Substances Act.