DSS

DSS can refer to:

Government and politics

• 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, the Democratic Party of Serbia
• Demokratska Srpska stranka, the Democratic Serb Party
• United Nations Department for Safety and Security
• Department of Social Services, an agency in several U.S. states
• Direct Subsidy Scheme
• Deputy Superintending Surveyor, an entry level Group 'A' engineering post in the Survey of India Service
• Department of Social Security, 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

• Defence & Strategic Studies (DSS) Department, a department of Quaid-I-Azam University in Pakistan
• Delta Secondary School (Delta, British Columbia), a school in Delta, BC, Canada.

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
• HEC-DSS (Data Storage System), a data format used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Decentralized Software Services, a REST oriented application model as part of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio
• Decision support system
• Deep Space Station, an antenna, transceiver, and associated equipment at a Deep Space Network Communications Complex
• Deputy Superintending Surveyor
• Dextran sulfate sodium, a chemical used experimentally to induce colitis in rodents
• Digital Satellite Service
• Digital Signature Services, OASIS standard XML-based request/response protocols
• Digital Signature Standard, which uses the Digital Signature Algorithm
• Digital Speech Standard
• Digital Spread Spectrum
• 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
• PCI DSS, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Other

• Dead Sea Scrolls, an informal abbreviation
• Design for Six Sigma (also abbreviated as DFSS)
• 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
• Dubtribe Sound System, an American musical band