MDS

MDS or M.D.S. may refer to:

The Brazilian Ministry of Social Development
MDS Inc., a global health and life sciences company
MDS America, a global telecommunications company
Media Design School (New Zealand), a media industry tertiary training institution
Mennonite Disaster Service, a disaster relief volunteer group
Meridian Southern Railway
Microwave Data Systems, a wireless modem company
MDS Gateways, a telecommunications company based in Ireland
Movement for Socialist Democracy (Mouvement pour la Démocratie Socialiste), a former political party in Burkina Faso
Movement of Socialist Democrats (Mouvement des Démocrates Socialistes), a political party in Tunisia

Material Data Sheet
Minimum Data Set, minimum required question set typically used in IT Service Management
.mds, a file extension associated with disk image descriptions
Mandriva Directory Server, an LDAP server
MIDI stream, a file format
Multi-Displacement System, a variable displacement technology from DaimlerChrysler
Minimum detectable signal, a measure of sensitivity
mds, the Mac OS X "metadata server" daemon supporting its Spotlight feature
Multilayer Director Switch, a storage area network component
Meta Data Services
Master Data Services, the Microsoft SQL Server solution for Master data management
Molybdenum disulfide

Myelodysplastic syndrome, a diverse collection of haematological conditions
Miller-Dieker syndrome, a neurological disorder
Minimum Data Set, a clinical data collection format and system used by Medicare and Medicaid in nursing homes

Multidimensional scaling, a statistical technique often used in data visualisation
Marathon des Sables, an ultramarathon held in Morocco
Martingale difference sequence, a type of stochastic series in probability theory
Maximum distance separable code, a mathematical coding theory concept
Mission Design Series, a United States Department of Defense aerospace vehicle designation
MDs (TV series)