ADS

ADS or Ads may refer to:

• Advertisements

In arts and entertainment

• ADS (band), a Danish punk band
• ADS (TV station), a television station in Adelaide, South Australia
• ADS (video gaming), short for "Aiming Down Sights", using a weapon's sights or scope to aim

In science and technology

In computing

• Advanced Design System, an electronic design automation tool
• Advantage Database Server, a relational database management system
• Alternate data stream, a filesystem fork in Microsoft NTFS
• Automated decision support, rule-based systems for management

In military use

• ADS amphibious rifle
• Active Denial System, a directed-energy weapon under development by the US military
• Air Defence Ship, project name for India's Vikrant class aircraft carrier
• Aeronautical Design Standards, name for a serial of standards by US Air Force and Navy for aircraft design

Other uses in science and technology

• Accelerator-driven system, in nuclear energy, a type of subcritical reactor
• Adaptive Damping System, a type of vehicle suspension
• Aitken Double Star Catalogue
• Anti-de Sitter space, in mathematics and physics
• Archaeology Data Service, an archive for archaeological research
• Astrophysics Data System, an online database of scientific papers
• Atmospheric diving suit
• Attention deficit syndrome, a synonym for Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Automatic dependent surveillance, a surveillance technology for tracking aircraft
• Autonomous Detection System, a system to detect airborne chemicals, toxins, and pathogens

Other uses

• ADS Group, a British trade organisation
• Adamorobe Sign Language, a village sign language of Ghana
• Addison Airport, in Addison, Texas, US
• Alliance Data Systems, an American loyalty marketing corporation
• American depositary share, in finance
• American Dialect Society, a learned society
• Ardrossan Harbour railway station, Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland

See also

• AD (disambiguation)