DS

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DS may refer to:

Diodorus Siculus (D.S. or DS), also known as Diodorus of Sicily, a first-century BCE Greek historian
D/s, short for dominance and submission
Dunajská Streda, a town in Slovakia using the car registration DS
Enchiridion symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum, a compendium of all basic texts of Catholic dogma, abbreviated DS for "Denzinger-Schönmetzer," the names of its initial compiler and a later editor
DS, linguistic glossing abbreviation for "different subject" in switch-reference

Arts and entertainment

Nintendo DS, a handheld Gaming System manufactured by Nintendo (double screen)
Deca Sports, a sports video game for the Nintendo Wii developed by Hudson Soft
Double Spoiler, the 12.5th game in the Touhou Project series

Darzhavna sigurnost (Committee for State Security), a former Bulgarian secret service
Democratici di Sinistra (Democrats of the Left), a former Italian political party
Demokratska stranka (Democratic Party), a Serbian political party
Detective Sergeant, a rank within the British police force
Detective Superintendent, a rank used by the British and Australian police
Bureau of Diplomatic Security, in the United States Department of State

Dwarf spiral galaxy (dS), the dwarf version of a spiral galaxy
Darmstadtium (Ds), a chemical element
Data science, consisting of techniques to extract knowledge from data in various forms
Dielectric spectroscopy, or Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy; measures dielectric properties of medium as function of frequency
Directional symmetry (disambiguation), with various meanings
Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik, a class of Soviet satellites

DS register, or data segment register, of X86 computer architecture
Avid DS, an Avid Technology High-Resolution editing and effects application
Delegation Signer, a new record type defined within DNSSEC
Directory service, a software system that stores, organizes and provides access to information in a directory
DirectShow, a multimedia framework and API produced by Microsoft
Distribution System, most commonly referring to the Wireless Distribution System in IEEE 802.11 networks
Draft Standard, a maturity level of an Internet standard

Dead space (physiology), air that is inhaled by the body in breathing, but does not partake in gas exchange
Down syndrome, a medical condition
Duodenal switch, short for Bilio-Pancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch