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

Computing and electronics[link]

• Cadence Design Systems, United States electronic design automation software company
• Chromatography data system, software to control chromatography instruments
• Cockpit display system
• Compact Discs
• Correlated double sampling, in signal processing
• Copernic Desktop Search, a desktop search tool
• Cross-domain solutions, processes that transfer data between security domains

Defence/defense[link]

• Chief Defence Scientist, the head of the Australian Defence Science & Technology Organisation (The professional head of the Australian military is the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF).)
• Chief of the Defence Staff - the professional head of the military
  • Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)
  • Chief of the Defence Staff (France)
  • Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana)
  • Chief of the Defence Staff (Nigeria)
  • Chief of the Defence Staff (Sierra Leone) - see Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces
  • Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)
  • Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)
  • Consejo de Defensa Sudamericano

Environmental[link]

• Continuous Deflection Separation, a means of separating materials from storm water using cyclonic separation

Finance[link]

• The Canadian Depository for Securities
• Certificate of deposit
• Credit default swap, a type of credit derivative
• The Counterfeit Deterrence System developed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group — compare EURion constellation

Linguistics[link]

• Child Directed Speech, language one uses to address children. See Baby Talk.

Music and movies[link]

• A CD single contains only a single or a few tracks
• Cinema Digital Sound, a multi-channel surround sound format used for theatrical films in the early 1990s

Non-profit organizations[link]

• CDC Development Solutions, formerly Citizens Development Corps, a non-government organization in Washington, D.C.
• Cooperative Development Services, United States

Politics[link]

• Centre des démocrates sociaux (Centre of Social Democrats), a French political party
• Centro Democrático y Social (Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)), a former Spanish political party
• Centro Democrático e Social/Partido Popular (Democratic and Social Center / People's Party), a Portuguese political party
• Convention Démocratique et Sociale-Rahama (Democratic and Social Convention), a Nigerian political party
• Social Democratic Convention, a Malian political party
• Campaign for Democratic Socialism, a former group within the British Labour Party; forerunner to the Social Democratic Party

Science[link]

• Cadmium sulfide photoresistor, an optoelectronic component
• Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, a French astronomical data center
• Coding sequence, a term used for a part of a DNA sequence
• Collecting duct system of the kidney

Software[link]

• CDS Software
• Commercial Data Systems

Other uses[link]

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• Carolina Day School, Asheville, North Carolina
• Carrollwood Day School, Tampa, Florida
• Cast Deployment System, a computerized "clocking in" program used by the Walt Disney Company
• Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India
• Child-directed speech - see baby talk
• Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian circus entertainment company
• Clinical decision support system
• Combined Defence Services Examination for the Indian Armed Forces
• Commercial Data Systems Ltd., Emerald Park, Saskatchewan
• Condensed Distillers Solubles, also referred to as Distillers grains, a cereal byproduct of the distillation process
• Conference of Drama Schools, England
• Controlled/Dangerous Substance, as defined by the Controlled Substances Act
• Chesterfield Day School, Missouri

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