ADS or Ads may refer to: * Advertising

In arts and entertainment

* ADS (TV station), Adelaide, South Australia * "Aiming Down Sights", video game term

In science and technology

In computing

* Advanced Design System, electronic design automation software *

Alternate data stream New Technology File System (NTFS) is a proprietary software, proprietary journaling file system developed by Microsoft. Starting with Windows NT 3.1, it is the default file system of the Windows NT family. It superseded File Allocation Table (FAT) ...

in Microsoft NTFS *

Automated decision support Automated Decision Support, or ADS, systems are rule-based systems that are able to automatically provide solutions to repetitive management problems.Turban, Leidner, McLean and Wetherbe, 2007 ADSs are very closely related to business informatics ...

, rule-based systems for management

In military use

ADS amphibious rifle The ADS (russian: АДС - Автомат Двухсредный Специальный - Special Dual-medium Automatic rifle) is a Russian assault rifle specially made for combat divers. It is of a bullpup layout and is chambered in the 5.45� ...

* Active Denial System, US non-lethal weapon * Air Defence Ship, Indian aircraft carrier designation

Other uses in science and technology

* Accelerator-driven system, a type of subcritical reactor *

Adaptive Damping System An active suspension is a type of automotive suspension on a vehicle. It uses an onboard system to control the vertical movement of the vehicle's wheels relative to the chassis or vehicle body rather than the passive suspension provided by large sp ...

, Mercedes vehicle suspension *

Aitken Double Star Catalogue The Aitken Double Star Catalogue, or ADS, is a star catalogue of double stars. It was compiled by Robert Grant Aitken and published in 1932 in two volumes, under the name ''New general catalogue of double stars within 120° of the North Pole''. It ...

* Anti-de Sitter space, in mathematics and physics * Archaeology Data Service * Astrophysics Data System *

Atmospheric diving suit An atmospheric diving suit (ADS) is a small one-person articulated submersible which resembles a suit of armour, with elaborate pressure joints to allow articulation while maintaining an internal pressure of one atmosphere. An ADS can enable di ...

Automatic dependent surveillance Automatic may refer to: Music Bands * Automatic (band), Australian rock band * Automatic (American band), American rock band * The Automatic, a Welsh alternative rock band Albums * ''Automatic'' (Jack Bruce album), a 1983 electronic roc ...

for tracking aircraft *

Automated driving system Vehicular automation involves the use of mechatronics, artificial intelligence, and multi-agent systems to assist the operator of a vehicle (car, aircraft, watercraft, or otherwise).Hu, J.; Bhowmick, P.; Lanzon, A.,Group Coordinated Control o ...

* Autonomous Detection System for biohazards

Other uses

* Adamorobe Sign Language, Ghana * Addison Airport, Texas, US, IATA and FAA codes *

Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary (ADS) is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Gulf St Vincent in and adjoining the north-western part of the Adelaide, covering the estuary of the Port River ar ...

, a dolphin sanctuary in Adelaide, South Australia *

ADS (motorcycle) ADS were a small assembler of 98cc autocycles using Sachs Sachs is a German surname, meaning "man from Saxony". Sachs is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews from Saxony, in the United States sometimes adopted in the variant Zaks, supposedly in ...

, a Belgian manufacturer *

ADS Group ADS Group Limited, informally known as ADS, is the trade organisation representing the aerospace, defence, security and space industries in the United Kingdom. It has more than 1,000 member companies across its sectors, including some of the UK' ...

, a British trade organisation *

Advanced Drainage Systems Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS) designs, manufactures and markets polypropylene and polyethylene pipes, plastic leach field chambers and systems, septic tanks and accessories, storm retention/detention and septic chambers, polyvinyl chlori ...

, a US company that manufacturers PVC pipes *

Agrarian Democratic Party Agrarian Democratic Party ( cs, Agrární demokratická strana, ADS) is an agrarian political party in the Czech Republic, founded on 9 December 2015. The party considers itself to be a successor to the Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants, b ...

, Czech Republic *

Alliance Data Systems Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. is an American publicly traded provider of loyalty and marketing services, such as private label credit cards, coalition loyalty programs, and direct marketing, derived from the capture and analysis of transaction ...

, NYSE code *

American depositary share An American depositary receipt (ADR, and sometimes spelled ''depository'') is a Negotiable instrument, negotiable security that represents securities of a foreign company and allows that company's shares to trade in the U.S. financial markets. ...