DSO may refer to:

Organisations

* Defence Science Organisation, now known as DSO National Laboratories, Singapore *

Defense Sciences Office The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is one of seven technical offices within DARPA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense that is responsible for the development of advanced technology for national security National security, or national ...

, part of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency * Directorate of Special Operations, a South African law-enforcement agency *

Direct service organisation A direct service organisation or direct labour organisation (DSO or DLO) is a business unit of a United Kingdom local authority or housing association which undertakes work specified by the Local Government Act 1988http://www.communities.gov.uk/do ...

, a business unit of a United Kingdom local authority * Groupe DSO, an Australian headquartered business cooperative

Orchestras

Dallas Symphony Orchestra The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an American orchestra based in Dallas, Texas. Its principal performing venue is the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in the Arts District of downtown Dallas. History The orchestra traces its origins to a ...

Denver Symphony Orchestra The Denver Symphony Orchestra, established in 1934 and dissolved in 1989, was a professional American orchestra in Denver, Colorado. Until 1978, when the Boettcher Concert Hall was built to house the symphony orchestra, it performed in a successio ...

Detroit Symphony Orchestra The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an American orchestra based in Detroit, Michigan. Its primary performance venue is Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood. Jader Bignamini is the current music d ...

Diablo Swing Orchestra Diablo Swing Orchestra, also shortened DSO, is a Swedish avant-garde metal band formed in 2003. They are known for having an eclectic sound, which fuses swing music with symphonic metal and progressive rock, among other genres. They have rele ...

Dubuque Symphony Orchestra The Dubuque Symphony Orchestra is a non-union, fully professional orchestra located in Dubuque, Iowa. It serves the residents of Dubuque and its surrounding tri-state area which includes 12 counties in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Under Music Dir ...

, in Dubuque, Iowa *

Darwin Symphony Orchestra The Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an orchestra based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, founded by Martin Jarvis. The DSO gave its first concert in 1989. The Orchestra receives funding from the Northern Territory Government and su ...

, in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia *

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) is a German broadcast orchestra based in Berlin. The orchestra performs its concerts principally in the Philharmonie Berlin. The orchestra is administratively based at the ''Rundfunk Berlin-Branden ...

, in Berlin, Germany * Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, in Dubrovnik, Croatia *

Dark Star Orchestra Dark Star Orchestra is a Grateful Dead cover band formed in Chicago, Illinois. They serve as a tribute band to the rock group the Grateful Dead. Since 1997, the band has been "celebrating the Grateful Dead concert experience." Overview Dark Sta ...

, in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Technology

* Digital Sampling

Oscilloscope An oscilloscope (informally a scope) is a type of electronic test instrument that graphically displays varying electrical voltages as a two-dimensional plot of one or more signals as a function of time. The main purposes are to display repetiti ...

, samples measurements and displays or stores them *

Digital storage oscilloscope A digital storage oscilloscope (DSO) is an oscilloscope which stores and analyses the input signal digitally rather than using analog techniques. It is now the most common type of oscilloscope in use because of the advanced trigger, storage, ...

, which stores and analyses the signal digitally * Direct Sparse Odometry, a machine vision algorithm for

Simultaneous localization and mapping Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is the computational problem of constructing or updating a map of an unknown environment while simultaneously keeping track of an agent's location within it. While this initially appears to be a chick ...

* Dynamic Shared Object, in computing * ''

Drakensang Online ''Drakensang Online'' is a freemium online role-playing video game developed and published by Bigpoint for Microsoft Windows and macOS. The title was in an open beta phase from August 2011 to July 2012. A retail version was released in November 2 ...

'', the online computer game

Astronomy

* Dark Sky Observatory, Appalachian State University (ASU) *

Deep-sky object A deep-sky object (DSO) is any astronomical object that is not an individual star or Solar System object (such as Sun, Moon, planet, comet, etc.). The classification is used for the most part by amateur astronomers to denote visually observed fa ...

, in astronomy

Other uses

* Distinguished Service Order (disambiguation), several decorations *

, a Grateful Dead cover band formed in Chicago, Illinois *

, a Swedish avant-garde metal band *

Digital switchover The digital television transition, also called the digital switchover (DSO), the analogue switch/sign-off (ASO), the digital migration, or the analogue shutdown, is the process in which older analogue television broadcasting technology is conv ...

Dental Service Organizations Dental Service Organizations, known in the industry as "Dental Support Organizations" or abbreviated to DSOs, are independent business support centers that contract with dental practices in the United States. They provide business management and s ...

Days sales outstanding In accountancy, days sales outstanding (also called DSO and days receivables) is a calculation used by a company to estimate the size of their outstanding accounts receivable. It measures this size not in units of currency, but in average sales da ...

, in accountancy * Direct Shipping Ore, iron ore that can be shipped directly to a steel furnace * Distribution System Operators, in energy systems *

Diving safety officer Diving safety officer (DSO) is the title held by the person who administers a United States university's research diving safety program. They serve as a member of the institution's diving control board (DCB), and needs broad technical and scienti ...

, an administrator of United States university's research diving safety program * Defensive Systems Operator, a member of the flight crew responsible for defensive systems *

Dubai Silicon Oasis Dubai Silicon Oasis known as DSO ( ar, واحة دبي للسيليكون) is a free-trade zone established by the Dubai government in 2003, spanning an area of 7.2 square kilometers. History In 2003, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice- ...

, a free-trade zone in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

* Dobbertin Surface Orbiter, an amphibious vehicle * Domestic Security Officer serving as

riot police Riot police are police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots. Riot police may be regular police who act in the role of riot police in particular situations or they may be separate units organize ...

* Sondok Airport, IATA airport code {{disambiguation