DSS may refer to:

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

* Dejerine Sottas syndrome, genetic disorder a.k.a. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 3 *

Dengue shock syndrome Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms typically begin three to fourteen days after infection. These may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic ...

* Disease-specific survival *

Dextran Dextran is a complex branched glucan (polysaccharide derived from the condensation of glucose), originally derived from wine. IUPAC defines dextrans as "Branched poly-α-d-glucosides of microbial origin having glycosidic bonds predominantly C-1 ...

, a chemical used experimentally to induce colitis in rodents * Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, a lubricant, laxative, and pesticide * Dimethyl-silapentane-sulfonate, chemical compound used in spectroscopy for calibration *

Disuccinimidyl suberate Disuccinimidyl suberate (DSS) is a six-carbon lysine-reactive non-cleavable cross-linking agent. It consists of functional groups It is a homobifunctional N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester formed by carbodiimide-activation of carboxylate mole ...

, a biochemical tool used as protein cross-linking agent

Computing

* Darwin Streaming Server, the open source equivalent of QuickTime Streaming Server *

Decision support system A decision support system (DSS) is an information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management, operations and planning levels of an organization (usually mid and higher management) and h ...

, information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities * Digital Signature Services, OASIS standard XML-based request/response protocols * Digital Signature Standard, which uses the Digital Signature Algorithm * Digital Speech Standard, a format of audio file * Digital Subscriber System ISDN, signalling standards: **

Digital Subscriber System No. 1 Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. 1 (DSS1) is a digital signalling protocol (D channel protocol) used for the ISDN. It is defined by ITU-T I.411 (ETS 300 102). It supports Bearer Capability, Low Level Compatibility and High Level Compa ...

, a digital signalling protocol (D channel protocol) used for the ISDN **

Digital Subscriber System No. 2 Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. 2 (DSS2), as the successor to DSS1, is also a digital signalling protocol (D channel protocol) used for the B-ISDN In the 1980s, the telecommunications industry expected that digital services would fo ...

, as the successor to DSS1, is also a digital signalling protocol (D channel protocol) used for the B-ISDN

Technology

* Deep Space Station, an antenna station in any of Deep Space Communication Complexes, part of the Deep Space Network. * Digital Satellite Service, digital satellite television transmission system used by DirecTV *

Digitized Sky Survey The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) is a digitized version of several photographic astronomical surveys of the night sky, produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute between 1983 and 2006. Versions and source material The term Digitized Sky S ...

, a digital version of several photographic atlases of the night sky * Direct-Sequence Spreading, another term for Direct-sequence spread spectrum * Dynamic Spectrum Sharing, at technique for the coexistence of 4G and 5G mobile standards.

Government and politics

U.S.

* Defense Security Service, an agency in the U.S. Department of Defense * Department of Social Services, another name for Child Protective Services, a government agency in several states * Diplomatic Security Service, an agency in the U.S. Department of State * Director of Selective Service of the

Selective Service System The Selective Service System (SSS) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States government that maintains information on U.S. Citizenship of the Unite ...

, as in the widely used "Draft Card" in the U.S. during World War II, officially known as ''DSS Form 1 Registration Card'' *

Domestic Security Section The Domestic Security Section (DSS) was a component of the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division that was focused on the prosecution of significant alien smuggling organizations, complex immigration frauds, certain violent crime an ...

, part of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice

Elsewhere

* Directorate of State Security (''Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit''), Albanian domestic security agency during the Hoxha and

Alia Alia or ALIA may refer to: People *Alia (name), a list of people with the surname or given name Places *Alia, Sicily, Italy, a comune * Alia (Phrygia), a town of ancient Phrygia which remains a Roman Catholic titular bishopric *Alía, Spain, a mu ...

dictatorship (1944-1991); dissolved in 1991 *

Department of Social Security (Australia) The Department of Social Security (the DSS) was a government department in Australia, which administered the Social Security system between 1972 and 1998.. The department was one of several new departments established by the Whitlam Government ...

, defunct governmental agency in Australia * Department of Social Services (Australia), a national government department in Australia * Department of Social Security (United Kingdom), defunct governmental agency in the United Kingdom * Demokratska Srpska stranka (Democratic Serb Party), a political party in Montenegro * Democratic Party of Serbia (''Demokratska stranka Srbije''), a political party in Serbia * United Nations Department for Safety and Security, a department of the UN dealing with the security and safety of its staff * Department of State Services, Nigeria, formerly known as State Security Service (SSS), the domestic intelligence agency of Nigeria

Schools and organizations

* Delta Secondary School (Delta, British Columbia), a school in Canada * Direct Subsidy Scheme, a schooling system in Hong Kong *

Dansk Spejderkorps Sydslesvig The Dansk Spejderkorps Sydslesvig (DSS, Danish Scouts Corps in South Schleswig) is a Scout association of the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig, Germany. Founded in 1919, the coeducational association had about 680 members in 12 groups, as of ...

, a Scout association of the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig, Germany *

Dera Sacha Sauda Dera Sacha Sauda ("Camp True-Deal"; colloquially DSS) is an Indian non-governmental organization described as a "religious cult" and "non-profit social welfare dera" that was established on 29 April 1948 by Mastana Balochistani, an ascetic f ...

, a non-profit social welfare and spiritual organization

Other

* Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient manuscripts discovered in caves on the shore of the Dead Sea * Blaise Diagne International Airport, Diass, Senegal, by IATA code *

Deputy Superintending Surveyor Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain, ...

, an entry level engineering post in India * Design for Six Sigma (also abbreviated DFSS), a business management method * Dizionario Storico della Svizzera, the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (Italian) * Duplex Stainless Steel, a steel with improved resistance to localized corrosion *

Demographic surveillance system In the fields of demographics and public health, a demographic surveillance system (DSS), also called a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS), gathers longitudinal health and demographic data for a dynamic cohort of the total populati ...

- Periodic data collection system of a geographic area