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 * 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 Docusate is the common chemical and pharmaceutical name of the anion bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate, also commonly called dioctyl sulfosuccinate (DOSS). It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Salts of this anion ...

, a lubricant, laxative, and pesticide * Dimethyl-silapentane-sulfonate, chemical compound used in spectroscopy for calibration * Disuccinimidyl suberate, 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 The Diplomatic Security Service (DSS or DS) is a security and law enforcement agency that acts as the operational division of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, which is a branch of the United States Department of State. Its primary mission is ...

, 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) The Department of Social Services (DSS) is a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility for national policies and programs that help deliver a strong and fair society for all Australians. The department develops ...

, a national government department in Australia *

Department of Social Security (United Kingdom) The Department of Social Security (DSS) was a governmental agency in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 2001. The old abbreviation is still often used informally. Advertisements for rented accommodation used to describe prospective tenants who wou ...

, 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 The Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) is instituted by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong to enhance the quality of private schools at the primary and secondary levels. The Hong Kong government has been encouraging non-government secondary schools w ...

, 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 The Dead Sea Scrolls (also the Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish and Hebrew religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at the Qumran Caves in what was then Mandatory Palestine, near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the nor ...

, 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'' is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research in a manner accessible to a broader audience. The encyclopedia is publishe ...

, 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