DMS may refer to:

Science and technology

Computing

* Document management system * Digital Media Server, a category within the

Digital Living Network Alliance Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA; originally named Digital Home Working Group, DHWG) was founded by a group of PC and consumer electronics companies in June 2003 (with Intel in the lead role) to develop and promote a set of interoperability ...

standard *

Disk Masher System The Disk Masher System (.dms) is an often used method on the Amiga, to create a compressed image of a disk (usually floppy). The disk is read block-by-block, and thus its data structure is maintained. DMS won approval particularly in the demo scen ...

, compression software for the Amiga computer * Unisys DMS, a Unisys OS 2200 database **

Unisys DMSII The Unisys Data Management System II (DMSII) is a database system originally created by the Burroughs Corporation in 1972. It was available on the Burroughs (later Unisys) Small (B1000), Medium (4000, V Series) and Large System (5000, 6000, 7000 ...

* Digital Microsystems, Inc., an early microcomputer company *

Digital Multiplex System Digital Multiplex System (DMS) is the name shared among several different telephony product lines from Nortel Networks for wireline and wireless operators. Among them are the DMS-1 (originally named the DMS-256) Rural/Urban digital loop carrier ...

, a telephone exchange system * Dealership management system, for car dealerships * DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit, program transformation tools * DMS-59, a video connector supporting two displays

Chemistry and materials science

* Differential mobility spectrometry in ion-mobility spectrometry–mass spectrometry * Dilute magnetic semiconductor, semiconductors with magnetic properties *

Dimethyl sulfate Dimethyl sulfate (DMS) is a chemical compound with formula (CH3O)2SO2. As the diester of methanol and sulfuric acid, its formula is often written as ( CH3)2 SO4 or Me2SO4, where CH3 or Me is methyl. Me2SO4 is mainly used as a methylating agent ...

, a methylating agent *

Dimethyl sulfide Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or methylthiomethane is an organosulfur compound with the formula (CH3)2S. Dimethyl sulfide is a flammable liquid that boils at and has a characteristic disagreeable odor. It is a component of the smell produced from cook ...

, an organosulfur compound * ''N'',''N''-Dimethylsphingosine *

Dimethylstilbestrol Dimethylstilbestrol (DMS) is a nonsteroidal estrogen of the stilbestrol group related to diethylstilbestrol which was never marketed. It is a so-called "weak", "impeded", or "short-acting" estrogen similarly to estriol and ''meso''-butoestrol. ...

, a nonsteroidal estrogen

Other uses in science and technology

* Dead man's switch * Degree-Minute-Second, sexagesimal degree divisions *

Diagnostic medical sonography Diagnostic medical sonography (DMS), a branch of diagnostic medical imaging, is the use of imaging by medical ultrasound for medical diagnosis. DMS uses non-ionizing ultrasound to produce 2D and 3D images of the body. In Canada, the credentialing ...

, in ultrasound imaging * Distribution management system, of electrical energy *

Dynamic message sign A variable- (also changeable-, electronic-, or dynamic-) message sign, often abbreviated VMS, CMS, or DMS, and in the UK known as a matrix sign, is an electronic traffic sign often used on roadways to give travelers information about special ...

, a variable-message traffic sign * Delusional misidentification syndrome - a class of mental delusions, caused by various neurological diseases. * Driver Monitoring System - monitors that the driver of a car is awake and alert

Education

* Delft Management Society, a student society of Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands * Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Studies (post-nominal letters D.M.S.) * Dartmouth Medical School * Demonstration Multipurpose School (DMS), Mysore, India

Military

* Decoration for Meritorious Services, South Africa until 1987 * Distinguished Military Service Medal, Papua New Guinea *

Defence Medical Services The Defence Medical Services (DMS) is an umbrella organisation within the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom. It consists of the Defence Medical Services Group, part of Strategic Command (United Kingdom ...

, UK * Director Medical Services (UK), Army Medical Services *

DMS Maritime DMS Maritime, formerly Defence Maritime Services, is a company providing port services to the Australian Defence Force and Marine Unit. It is a subsidiary of Serco. History Defence Maritime Services was founded in 1997 as a 50:50 joint ventu ...

, providing services to the Australian navy *

Defense Message System The Defense Message System or Defense Messaging System (DMS) is a deployment of secure electronic mail and directory services in the United States Department of Defense. DMS was intended to replace the AUTODIN network, and is based on implementati ...

, in the US Department of Defense * US Navy hull classification symbol for "

destroyer minesweeper Destroyer minesweeper was a designation given by the United States Navy to a series of destroyers that were converted into high-speed ocean-going minesweepers for service during World War II. The hull classification symbol for this type of ship was ...

Other uses

Design Manufacture Service Design manufacture service (DMS) is a business model that combines contract product design with contract manufacturing as a service to other companies that have insufficient or do not possess the required resources. Often the customer is focused o ...

, an outsourcing business model * Daimler/Leyland Fleetline London Transport double-decker bus prefix * Diminishing manufacturing sources