NDS may stand for: *

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( nl, Nedersaksisch, links=no, german: Niederdeutsche Sprache, links=no, ISO 639-2 language code: nds), a West Germanic language native to Northern Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands * Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen, links=no), a federal state of Germany * NDS Group, a company specializing in television technology, including digital rights management, renamed Cisco Videoscape after its acquisition ** NDS is also used as shorthand for

VideoGuard VideoGuard (sometimes referred to simply as ''NDS''), produced by NDS, is a digital encryption system for use with conditional access television broadcasting. It is used on digital satellite television systems - some of which are operated by News ...

, the encryption system created by NDS Group * National Directorate of Security, the primary foreign and domestic intelligence agency of Afghanistan *

Nintendo DS The is a handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens working in tan ...

, a 2004 portable game system * Novell Directory Services, former name for NetIQ eDirectory, directory service software for a network *

New Data Seal In cryptography, New Data Seal (NDS) is a block cipher that was designed at IBM in 1975, based on the Lucifer algorithm that became DES. The cipher uses a block size of 128 bits, and a very large key size of 2048 bits. Like DES it has a 16-ro ...

, a block cipher encryption algorithm that was designed at IBM in 1975 *

News Distribution Service News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. New ...

, operated by the UK government's Central Office of Information * ', a political party in Burkina Faso known in English as

New Social Democracy New Social Democracy (in French: ''Nouvelle Démocratie Sociale, NDS'') is a political party in Burkina Faso. Its secretary general is Mamadou Samba Barry New Social Democracy (in French: ''Nouvelle Démocratie Sociale, NDS'') is a political ...

Navigation Data Standard The Navigation Data Standard (NDS) is a standardized format for automotive-grade navigation databases, jointly developed by automobile manufacturers and suppliers. NDS is an association registered in Germany. Members are automotive OEMs, map dat ...

, a format for automotive-grade navigation databases * New Democratic Party ( sr, Нова демократска странка, links=no, ), temporarily in 2014 the name for the Serbian political party

Social Democratic Party (Serbia) The Social Democratic Party ( sr-cyrl, Социјалдемократска странка, Socijaldemokratska stranka, SDS) is a centre-left political party in Serbia. The party was founded and is headed by Boris Tadić, who was previously pr ...

(, ', SDS) * Nick Dal Santo (born 1984), Australian Rules footballer * NASA Docking System, a spacecraft docking and berthing mechanism being developed for future US human spaceflight vehicles * National Defense Strategy of the United States Secretary of Defense *

Norra Djurgårdsstaden Norra Djurgårdsstaden (officially ''Stockholm Royal Seaport'' in English) is a large area of central Stockholm, Sweden. The area is located in the borough of Östermalm (borough), Östermalm and is undergoing brownfield redevelopment. The area ...

, a neighborhood in Stockholm

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