DFS
Encyclopedia
File systems
- Depth-first searchDepth-first searchDepth-first search is an algorithm for traversing or searching a tree, tree structure, or graph. One starts at the root and explores as far as possible along each branch before backtracking....
, an algorithm for traversing or searching a tree - DCE Distributed File SystemDCE Distributed File SystemThe DCE Distributed File System is the remote file access protocol used with the Distributed Computing Environment. It was based on the AFS Version 3.0 protocol that was developed commercially by Transarc Corporation...
(DCE/DFS) - Disc Filing SystemDisc Filing SystemThe Disc Filing System is a computer file system developed by Acorn Computers Ltd, and introduced in 1982 for the Acorn BBC Microcomputer. It was shipped as a ROM to be inserted onto the BBC Micro's motherboard. It has an extremely limited design, and uses a flat directory structure...
, a filesystem developed by Acorn Computers - Distributed file systemDistributed file systemNetwork file system may refer to:* A distributed file system, which is accessed over a computer network* Network File System , a specific brand of distributed file system...
, a method of storing persistent data over computer network - Distributed File System (Microsoft)Distributed File System (Microsoft)Distributed File System is a set of client and server services that allow an organization using Microsoft Windows servers to organize many distributed SMB file shares into a distributed file system...
Quantum Computing
- Decoherence-free subspacesDecoherence-free subspacesA decoherence-free subspace is a subspace of a system's Hilbert space that is invariant to non-unitary dynamics. Alternatively stated, they are a small section of the system Hilbert space where the system is decoupled from the environment and thus its evolution is completely unitary. DFSs can also...
, subspace of a system's Hilbert space where the system is decoupled from the environment
Engineering
- Definitive Feasibility Study, a stage of engineering project development
- Design for service, a type of 'Design for XDesign for XUnder the label Design for X, a wide collection of specific design guidelines are summarized. Each design guideline addresses a particular issue that is caused by, or affects the characteristics of a product...
', an engineering methodology - DFS-Kopernikus: a series of satellites
- Digital Frequency Synthesizer, generation of different frequency from another in phase
- Discrete Fourier SeriesDiscrete Fourier seriesA Fourier series is a representation of a function in terms of a summation of an infinite number of harmonically-related sinusoids with different amplitudes and phases. The amplitude and phase of a sinusoid can be combined into a single complex number, called a Fourier coefficient. The Fourier...
, the discrete version of Fourier series - Dynamic frequency scalingDynamic frequency scalingDynamic frequency scaling is a technique in computer architecture whereby the frequency of a microprocessor can be automatically adjusted "on the fly," either to conserve power or to reduce the amount of heat generated by the chip...
, a method for reducing a microprocessor's power consumption - Dynamic Frequency Selection: part of the IEEE 802.11h wireless standard
Germany
- Deutsche FlugsicherungDeutsche FlugsicherungThe Deutsche Flugsicherung is the company in charge of air traffic control for Germany. It is a company organized under private law and 100% owned by the Federal Republic of Germany. Since 1994, DFS has been responsible for handling both civil and military air traffic in peacetime, removing a...
, The German air traffic control organisation - Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für SegelflugDeutsche Forschungsanstalt für SegelflugThe Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug, or DFS was formed in 1933 to centralise all gliding activity in Germany...
(German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight), developers of the "DFS brake" for gliders.
Other countries
- Dancer Fitzgerald SampleDancer Fitzgerald SampleDancer Fitzgerald Sample was a top tier Madison Avenue advertising agency during the 20th century originally founded in Chicago in 1923. It was acquired and merged into the Saatchi & Saatchi network in the 1980s.-History:...
, a defunct advertising agency, now known as Saatchi & SaatchiSaatchi & SaatchiSaatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency network with 140 offices in 80 countries and over 6,500 staff. It was founded in London in 1970 but now headquartered in New York. The parent company of the agency group was known as Saatchi & Saatchi PLC from 1976 to 1994, was listed on the London...
. - DellDellDell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...
Financial Services - Department of Family Services
- DFS Galleria: A Hong Kong-based retailer (part of LVMH) operating duty-free shops
- DFS (United Kingdom retailer): a British furniture retailer.
- Dirección Federal de SeguridadDirección Federal de SeguridadThe Dirección Federal de Seguridad was a Mexican intelligence agency. Created in 1947 under Miguel Alemán Valdés with "the duty of preserving the internal stability of Mexico against all forms subversion and terrorist threats", it was merged into the Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional ...
, Federal Direction of Security in Mexico - Discover Financial Services, which offers the Discover Card
- DSM Food Specialties
Other
- Department of Field Support (UN Peacekeeping)
- DFS, a 90s Hip House group who gained popularity with the track "ou ee ou"
- Disease-free survival, in medicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, a measure of the efficacy of treatment of e.g. cancer - Document Fulfillment Systems from Adenium Systems
- Duty-free shopDuty-free shopDuty-free shops are retail outlets that are exempt from the payment of certain local or national taxes and duties, on the requirement that the goods sold will be sold to travelers who will take them out of the country...
- Dynamic-force spectroscopy
- Death for Sure
- Dragonfire Shield: a powerful shield in the MMORPG Runescape