DMS
Encyclopedia
DMS may refer to:
- Degree-Minute-Second, a method of writing angles (such as 22°30'00" instead of decimal 22.5°)
- DMS Derivatives Market Specialist, professional designation
- DMS Fleetline - Prefix of Daimler/Leyland FleetlineDaimler FleetlineThe Daimler Fleetline is a rear-engined double-decker bus chassis built between 1960 and 1973 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, and from 1973 until 1980 in Farington, Lancashire, England. However, the last complete vehicle did not enter service until 1983...
double-decker buses previously owned by London Transport - Donors Message ServiceDonors Message ServiceDonors Message Service is a mutual project of the Czech Donors Forum and the Association of Cellular Networks Operators launched on April 1, 2004. The aim of the DMS project is to offer foundations and other non-profit organizations the opportunity to obtain contributions from individuals via...
, contributions from individuals via cellular phone in the form of SMS messages - Dynamic Message Sign, electronic traffic sign often used on roadways to give travelers information about special events
Computer Science or IT
- Deadline-monotonic schedulingDeadline-monotonic schedulingDeadline-monotonic priority assignment is a priority assignment policy used with fixed priority pre-emptive scheduling.With deadline-monotonic priority assignment, tasks are assigned priorities according to their deadlines; the task with the shortest deadline being assigned the highest...
, task scheduling technique for real-time operating systems - Document management systemDocument management systemA document management system is a computer system used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper documents. It is usually also capable of keeping track of the different versions created by different users . The term has some overlap with the concepts of content management...
- Digital Media ServerDigital Living Network AllianceThe Digital Living Network Alliance is a non-profit collaborative trade organization established by Sony in June 2003, and has more than 250 member companies in the mobile, consumer electronics, PC, and service provider industries...
, a category within the DLNA standard - Disk Masher SystemDisk Masher SystemThe Disk Masher System was an often used method on Amiga, to create a compressed image of a disk . The disk is read block-by-block, and thus its data structure is maintained...
, software for the Amiga computer to copy a floppy to a compressed computer file - Unisys DMSUnisys OS 2200 databasesThe OS 2200 database managers are all part of the Universal Data System . UDS provides a common control structure for multiple different data models. Flat files , network , and relational data models all share a common locking, recovery, and clustering mechanism...
, A Sperry/Unisys Network Database Subsystem - Unisys DMSIIUnisys DMSIIThe Unisys Data Management System II is a database system originally created by the Burroughs Corporation in 1972. It was available on the Burroughs Small , Medium and Large System product lines...
, A Burroughs/Unisys Relational Database Subsystem - Digital Multiplex SystemDigital Multiplex SystemDigital Multiplex System is the name shared among several different telephony product lines from Nortel Networks for wireline and wireless operators...
, telephone exchange - Dealership Management SystemDealership Management SystemA dealership management system is a bundled management information system created specifically for automotive industry car dealerships or large equipment manufactures, such as Caterpillar Inc dealerships, and also adapted for boat, RV, and power sports dealers...
- DMS Software Reengineering ToolkitDMS Software Reengineering ToolkitThe DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit is a proprietary set of program transformation tools available for automating custom source program analysis, modification, translation or generation of software systems for arbitrary mixtures of source languages for large scale software systems.DMS has been...
, sourcecode handling system (Design Maintenance Systems)
Science
- Diagnostic Medical SonographyDiagnostic Medical SonographyDiagnostic Medical Sonography is the name for the profession practised by diagnostic medical sonographers . Diagnostic medical sonography, a branch of diagnostic medical imaging, uses non-ionizing ultrasound to produce 2D and 3D images of the body...
- Dilute magnetic semiconductor, materials that exhibit both ferromagnetism and useful semiconductor properties
- Dimethyl sulfideDimethyl sulfideDimethyl sulfide or methylthiomethane is an organosulfur compound with the formula 2S. Dimethyl sulfide is a water-insoluble flammable liquid that boils at and has a characteristic disagreeable odor. It is a component of the smell produced from cooking of certain vegetables, notably maize,...
- Distribution Management System, an automated system in the electrical energy industry
- Dynamic Mechanical Spectroscopy
Education
- D.M.S., Post-nominal letters - Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Studies
- Dartmouth Medical SchoolDartmouth Medical SchoolDartmouth Medical School is the medical school of Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. The fourth-oldest medical school in the United States, Dartmouth Medical School was founded in 1797 by New England physician Nathan Smith and grew steadily over the course...
- Delft Management SocietyDelft Management SocietyThe Delft Management Society , is a student organization independent of any educational institution that acts as a bridge between students and the corporate world. The society is focused on the academic, career and social development of Delft University of Technology students. The society is based...
, a student society Delft University of Technology The Netherlands - A. J. Demarest Middle School
- Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
- Dickerson Middle SchoolDickerson Middle SchoolDickerson Middle School is a Blue Ribbon middle school in Marietta, Georgia, United States, as part of the Cobb County School District. Its feeder schools are Mt. Bethel, Sope Creek, Timber Ridge, and East Side Elementary Schools...
- Dole Middle SchoolDole Middle SchoolDole Middle School is a school located in Kalihi Valley on the island of Oʻahu in Honolulu, Hawaii and was named after Sanford Ballard Dole in 1956. Dole Middle School provides education for students in grades 6, 7 and 8...
, a school in OahuOahuOahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
, HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... - Duluth Middle School
- Downingtown Middle School
- Derrby Middle School, a school in Derrby, KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
- Destin Middle School, a school in DestinDestin, FloridaDestin is a city located in Okaloosa County, Florida. It is a principal city of the Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.Located on Florida's Emerald Coast, Destin is known for its white beaches and emerald green waters...
, FLFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
Military
- Decoration for Meritorious ServicesDecoration for Meritorious ServicesThe Decoration for Meritorious Services was an honour conferred by the apartheid-era Government of the Republic of South Africa, usually upon those appointed as State President of South Africa.-Postnominal letters:...
- Defence Medical ServicesDefence Medical ServicesThe Defence Medical Services are an umbrella organisation within the Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom, which organises all medical, dental and nursing services within the British Armed Forces.-Structure:...
- Defence Maritime ServicesDefence Maritime ServicesDMS Maritime, formerly Defence Maritime Services, is an Australian company providing port services to the Australian Defence Force and Australian Customs Service National Marine Unit. DMS was founded in 1997 and currently operates 8 ocean going vessels and over 100 harbour craft and has around 350...
- Defense Message SystemDefense Message SystemThe Defense Message System or Defense Messaging System is a deployment of secure electronic mail and directory services in the United States Department of Defense...
- Destacamentos de Mergulhadores SapadoresDestacamentos de Mergulhadores SapadoresThe Destacamentos de Mergulhadores Sapadores are the Portuguese Navy's combat divers unit.- Overview :The unit was created and activated near the end of 1972 , due to operational imperatives of the activities of Guinea’s Maritime Defense Command...
, Portuguese combat divers unit - Destroyer minesweeperDestroyer minesweeperDestroyer 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 number for such a ship began "DMS"...
, a former type of ship in the United States Navy - Diminishing Manufacturing SourcesDMSMSDiminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages is defined as: "The loss or impending loss of manufacturers of items or suppliers of items or raw materials." DMSMS and obsolescence are terms that are often used interchangeably...
, a logistical condition often leading to cannibalizationCannibalization of machine partsCannibalization of machine parts, in maintenance of mechanical or electronic systems with interchangeable parts, refers to the practice of removing parts or subsystems necessary for repair from another similar device, rather than from inventory, usually when resources become limited... - Post Graduate Diploma in Management StudiesPost Graduate Diploma in Management StudiesThe Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies, Post-nominal letters DMS, is a university management qualification.-Early structure:The post-graduate qualification was accredited by the DMS Committee of the DES. It originally required either one year full time or 3 years part-time study, and was...