DSS
Encyclopedia
DSS can refer to:
Government and politics
Education
Medicine
Science and technology
Other
Government and politics
- Diplomatic Security ServiceDiplomatic Security ServiceThe U.S. Diplomatic Security Service is the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Department of State. The majority of its Special Agents are members of the Foreign Service and federal law enforcement agents at the same time, making them unique...
, an agency in the U.S. Department of State - Defense Security ServiceDefense Security ServiceThe Defense Security Service is an agency of the United States Department of Defense . Within areas of DoD responsibility, DSS is tasked with facilitating personnel security investigations, supervising industrial security, and performing security education and awareness training. It is not a...
, an agency in the U.S. Department of Defense - Domestic Security SectionDomestic Security SectionThe Domestic Security Section 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 and firearms offenses, crimes committed under the Military...
, part of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice - Demokratska stranka SrbijeDemocratic Party of SerbiaThe Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March...
, the Democratic Party of Serbia - Demokratska Srpska stranka, the Democratic Serb Party
- United Nations Department for Safety and Security
- Department of Social Services, an agency in several U.S. states
- Direct Subsidy SchemeDirect Subsidy SchemeThe Direct Subsidy Scheme is instituted by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong as a means to enhance the quality of private schools in Hong Kong at the primary and secondary levels...
- Deputy Superintending SurveyorDeputy Superintending SurveyorDeputy Superintending Surveyor is a Class I Engineering post in Survey of India,a National Survey Organization under Department of Science & Technology...
, an entry level Group 'A' engineering post in the Survey of India Service - Department of Social SecurityDepartment of Social SecurityThe Department of Social Security is the name of a defunct governmental agency in the United Kingdom.The DSS replaced the older Department of Health and Social Security, from 1988 until 2001, when it was itself largely replaced as a department of the Government of the United Kingdom by the...
, defunct governmental agency in the United Kingdom - Department of Social Security (Australia)Department of Social Security (Australia)The Department of Social Security is the name of a defunct governmental agency in Australia, which administered the Social Security system.The DSS was replaced by Centrelink in 1997....
, defunct governmental agency in Australia - National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and SoldiersNational Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and SoldiersThe National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers was a British veterans organisation.The organisation was founded in January 1917 by various London-based veterans groups opposed to the Review of Exceptions Act, which made it possible for people invalided out of the armed...
, post-WW1 centre-left British veterans group
Education
- Defence & Strategic Studies (DSS) DepartmentDefence & Strategic Studies (DSS) DepartmentDefence & Strategic Studies is a department in the Quaid-i-Azam University; Islamabad. It is the only civil-military educational institute in Pakistan that deals with the study of defence and strategy.-History:...
, a department of Quaid-I-Azam University in Pakistan - Delta Secondary School (Delta, British Columbia), a school in Delta, BC, Canada.
Medicine
- Dejerine Sottas SyndromeDejerine Sottas SyndromeDejerine–Sottas disease, also Dejerine–Sottas syndrome or Dejerine–Sottas neuropathy is an autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive neuropathy.-Causes:It has been associated with MPZ, PMP22, PRX, and EGR2.-Symptoms:It is usually characterized...
, a genetic disorder also known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 3 - Dengue Shock Syndrome
- Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinateDioctyl sodium sulfosuccinateDioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate or docusate sodium – often referred to as DSS, Aerosol OT or AOT – is a common ingredient in consumer products, especially laxatives of the stool softener type...
, a lubricant, laxative, and pesticide
Science and technology
- Darwin Streaming ServerDarwin Streaming ServerDarwin Streaming Server , is the first open sourced RTP/RTSP streaming server. It was released March 16, 1999 and is a fully featured RTSP/RTP media streaming server capable of streaming a variety of media types including H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 Part 2 and 3GP.Developed by Apple, it is the open...
, the open source equivalent of Apple Computer's QuickTime Streaming Server - HEC-DSS (Data Storage System), a data format used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Decentralized Software Services, a REST oriented application model as part of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio
- Decision support systemDecision support systemA decision support system is a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization and help to make decisions, which may be rapidly changing and not easily specified in...
- Deep Space Station, an antenna, transceiver, and associated equipment at a Deep Space NetworkDeep Space NetworkThe Deep Space Network, or DSN, is a world-wide network of large antennas and communication facilities that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions. It also performs radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe, and supports selected...
Communications Complex - Deputy Superintending SurveyorDeputy Superintending SurveyorDeputy Superintending Surveyor is a Class I Engineering post in Survey of India,a National Survey Organization under Department of Science & Technology...
- DextranDextranDextran is a complex, branched glucan composed of chains of varying lengths...
sulfate sodium, a chemical used experimentally to induce colitis in rodents - Digital Satellite ServiceDigital Satellite ServiceDigital Satellite Service is the assumed initialism expansion of the DSS digital satellite television transmission system used by DirecTV...
- Digital Signature ServicesDigital Signature ServicesDigital Signature Services is an OASIS standard.The Digital Signature Services specifications describe two XML-based request/response protocols – a signing protocol and a verifying protocol...
, OASIS standard XML-based request/response protocols - Digital Signature Standard, which uses the Digital Signature AlgorithmDigital Signature AlgorithmThe Digital Signature Algorithm is a United States Federal Government standard or FIPS for digital signatures. It was proposed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in August 1991 for use in their Digital Signature Standard , specified in FIPS 186, adopted in 1993. A minor...
- Digital Speech StandardDigital Speech StandardDigital Speech Standard is a proprietary compressed digital audio file format defined by the International Voice Association, a co-operative venture by Olympus, Philips and Grundig. It was originally developed in 1994 by Grundig with the University of Nuremberg. In 1997, the digital speech...
- Digital Spread Spectrum
- Digitized Sky SurveyDigitized Sky SurveyThe Digitized Sky Survey is a digital version of several photographic atlases of the night sky, and an ongoing project to produce more digital versions of photographic astronomical datasets.- Versions and source material :...
, a digital version of several photographic atlases of the night sky - Dimethyl-silapentane-sulfonateDSS (NMR Standard)DSS is a chemical compound used in proton- and carbon-related NMR spectroscopy as a calibration standard, similar to tetramethylsilane , but with much higher water solubility...
, a standard used for calibrating NMR spectra - Direct-Sequence Spreading, another term for Direct-sequence spread spectrumDirect-sequence spread spectrumIn telecommunications, direct-sequence spread spectrum is a modulation technique. As with other spread spectrum technologies, the transmitted signal takes up more bandwidth than the information signal that is being modulated. The name 'spread spectrum' comes from the fact that the carrier signals...
- Disney Sound Source, a sound-card-like device that attaches to a parallel port
- Disuccinimidyl suberateDisuccinimidyl suberateDisuccinimidyl suberate is a biochemical tool used as protein cross-linking agent....
- PCI DSSPCI DSSThe Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is an information security standard for organizations that handle cardholder information for the major debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards....
, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
Other
- Dead Sea ScrollsDead Sea scrollsThe Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 972 texts from the Hebrew Bible and extra-biblical documents found between 1947 and 1956 on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, from which they derive their name...
, an informal abbreviation - Design for Six SigmaDesign for Six SigmaDesign for Six Sigma is a separate and emerging business-process management methodology related to traditional Six Sigma. While the tools and order used in Six Sigma require a process to be in place and functioning, DFSS has the objective of determining the needs of customers and the business, and...
(also abbreviated as DFSS) - Digital Six SigmaSix SigmaSix Sigma is a business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, USA in 1986. , it is widely used in many sectors of industry.Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects and minimizing variability in manufacturing and...
, an updated version of Motorola's Six Sigma quality standard - Dizionario Storico della Svizzera, the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (Italian)
- Dual Setup System in the video game Castlevania: Circle of the MoonCastlevania: Circle of the MoonCastlevania: Circle of the Moon, known simply as Castlevania in the PAL region and as in Japan, is a video game created by Konami only for the Game Boy Advance...
- Dera Sacha SaudaDera Sacha SaudaDera Sacha Sauda colloquially DSS) is a non-profit spiritual organization based in Sirsa, Haryana, India. The Dera Sacha Sauda was established by Shah Mastana Ji from Baluchistan in 1948, as a center for spiritual learning....
- Dubtribe Sound SystemDubtribe Sound SystemDubtribe Sound System is a San Francisco based electronic musical group who produced and performed live world wide between 1991 and 2005.Dubtribe consisted of singers Sunshine Jones and Moonbeam Jones, but also included many sit in and "on tour" musicians over the years...
, an American musical band