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DSS may refer to:
Science and technology
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Biology and medicine
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- Dejerine Sottas syndrome, genetic disorder a.k.a. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 3
- Dengue shock syndrome
- Disease-specific survival
- Dextran sulphate sodium, a chemical used experimentally to induce colitis in rodents
- Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, a lubricant, laxative, and pesticide
- Dimethyl-silapentane-sulfonate, chemical compound used in spectroscopy for calibration
- Disuccinimidyl suberate, a biochemical tool used as protein cross-linking agent
- Deep Space Station, an antenna station in any of Deep Space Communication Complexes, part of the Deep Space Network.
- Digital Satellite Service, digital satellite television transmission system used by DirecTV
- Digitized Sky Survey, a digital version of several photographic atlases of the night sky
- Direct-Sequence Spreading, another term for direct-sequence spread spectrum
- Drahtseilbahn Schwyz–Stoos, funicular railway in Switzerland
- Dynamic Spectrum Sharing, at technique for the coexistence of 4G and 5G mobile standards.
- Darwin Streaming Server, the open source equivalent of QuickTime Streaming Server
- Decision support system, information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities
- Digital Signature Services, OASIS standard XML-based request/response protocols
- Digital Signature Standard, which uses the Digital Signature Algorithm
- Digital Speech Standard, a format of audio file
- Digital Subscriber System ISDN, signalling standards:
- Digital Subscriber System No. 1, a digital signalling protocol (D channel protocol) used for the ISDN
- Digital Subscriber System No. 2, as the successor to DSS1, is also a digital signalling protocol (D channel protocol) used for the B-ISDN
Government and politics
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- Defense Security Service, an agency in the U.S. Department of Defense
- Department of Social Services, another name for Child Protective Services, a government agency in several states
- Diplomatic Security Service, an agency in the U.S. Department of State
- Director of Selective Service of the Selective Service System, as in the widely used "Draft Card" in the U.S. during World War II, officially known as DSS Form 1 Registration Card
- Domestic Security Section, part of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
- Directorate of State Security (Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit), Albanian domestic security agency during the Hoxha and Alia dictatorship (1944-1991); dissolved in 1991
- Department of Social Security (Australia), defunct governmental agency in Australia
- Department of Social Services (Australia), a national government department in Australia
- Department of Social Security (United Kingdom), defunct governmental agency in the United Kingdom
- Demokratska Srpska stranka (Democratic Serb Party), a political party in Montenegro
- Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije), a political party in Serbia
- United Nations Department for Safety and Security, a department of the UN dealing with the security and safety of its staff
- Department of State Services, Nigeria, formerly known as State Security Service (SSS), the domestic intelligence agency of Nigeria
- Department of State Security (Romania) known as Departamentul Securității Statului or Securitate (informally), secret police and the main repressive force in communist Romania.
Schools and organizations
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- The Dance School of Scotland, a dance school in Glasgow, Scotland - incorporated with Knightswood Secondary School
- Dansk Spejderkorps Sydslesvig, a Scout association of the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig, Germany
- Delta Secondary School (Delta, British Columbia), a school in Canada
- Dera Sacha Sauda, a non-profit social welfare and spiritual organization
- Direct Subsidy Scheme, a schooling system in Hong Kong
- Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient manuscripts discovered in caves on the shore of the Dead Sea
- Blaise Diagne International Airport, Diass, Senegal, by IATA code
- Design for Six Sigma (also abbreviated DFSS), a business management method
- Dizionario Storico della Svizzera, the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (Italian)
- Duplex Stainless Steel, a steel with improved resistance to localized corrosion
- Demographic surveillance system - Periodic data collection system of a geographic area
- DS2 (disambiguation)
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