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{{wiktionary|CDS|CDs}} '''CDS''', '''CDs''', '''Cds''', etc. may refer to: {{TOC right}}

==Finance== * Canadian Depository for Securities, Canadian post-trade financial services company * Certificate of deposit (CDs) * Counterfeit Deterrence System, developed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group * Credit default swap (CDS), a type of credit derivative

==Organizations== * Canadian Depository for Securities * Center for Development and Strategy * Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, a French astronomical data center * Centre for Development Studies, in India * Commercial Data Systems, a Canadian software publisher * Conference of Drama Schools, now part of Drama UK * Cooperative Development Services, a non-profit organization engaged in cooperative development in the US * Sinaloa Cartel (Spanish: ''Cártel de Sinaloa'')

===Politics=== * Campaign for Democratic Socialism, a former group within the British Labour Party; forerunner to the Social Democratic Party * ''Centre des démocrates sociaux'' (Centre of Social Democrats), a French political party; see * CDS – People's Party (''Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular''), a Portuguese political party * ''Centro Democrático y Social'' (Democratic and Social Centre), a former Spanish political party * ''Convention démocratique et sociale-Rahama'' (Democratic and Social Convention), a political party in Niger

==Science== * Cadmium sulfide (CdS), an inorganic compound * Climate Data Store, a central component of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) * Chromatography data system, software collecting and analyzing chromatographic results * Coding DNA sequence, that portion of a gene's DNA or RNA, composed of exons, that codes for protein * Correlated double sampling, a method to measure electrical values such as voltages or currents that allows removing an undesired offset * Chlorine Dioxide Solution, a toxic solution of sodium chlorite, falsely promoted as a universal cure *Cytosolic DNA Sensor, molecule that detects microbial double-stranded DNA in the cytosol and activates signaling pathways that initiate anti-microbial responses

==Technology== * Current Directory Structure, an important internal data structure in DOS * Compact discs (CDs) * CD single (CDS), a music single in the form of a standard size compact disc * Cockpit display system * Cross-domain solution, processes that transfer data between security domains * Cinema Digital Sound, a multi-channel surround sound format used for theatrical films in the early 1990s

==Other uses== * Common Data Set * Community day school, a school system used in the state of California, US * Coulsdon South railway station, London, England (National Rail station code) * Country Day School movement * Child-directed speech, or baby talk * Condensed distillers solubles, also referred to as distillers grains, a cereal byproduct of the distillation process * Container delivery system, a system used for airdrops * Controlled/dangerous substance, as defined by the Controlled Substances Act * Combined Defence Services Examination, abbreviated as CDS, Indian military examination * Certified Director of Safety (Designation from NATMI - the North American Transportation Management Institute in conjunction with the University of Central Florida) * Customs Declaration Service, a UK customs management system and planned successor of CHIEF. * Cognitive disengagement syndrome, an attention disorder that is increasingly thought to be distinct from ADHD

==See also== {{canned search|cds}} * Clinical decision support (CDSS), software to assist clinical diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making * {{srt|1}} * CD (disambiguation), for the singular of CDS