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'''CDS''', '''CDs''', '''Cds''', etc. may refer to:
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==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

==Military==
* [[Chief Defence Scientist]], the head of the Australian Defence Science & Technology 
* [[Chief of the Defence Staff (disambiguation)]]
** [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)]]
** [[Chief of the Defence Staff (France)]]
** [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana)]]
** [[Chief of the Defence Staff (India)]]
** [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Nigeria)]]
** Chief of the Defence Staff, of the [[Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces]]
** [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)]]
** [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)]]
* [[Comprehensive Display System]], a command, control, and coordination system used by the British Royal Navy in the 1960s to track aircraft
* South American Defense Council (''Consejo de Defensa Sudamericano''), of the [[Union of South American Nations]]

==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 disc]]s (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 [[airdrop]]s
* 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 [[Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight|CHIEF]].
* [[Cognitive disengagement syndrome]], an attention disorder that is increasingly thought to be distinct from [[ADHD]]

==See also==
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* [[Clinical decision support]] (CDSS), software to assist clinical diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making
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* [[CD (disambiguation)]], for the singular of CDS

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