PDS

PDS can refer to:

Computing
  • Panzer Dragoon Saga, a role-playing video game
  • Partitioned data set, a type of dataset of IBM systems
  • Processor Direct Slot, a slot found in some Macintosh computers
  • Protocol Data Services, a British information technology services company
  • Protected distribution system, a safeguarded telecommunication system
  • Plant Design System, a 3D CAD application for Plant Design from Intergraph
Medical
  • Paroxysmal depolarizing shift, a pre-seizure interictal neuronal EEG spike in epilepsy.
  • Parkinson's Disease Society of the UK, a British medical research charity dedicated to the support and curing of Parkinson's disease
  • Pigment dispersion syndrome, an affliction of the eye
  • Personal Demographics Service, a database of NHS patient demographic details
Political parties
  • Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
  • Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
  • Party of the Sicilians
  • Progressive Democrats, a defunct political party of Ireland
  • Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra), a defunct political party of Italy
  • Senegalese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Sénégalais), a political party of Senegal
  • Sudanese Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Soudanais), a defunct political party of Sudan
  • Democratic Social Party (Partido Democrático Social), a defunct political party of Brazil
  • Prosperous Peace Party (Partai Damai Sejahtera), a political party of Indonesia
  • Parti de la Democratie Socialiste, a defunct provincial political party of Quebec, Canada
Schools
  • Princeton Day School, a private school in Princeton, New Jersey
  • Peabody Demonstration School, a now-closed private school in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Providence Day School, a private school in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Patumwan Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University, a public secondary school in Bangkok, Thailand
Scientific
  • Photothermal deflection spectroscopy, spectroscopy measuring the change in refractive index due to laser heating of a surface
  • Planetary Data System, a system NASA uses for robotic mission data
  • Polydioxanone
Other
  • Particularly dangerous situation, a high-end watch occasionally issued by the Storm Prediction Center
  • Pound sterling, the currency of the United Kingdom
  • Precision Drill Squad, a skilled military performance of Singapore
  • Prinzhorn Dance School, a British alt/punk band
  • Product design specification, a term used in product design
  • Public Distribution System, a retail type system run by government to supply essential items to vulnerable sections of the society at reasonable (subsidized) prices
  • Pineapple Dance Studios, a dance studio complex based in the Covent Garden area of central London, England
  • Public Defender Service, a criminal law defence provider in England and Wales, part of the Legal Services Commission