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

Political parties

• Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
• Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
• 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

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