What is "pds"

PDS can refer to:

Entertainment

• Panzer Dragoon Saga, a role-playing video game
• Paradox Development Studio, a Swedish video game developer
• Partially Deceased Syndrome, a fictional condition in BBC show In the Flesh

Computing

• Partitioned data set, a type of dataset of IBM systems
• Passive data structure, another term for record
• Processor Direct Slot, a slot found in some Macintosh computers
• Protocol Data Services, a British information technology services company
• Protective distribution system, a safeguarded telecommunication system
• Persistent data structure, a data structure preserving previous versions

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
• Polydioxanone, a type of absorbable suture

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
• Poughkeepsie Day School, a private, independent school in Poughkeepsie, New York
• Presbyterian Day School, an all-boys private elementary school in Memphis, 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, a synthetic polymer, particularly used in the preparation of surgical sutures
• 15-Cis-phytoene desaturase, an enzyme
• Product-determining step, in organic chemistry

Other

• Particularly Dangerous Situation, a high-end watch occasionally issued by the Storm Prediction Center
• Piedras Negras International Airport, IATA code PDS
• 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
• The Philip DeFranco Show, a news & pop culture web series created by Philip DeFranco