| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| CDS | Credit-Default Swap (investing) |
| CDS | Centre for Development Studies |
| CDS | Cell Directory Service |
| CDS | Criminal Defence Service (UK) |
| CDS | Controlled Dangerous Substance |
| CDS | Center for Documentary Studies |
| CDS | City Development Strategy |
| CDS | Child Development Services |
| CDS | Content Delivery System |
| CDS | Costa del Sol |
| CDS | Connected Dominating Set |
| CDS | Coding Sequences |
| CDS | Cul-De-Sac (Canada Post road designation) |
| CdS | Cadmium Sulfide |
| CDS | Central Depository System |
| CDS | Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg (France) |
| CDS | Centro Democrático y Social (Spanish Political Party) |
| CDS | Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (SOHO instrument) |
| CDS | Correlated Double Sampling |
| CDS | Crashworthiness Data System |
| CDS | CD Solutions, Inc. (Pleasant Hills, Ohio) |
| CDS | Client Data System |
| CDS | Comprehensive Data Set (Canada) |
| CDS | Center for Digital Storytelling (Berkeley, CA) |
| CDS | Compact Disc Single |
| CDS | Commission on Sustainable Development (United Nations) |
| CDS | Centre for Deaf Studies (UK) |
| CDS | Control Data Corporation |
| CDS | Cross Domain Solutions (net centric applications) |
| CDS | Container Delivery System (cargo aircraft aerial delivery system) |
| CDS | Community Dental Service |
| CDS | Country Dance and Song |
| CDS | Conference of Drama Schools (UK) |
| CDS | Combat Direction System |
| CDS | Child Development Specialist |
| CDS | Circular Date Stamp (stamp cancel mark) |
| CDS | Child-Directed Speech |
| CDS | Centre des Démocrates Sociaux (French: Center for Social Democrats; political party) |
| CDS | Cinema Digital Sound |
| CDS | Carroll Depression Scales |
| CDS | Communications Data Services Inc (Des Moines, IA) |
| CDS | Conférence Suisse des Directrices et Directeurs Cantonaux de la Santé (French: Swiss Conference of Cantonal Directors of Health; Switzerland) |
| CDS | Current Directory Structure |
| CDS | Convention Démocratique et Sociale (French: Democratic and Social Convention) |
| CDS | Clinical Documentation Specialist |
| CDS | Control Display System |
| CDS | Content Directory Service (UPnP standard service) |
| CDS | Carolina Donor Services |
| CDS | Centre de Documentation en Santé |
| CDS | Core Data Sheet |
| CDS | Cubic Defense Systems |
| CDS | Class Data Sharing |
| CDS | Course Delivery System |
| CDS | Conceptual Design Study |
| CDS | Central Database Server |
| CDS | Cable Distribution System |
| CDS | Communication Disorders & Sciences |
| CDS | Cargo Delivery System |
| CDS | Chemical Dependency Specialist |
| CDS | Computerized Delivery Sequence (USPS) |
| CDS | Compliance Data System |
| CDS | Controlled Drug Substance |
| CDS | Casing Drive System (oil drilling; Tesco Corporation) |
| CDS | Center for Dielectric Studies (Pennsylvania State University) |
| CDS | Central Data Systems |
| CDS | Clock Distribution System |
| CDS | Civil Defense Simultest |
| CDS | Centralized Data System |
| CDS | Civil Defense System |
| CDS | Companion Data Services, LLC |
| CDS | Change Detection Software |
| CDS | Chesterfield Day School (Missouri) |
| CDS | Control Data System |
| CDS | Command Destruct System |
| CDS | Childhood Development Services, Inc. |
| CDS | Combat Development System |
| CDS | Computer Development Systems |
| CDS | Congress Data System |
| CDS | Commission Départementale des Sites (French: County Sites Commission) |
| CDS | Cast Deployment System (Disney) |
| CDS | CCSDS Day Segmented |
| CDS | Command Data Set |
| CDS | Compact Digital Switch |
| CDS | Constant Delivery System |
| CDS | Concept Definition Study |
| CDS | Collaborative Development System |
| CDS | Contraband Detection System |
| CDS | CRIF Decision Solutions |
| CDS | Core Data Services |
| CDS | Command-Driven System |
| CDS | Cyber Defense Systems, Inc |
| CDS | Civil Direction of Shipping |
| CDS | Cryptographic Device Services |
| CDS | Combat Data System |
| CDS | Certification Data Sheet |
| CDS | Component Data Sheet |
| CDS | command document start |
| CDS | Comprehensive Discrepancy System |
| CDS | Circuit Data Services |
| CDS | Combined Defense Services (defense services examination; India) |
| CDS | Cyclic Difference Set |
| CDS | Canadian Depository Securities |
| CDS | Centre de Développement du Soudage (French: Welding Development Center) |
| CDS | Commercial Driver Services, Inc (Tacoma, WA) |
| CDS | Corollary Discharge Signal (Vision & Eye) |
| CDS | Chemical Defense System (US DHS) |
| CDS | Catalog Distribution Service |
| CDS | Classification Data System |
| CDS | Concord Data Systems |
| CDS | Closeout Door System (NASA) |
| CDS | Command Disable System (USAF reference to nuclear weapons) |
| CDS | Church Development Services |
| CDS | Coal Distribution Submodule (NEMS, CMM) |
| CDS | Constraint Directed Search |
| CDS | Cockpit Design System |
| CDS | Collision Detector System (NASA) |
| CDS | Charged Droplet Scrubber |
| CDS | Central Data Subsystems (NASA) |
| CDS | Crashworthy Data System |
| CDS | Communications Deception Unit |
| CDS | Control Dependence Subgraph |
| CDS | Center for Dependable Systems |
| CDS | Congressional Descriptive Summary |
| CDS | Ceremonial Drill School (US Marine Corps) |
| CDS | Claim Data Server (insurance) |
| CDS | Component Disassembly Station |
| CDS | Chamber of Destination of Ships |
| CDS | Capability Design Specifications |
| CDS | Cockpit Development Station |
| CDS | Catalogue of Data Services |
| CDS | Coronal Density Spectrometer |
| CDS | Command Disable Schedule |
| CDS | Congressional Data Sheet |
| CDS | Chemical Decontamination System |
| CDS | Collaborative Debugging Session |
| CDS | Centralized Demilitarization Site (Defense Reutilization & Marketing Office) |
| CDS | Condensate Demineraliztion Subsystem |
| CDS | Commission Départementale de Sécurité (French: Departmental Safety Committee) |
| CDS | Corporate Development System |
| CDS | Collected Delivery System |
| CDS | Combat Development Support |
| CDS | Clock Distribution Subsystem |
| CDS | Certified Diversity Strategist (human resources certification) |
| CDS | Corps and Division Scenario |
| CDS | Client Detection System (gaming software) |
| CDS | Comités de Defensa Sandinista (Spanish: Sandinista Defense Committees, Nicaragua) |
| CDS | Copernic Desktop Search (software) |
| CDS | Combat Defense Squadron (US Air Force) |
| CDS | Clinical Decision Support |
| CDS | Carrollwood Day School (Tampa, FL) |
| CDS | Canal Digitaal Satelliet (Dutch: Canal Digital Satellite) |
| CDS | Chief of Defence Staff (Canada) |
| CDS | Cirque du Soleil |
| CDS | Chicago Dental Society |
| CDS | Community Development Society |
| CDS | Content Distribution Service (various organizations) |
| CDS | Carol Duvall Show (TV show) |
| CDS | Chromatography Data System |
| CDS | Consensus Draft Services (sports) |