| Acronym | Definition |
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| CIDS | Central(ized) Inventory Distribution System |
| CIDS | Canadian Infectious Disease Society |
| CIDS | Cabin Intercommunication Data System |
| CIDS | Concrete Island Drilling System (oil industry) |
| CIDS | Component Information Dictionary Standard (ECIX) |
| CIDS | Critical Item Development Specification |
| CIDS | Combat Identification System |
| CIDS | Critical Information Dispatch System |
| CIDS | Configuration Item Development Specification |
| CIDS | Computer Information Delivery Service |
| CIDS | Command Information Display System |
| CIDS | Combat Identification for the Dismounted Soldier |
| CIDS | Center for Integrated Defense Simulation (Boeing) |
| CIDS | Client Incident Database System |
| CIDS | Chemical Ignition Device System |
| CIDS | Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| CIDS | Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité (French) |
| CIDS | Children Integrated Development Services (Sierra Leone) |
| CIDS | Combat Information Demonstration System |
| CIDS | Chronological In-Depth Survey (interview methodology) |
| CIDS | Core Infrastructure Distribution System (General Dynamics UK) |
| CIDS | Cycle-Invariant Difference Set |
| CIDS | Chip-Interleaved Direct Sequence |
| CIDS | Coordination/Communications in Direct Support |
| CIDS | Community Information Delivery Service |
| CIDS | Close in Defense System |
| CIDS | Center for Innovation in Distributed Systems |
| CIDS | Centro Internacional Para Los Derechos Sindicales (Spanish: International Center for Trade Union Rights) |