| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| DFS | Distributed File System |
| DFS | Discover Financial Services |
| DFS | Dynamic Frequency Selection |
| DFS | Disease-Free Survival |
| DFS | Deutsche Flugsicherung (German Aviation Security) |
| DFS | Depth-First Search |
| DFS | Department of Financial Services |
| DFS | Definitive Feasibility Study (mining) |
| DFS | Division of Fire Safety |
| DFS | Division of Family Services (various locations) |
| DFS | Dollars for Scholars |
| DFS | Duty Free Shoppers (multi-national duty free retailer) |
| DFS | Dirección Federal de Seguridad (Spanish: Federal Security Directorate; Mexico) |
| DFS | Department of Forensic Science |
| DFS | Debian From Scratch |
| DFS | Denver Film Society (Denver, Colorado) |
| DFS | Discount Furniture Store |
| DFS | Detailed Feasibility Study |
| DFS | Design for Serviceability |
| DFS | Dragon Fire Shield (video gaming) |
| DFS | Document Fulfillment System |
| DFS | Distributed Fair Scheduling |
| DFS | Defeaters (gaming clan) |
| DFS | Dynamic File System |
| DFS | Dell Financial Services LP |
| DFS | Dupont Flooring Systems (independent flooring contractors owner/franchisees) |
| DFS | Dynamic Flight Simulator (Sweden) |
| DFS | Distributed Fast Switching |
| DFS | Defence Fire Service |
| DFS | Deserves Further Study |
| DFS | Direct Fleet Support |
| DFS | Division of Field Science |
| DFS | Demand Forecasting System |
| DFS | Departure From Specification |
| DFS | Dragon Fake Step (Tekken game maneuver) |
| DFS | Domain File System |
| DFS | Dry Fuel Storage |
| DFS | Dark Force Soldiers (gaming clan) |
| DFS | Designated Fingerprinting Services |
| DFS | Defense Financial Auditing Service |
| DFS | Design for Simplicity |
| DFS | DoD FAR Supplement |
| DFS | Deltamax Freight System |
| DFS | Disk Full Syndrome |
| DFS | Data Fusion Server |
| DFS | Digital Facsimile System |
| DFS | Double-Folded Stub (filter) |
| DFS | Disciplined Frequency Standard (Sprint) |
| DFS | Defective From Stock |
| DFS | Digital Field Services |
| DFS | Demodulation and Frame Synchronizer |
| DFS | Demonstration Flight Satellite |
| DFS | Discriminate Function System (IRS) |
| DFS | Direction Finding Subsystem |
| DFS | Design Feature for Safety |
| DFS | Diplomacy's Final Stand (Starcraft gamming clan) |
| DFS | Developmental Flight Satellite |
| DFS | Digital Firewall Service (DEC) |
| DFS | Dyed Fuel System |
| DFS | Diagonal First Schedule |
| DFS | Division Fire Support |
| DFS | Decayed and Filled Surface (dentistry) |
| DFS | Diesel Filter System |
| DFS | Defense Function Specialist (Professional Housing Management Association certification) |
| DFS | Deterministic Finite State (computation theory) |
| DFS | Discoteca Flaming Star (band) |
| DFS | Direct Full Service (trademark of Future Homes and Real Estate Limited) |
| DFS | Division Forces Spéciales (French: Special Forces Division; various organizations) |
| DFS | Deutsche Forstservice GmbH (German consulting company) |
| DFS | Deutsch-Französisches Sekretariat (German: German-French Secretariat) |
| DFS | Debenhams Furniture Store |
| DFS | Documentum Foundation Services |
| DFS | Dassault Falcon Service (est. 1967) |
| DFS | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (German: German Research Institute for Gliding) |