| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| RDS | Radio Data System |
| RDS | RMS (Root-Mean-Square) Delay Spread |
| RDS | Royal Dutch Shell |
| RDS | Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| RDS | Royal Dublin Society (Ireland) |
| RDS | Research Development and Statistics (UK) |
| RDS | Réseau des Sports (French language all-sports network - Canada) |
| RDS | Radio Data Service (on FM 57 kHz subcarrier) |
| RDS | Remote Data Service |
| RDS | Rural Development Service (UK) |
| RDS | Records Disposition Schedule |
| RDS | ReizdarmSyndrom (German) |
| RDS | Romania Data Systems |
| RDS | Research Defence Society (UK) |
| RDS | Red Dot Sight |
| RDS | Random Dot Stereogram |
| RDS | Rate Determining Step |
| RDS | Rural Development Strategy (World Bank) |
| RDS | Reference Data Set |
| RDS | Red Dragons (skateboarding) |
| RDS | Relational Database Systems |
| RDS | Retained Duty System (UK Fire & Rescue Service Duty System) |
| RDS | Remote Development Service (ColdFusion) |
| RDS | Radio Digital System |
| RDS | Railway Development Society (UK) |
| RdS | Subchronic Reference Dose |
| RDS | Replicative DNA Synthesis |
| RDS | Report Definition Syntax |
| RDS | Running Digital Sum |
| RDS | Rotary Drive System (aeromodelling) |
| RDS | Remote Display System |
| RDS | Relative Dispersion Slope |
| RDS | Rapid Design Service, Inc. |
| RDS | Russian Dolls Search |
| RDS | Room Data Sheet (architectural drawings) |
| RDS | Rotorcraft Drive System |
| RDS | Raman Difference Spectroscopy |
| RDS | Requirements Definition Study |
| RDS | Requirements Documentation System |
| RDS | Range Data System |
| RDS | Rogers Department Store (Michigan) |
| RDS | Replicate Data Server |
| RDS | Resource Directory Server |
| RDS | Retinal Degeneration Gene, Slow |
| RDS | Reverse Directory Service (website) |
| RDS | Retail Delivery System |
| RDS | Radar Distribution Switchboard |
| RDS | Rapid Deployment Suite |
| RDS | Radiological Defense Study |
| RDS | Rapid Dissemination System |
| RDS | Replacement Determination System |
| RDS | Registry, Distribution and Sales (IACO Section) |
| RDS | Remote Detail Scanners |
| RDS | Requisition Distribution System |
| RDS | Records & Design System |
| RDS | Request for Data Services |
| RDS | Random-Digit Sample |
| RDS | Revised DTD Software |
| RDS | Rapport Dialup Switch |