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Places

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Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
(), a federal state of Germany * Norra Djurgårdsstaden, a neighborhood in Stockholm


Groups, organizations

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National Directorate of Security The National Directorate of Security (NDS; ; ) was the national intelligence agency, intelligence and security agency, security service of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The headquarters of the NDS was in Kabul, and it had field offices and ...
, the primary foreign and domestic intelligence agency of Afghanistan * NDS Group (News Digital Systems), a company specializing in television technology, including digital rights management, renamed Cisco Videoscape after its acquisition * News Distribution Service, operated by the UK government's Central Office of Information * New Democratic Party (, ), temporarily in 2014 the name for the Serbian political party Social Democratic Party (Serbia) (, ', SDS) * Nightdive Studios, a video game developer * ', a political party in Burkina Faso known in English as New Social Democracy * NEC Display Solutions, former name of Sharp NEC Display Solutions, a display manufacturer


Computing, electronics, telecommunications

* NDS is also used as shorthand for VideoGuard, the encryption system created by NDS Group * Navigation Data Standard, a format for automotive-grade navigation databases * New Data Seal, a block cipher encryption algorithm that was designed at IBM in 1975 *
Nintendo DS The is a foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens worki ...
, a 2004 portable game system * Novell Directory Services, former name for NetIQ eDirectory, directory service software for a network


Other uses

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Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ...
(ISO 639-2 language code: nds), a West Germanic language native to Northern Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands * Nick Dal Santo (born 1984), Australian Rules footballer *
NASA Docking System The NASA Docking System is NASA's implementation of the International Docking System Standard (IDSS), an international spacecraft docking standard promulgated by the International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board. NDS is a Docking an ...
, a spacecraft docking and berthing mechanism being developed for future US human spaceflight vehicles * National Defense Strategy of the United States Secretary of Defense


See also

* ND (disambiguation), for the singular of NDs * NDSH * NDSI (disambiguation) * NDSL (disambiguation) * NDSM * NDSS (disambiguation) * NDSU * NDSV * NDSW * {{Disambiguation