DMS may refer to:

Science and technology

Computing

Document management system A document management system (DMS) is usually a computerized system used to store, share, track and manage files or documents. Some systems include history tracking where a log of the various versions created and modified by different users is r ...

* Digital Media Server, a category within the Digital Living Network Alliance standard * Disk Masher System, compression software for the Amiga computer * Unisys DMS, a Unisys OS 2200 database **

Unisys DMSII The Unisys Data Management System II (DMSII) is a database system originally created by the Burroughs Corporation in 1972. It was available on the Burroughs (later Unisys) Small (B1000), Medium (4000, V Series) and Large System (5000, 6000, 7000 ...

Digital Microsystems, Inc. Digital electronics is a field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them. This is in contrast to analog electronics and analog signals. Digital electronic circuits are usually ...

, an early microcomputer company * Digital Multiplex System, a telephone exchange system * Dealership management system, for car dealerships * DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit, program transformation tools * DMS-59, a video connector supporting two displays

Chemistry and materials science

* Differential mobility spectrometry in ion-mobility spectrometry–mass spectrometry *

Dilute magnetic semiconductor Magnetic semiconductors are semiconductor materials that exhibit both ferromagnetism (or a similar response) and useful semiconductor properties. If implemented in devices, these materials could provide a new type of control of conduction. Whe ...

, semiconductors with magnetic properties *

Dimethyl sulfate Dimethyl sulfate (DMS) is a chemical compound with formula (CH3O)2SO2. As the diester of methanol and sulfuric acid, its formula is often written as ( CH3)2 SO4 or Me2SO4, where CH3 or Me is methyl. Me2SO4 is mainly used as a methylating agen ...

, a methylating agent * Dimethyl sulfide, an organosulfur compound * ''N'',''N''-Dimethylsphingosine *

Dimethylstilbestrol Dimethylstilbestrol (DMS) is a nonsteroidal estrogen of the stilbestrol group related to diethylstilbestrol which was never marketed. It is a so-called "weak", "impeded", or "short-acting" estrogen similarly to estriol and ''meso''-butoestrol. ...

, a nonsteroidal estrogen

Other uses in science and technology

Dead man's switch A dead man's switch (see alternative names) is a switch that is designed to be activated or deactivated if the human operator becomes incapacitated, such as through death, loss of consciousness, or being bodily removed from control. Originally ...

* Degree-Minute-Second, sexagesimal degree divisions *

Diagnostic medical sonography Diagnostic medical sonography (DMS), a branch of diagnostic medical imaging, is the use of imaging by medical ultrasound for medical diagnosis. DMS uses non-ionizing ultrasound to produce 2D and 3D images of the body. In Canada, the credentialin ...

, in ultrasound imaging * Distribution management system, of electrical energy * Dynamic message sign, a variable-message traffic sign *

Delusional misidentification syndrome Delusional misidentification syndrome is an umbrella term, introduced by Christodoulou (in his book ''The Delusional Misidentification Syndromes'', Karger, Basel, 1986) for a group of delusional disorders that occur in the context of mental and n ...

- a class of mental delusions, caused by various neurological diseases. * Driver Monitoring System - monitors that the driver of a car is awake and alert

Education

* Delft Management Society, a student society of Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands * Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Studies (post-nominal letters D.M.S.) * Dartmouth Medical School * Demonstration Multipurpose School (DMS), Mysore, India

Military

* Decoration for Meritorious Services, South Africa until 1987 * Distinguished Military Service Medal, Papua New Guinea * Defence Medical Services, UK * Director Medical Services (UK), Army Medical Services *

DMS Maritime DMS Maritime, formerly Defence Maritime Services, is a company providing port services to the Australian Defence Force and Marine Unit. It is a subsidiary of Serco. History Defence Maritime Services was founded in 1997 as a 50:50 joint ventur ...

, providing services to the Australian navy *

Defense Message System The Defense Message System or Defense Messaging System (DMS) is a deployment of secure electronic mail and directory services in the United States Department of Defense. DMS was intended to replace the AUTODIN network, and is based on implement ...

, in the US Department of Defense * US Navy hull classification symbol for "

destroyer minesweeper Destroyer minesweeper was a designation given by the United States Navy to a series of destroyers that were converted into high-speed ocean-going minesweepers for service during World War II. The hull classification symbol for this type of ship was ...

Other uses

* Design Manufacture Service, an outsourcing business model * Daimler/Leyland Fleetline London Transport double-decker bus prefix *

Diminishing manufacturing sources Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS) or diminishing manufacturing sources (DMS) is defined as: "The loss or impending loss of manufacturers of items or suppliers of items or raw materials."Department of Defense regulati ...