MDS
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MDS may stand for:
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Companies and organizations
- MDS Inc.MDS Inc.Nordion Inc. is a global specialty health science company that provides products used for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. The company supplies medical isotopes, targeted therapies and sterilization technologies to more than 60 countries around the world.Nordion is headquartered...
, a global health and life sciences company - MDS AmericaMDS AmericaMDS America, Inc is a wireless Internet and wireless cable TV technology provider based in Stuart, Florida. MDS America was the primary party responsible for the invalidation of Northpoint Technology Inc's patents having to do with terrestrial rebroadcast of satellite signals.MDS Operations, an...
, a global telecommunications company - Media Design School (New Zealand)Media Design School (New Zealand)Media Design School is a private tertiary institution that is an expert in industry training in creative technologies by providing specialist undergraduate and graduate qualifications in 3D animation, graphic design, digital media, visual effects, creative advertising and video game development...
, a media industry tertiary training institution - Mennonite Disaster ServiceMennonite Disaster ServiceThe Mennonite Disaster Service is a volunteer network through which various groups within the Anabaptist tradition assist people affected by disasters in North America...
, a disaster relief volunteer group - Meridian Southern RailwayMeridian Southern RailwayMeridian Southern Railway , in east Mississippi, USA, is a short line freight railroad linking Meridian, and Waynesboro, Mississippi and intermediate stations. The railroad is connected to the national rail network by its connection to the Kansas City Southern Railway at Meridian...
- Microwave Data SystemsMicrowave data systemsMicrowave Data Systems, Inc. is a company that makes wireless communications equipment for the industrial market. The company is often referred to using the acronym MDS. MDS was a subsidiary of Moseley Associates and was acquired, in January 2007, by General Electric Multilin...
, a wireless modem company - MDS GatewaysMDS GatewaysMDS Gateways is a telecommunications company based in Dublin, Ireland. It is a designer and supplier of unified communications products and markets its products in Europe, South Africa, and the US. It specializes in Integrated Services Digital Network terminal adapters, ADSL modem routers, IP...
, a telecommunications company based in Ireland - Movement for Socialist DemocracyMovement for Socialist DemocracyMovement for Socialist Democracy was a political party in Burkina Faso. The MDS surged when the Burkinabè Communist Group split in April 1989. In March 1991 it took the name MDS...
(Mouvement pour la Démocratie Socialiste), a former political party in Burkina Faso - Movement of Socialist DemocratsMovement of Socialist DemocratsThe Movement of Social Democrats is an opposition political party in Tunisia. It was the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, behind the dominant Constitutional Democratic Rally, with sixteen seats....
(Mouvement des Démocrates Socialistes), a political party in Tunisia
Technology
- .mds, a file extension associated with disk image descriptions
- Mandriva Directory ServerMandriva Directory ServerMandriva Directory Server is an LDAP server developed by Mandriva. This is similar to Fedora Directory Server, Red Hat Directory Server, Novell eDirectory etc. for managing resources & infrastructure within the network.- See also :...
, an LDAP server - MIDI stream, a file format
- Multi-Displacement SystemMulti-Displacement SystemChrysler's Multi-Displacement System is an automobile engine variable displacement technology. It debuted in 2004 on the 5.7 L modern Hemi V8...
, a variable displacement technology from DaimlerChrysler - Minimum detectable signalMinimum detectable signalMinimum detectable signal in a radio receiver is the smallest signal power that can be received at its input, processed by its conversion chain and demodulated by the receiver, resulting in usable information at the demodulator output.- Equation :...
, a measure of sensitivity - mds, the Mac OS X "metadata server" daemon supporting its Spotlight featureSpotlight (software)Spotlight is a system-wide desktop search feature of Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Spotlight is a selection-based search system, which creates a virtual index of all items and files on the system. It is designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer,...
- Multilayer Director Switch, a storage area networkStorage area networkA storage area network is a dedicated network that provides access to consolidated, block level data storage. SANs are primarily used to make storage devices, such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes, accessible to servers so that the devices appear like locally attached devices...
component - Meta Data ServicesMeta Data ServicesMeta Data Services is an object-oriented repository technology that can be integrated with enterprise information systems or with applications that process metadata....
Other
- Minimum Data SetMinimum Data SetThe Minimum Data Set is part of the U.S. federally mandated process for clinical assessment of all residents in Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing homes...
, a clinical data collection format and system used by Medicare and Medicaid in nursing homes - Multidimensional scalingMultidimensional scalingMultidimensional scaling is a set of related statistical techniques often used in information visualization for exploring similarities or dissimilarities in data. MDS is a special case of ordination. An MDS algorithm starts with a matrix of item–item similarities, then assigns a location to each...
, a statistical technique often used in data visualisation - Marathon des SablesMarathon des SablesThe Marathon des Sables is a six-day, ultramarathon, which is the equivalent of six regular marathons. The longest single stage is long....
, an ultramarathon held in Morocco - Martingale difference sequenceMartingale difference sequenceIn probability theory, a martingale difference sequence is related to the concept of the martingale. A stochastic series Y is an MDS if its expectation with respect to past values of another stochastic series X is zero...
, a type of stochastic series in probability theory - MaundMaundThe maund is the anglicized name for a traditional unit of mass used in British India, and also in Afghanistan, Persia and Arabia: the same unit in the Moghul Empire was sometimes written as mun in English, while the equivalent unit in the Ottoman Empire and Central Asia was called the batman...
, a unit of measurement used in India and Central Asia - Maximum distance separable code, a mathematical coding theory concept
- Mission Design Series, a United States Department of Defense aerospace vehicle designation
- Myelodysplastic syndromeMyelodysplastic syndromeThe myelodysplastic syndromes are a diverse collection of hematological medical conditions that involve ineffective production of the myeloid class of blood cells....
, a diverse collection of haematological conditions - "MakeDamnSureMakeDamnSure"MakeDamnSure" is a song by American rock band Taking Back Sunday. It was released as the first single from their third album, Louder Now. It has experienced much more success than the band's other singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and Modern Rock Tracks chart...
", a song by Taking Back Sunday - MDs (TV series)MDs (TV series)MDs was a TV show that aired on ABC in 2002. It starred William Fichtner as Dr. Bruce Kellerman and John Hannah as Dr. Robert Dalgety. The series only lasted one season, and though 10 episodes were filmed, only 8 were ever aired. The series was never released on DVD and it is very hard to find.-...
- Miller-Dieker syndromeMiller-Dieker syndromeMiller–Dieker syndrome , also called Miller–Dieker lissencephaly syndrome and chromosome 17p13.3 deletion syndrome, is an autosomal dominant congenital disorder characterized by a developmental defect of the brain, caused by incomplete neuronal migration.This syndrome should not be confused with...
, a neurological disorder - MyDeathSpace.comMydeathspace.comMyDeathSpace.com is a website devoted to connecting the deaths of MySpace account-holders to their news obituaries. It is notable due to media attention that it garnered over the practice of seeking out dead MySpace users such as Taylor Behl and Anna Svidersky.It launched in January 2006, but did...
, a website