NDS
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NDS is an initialism may stand for:
- Low GermanLow GermanLow German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
(German: Niederdeutsche Sprache, ISO 639-2 language code: NDS), a regional language spoken in the north of Germany and the northeast of the Netherlands - Lower SaxonyLower SaxonyLower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
(German: Niedersachsen) - NDS GroupNDS GroupNDS Group Plc. is a developer of pay TV technology. NDS was established in 1988 as an Israeli start up company. It was acquired by News Corporation in 1992. The company is currently headquartered in Staines, United Kingdom...
, a company specializing in television technology, including digital rights management- NDS is also used as shorthand for VideoguardVideoGuardVideoGuard , produced by NDS, is a digital encryption system for use with conditional access television broadcasting. It is used on digital satellite television systems - some of which are operated by News Corporation, which owns about half of NDS...
, the encryption system created by NDS Group
- NDS is also used as shorthand for Videoguard
- National Directorate of Security (Afghanistan)National Directorate of Security (Afghanistan)The National Directorate of Security is the domestic intelligence agency of the government of Afghanistan. The Director of National Security reports directly to the President. The NDS has about 30 departments and different branches all over the country...
, an Afghan government agency - Nintendo DSNintendo DSThe is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
, a portable game system by Nintendo - Novell eDirectoryNovell eDirectoryNovell eDirectory is an X.500-compatible directory service software product initially released in 1993 by Novell for centrally managing access to resources on multiple servers and computers within a given network...
, formerly Novell Directory Services, directory service software for a network - Nuclear Detection System, a system to detect the blast of a nuclear device
- New Data SealNew Data SealIn cryptography, New Data Seal is a block cipher that was designed at IBM in 1975, based on the Lucifer algorithm that became DES.The cipher uses a block size of 128 bits, and a very large key size of 2048 bits. Like DES it has a 16-round Feistel network structure. The round function uses two...
, an encryption algorithm - News Distribution Service, operated by the UK government's Central Office of InformationCentral Office of InformationThe Central Office of Information is the UK government's marketing and communications agency. Its Chief Executive, currently Mark Lund, reports to the Minister for the Cabinet Office...
- NDS, Inc, a producer of plastic drainage products
- Non-drive side, a cyclingCyclingCycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
term for the left side of a bicycle - Nouvelle Démocratie Sociale
- Navigation Data Standard
- Short for Network Data Systems, an IT professional services firm Nova Demokratska Stranka a Bosniak Party in the municipality of PrizrenPrizrenPrizren is a historical city located in southern Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and district.The city has a population of around 131,247 , mostly Albanians...
. - Nickname for Nick Dal SantoNick Dal SantoNick Dal Santo is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early career:...
, Australian Rules footballer