CDS, CDs, Cds, etc. may refer to: Finance Canadian Depository for Securities, Canadian post-trade financial services company Certificate of deposit (CDs) Counterfeit Deterrence System, developed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group Credit default swap (CDS), a type of credit derivative Military Chief Defence Scientist, the head of the Australian Defence Science & Technology Chief of the Defence Staff (disambiguation) Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) Chief of the Defence Staff (France) Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana) Chief of the Defence Staff (India) Chief of the Defence Staff (Nigeria) Chief of the Defence Staff, of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka) Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) Comprehensive Display System, a command, control, and coordination system used by the British Royal Navy in the 1960s to track aircraft South American Defense Council (Consejo de Defensa Sudamericano), of the Union of South American Nations Organizations Canadian Depository for Securities Center for Development and Strategy Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, a French astronomical data center Centre for Development Studies, in India Commercial Data Systems, a Canadian software publisher Conference of Drama Schools, now part of Drama UK Cooperative Development Services, a non-profit organization engaged in cooperative development in the US Sinaloa Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Sinaloa) Politics Campaign for Democratic Socialism, a former group within the British Labour Party; forerunner to the Social Democratic Party Centre des démocrates sociaux (Centre of Social Democrats), a French political party; see CDS – People's Party (Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular), a Portuguese political party Centro Democrático y Social (Democratic and Social Centre), a former Spanish political party Convention démocratique et sociale-Rahama (Democratic and Social Convention), a political party in Niger Science Cadmium sulfide (CdS), an inorganic compound Climate Data Store, a central component of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Chromatography data system, software collecting and analyzing chromatographic results Coding DNA sequence, that portion of a gene's DNA or RNA, composed of exons, that codes for protein Correlated double sampling, a method to measure electrical values such as voltages or currents that allows removing an undesired offset Chlorine Dioxide Solution, a toxic solution of sodium chlorite, falsely promoted as a universal cure Cytosolic DNA Sensor, molecule that detects microbial double-stranded DNA in the cytosol and activates signaling pathways that initiate anti-microbial responses Technology Current Directory Structure, an important internal data structure in