DCS

DCS may refer to:

Government

• Defense Clandestine Service, a component of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency tasked with carrying out espionage operations around the world
• Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), as in:
  • Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
  • Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff
  • White House Deputy Chief of Staff
• Diplomatic Courier Service, the element of the US Department of State responsible for protecting diplomatic pouches and material, see Bureau of Diplomatic Security
• Directorate of Colonial Surveys, the United Kingdom's central survey and mapping organisation for British colonies and protectorates 1946–1957
• Department of Child Safety (or Services), name for an agency in many states of the United States tasked with protecting children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect

Law enforcement

• Department of Corrective Services, department of New South Wales Government responsible for supervision of adult offenders on community-based or custodial orders
• Detective Chief Superintendent, the senior detective and commander of the Criminal Investigation Department in most forces in the United Kingdom
• Georgia Department of Community Supervision, the executive branch agency of the U.S. state of Georgia tasked with the supervision of felony probationers and parolees.

Education

• Dade Christian School, a private school in Miami-Dade County, Florida
• Dayton City School, a school district and elementary/middle school in Dayton, Tennessee
• Dean Close School
• Decorah Community Schools, in Decorah, Iowa
• Desert Christian Schools (Arizona), in Tucson, Arizona
• Desert Christian Schools (California), a private school in Lancaster, California
• Diploma of Collegial Studies, a certificate awarded for completion of pre-university studies in the province of Québec, Canada
• Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores, a High/Middle Charter School located in Miami Shores, Florida

European politics

• Danish Council of State, the Privy Council of Denmark
• Dutch Council of State, a constitutionally established advisory body to the government of the Netherlands

Medicine

• D-cycloserine (1), an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis; (2) its partial NMDA agonist properties have been shown to facilitate extinction of fear and treatment of anxiety
• Decompression sickness, a variety of symptoms suffered by a person exposed to a reduction in the pressure surrounding their body
• Dendritic cells, a type of antigen presenting cell of immunologic function
• Dorsal Column Stimulator, an implantable medical device used to treat chronic pain of neurologic origin
• Damage control surgery, a form of surgery which is used in cases of severe trauma
• Delusional companion syndrome, a psychological neuropathology of the self

Technology

• Data Coding Scheme is a field in Short Message (SM) and Cell Broadcast Message (CB) Protocol Data Units which carries information about message encoding and how the recipient handset should process the received message
• Dark current spectroscopy, a technique used to find contaminants in silicon
• Departure control system, Airlines computer systems responsible for passenger and bag processing activities
• Desktop Color Separations, an enhanced EPS file format
• Device Control String, hex 90 in the C1 set of control codes
• Dichlorosilane, SiH₂Cl₂ - used in microelectronic wafer processing
• Digital Cellular System, a mobile communications-based PCS network used outside of the U.S.
• Digital Command System, a model railroad system by MTH Electric Trains
• Digital Compression System, a sound system developed by Williams Electronics
• Digital cross connect system, a type of telecom equipment
• Digital-Coded Squelch, a squelch that superimposes a continuous stream of FSK digital data on the transmitted signal
• Distributed control system, a control system in which the controller elements are not central in location but are distributed throughout the system
• Dwight Cavendish Systems, a manufacturer of video copy protection
• Form D Control System, a subset of the Northeast Operating Rules Advisory Committee operating rules for railroads
• Kodak DCS, a series of professional digital single-lens reflex cameras
• Dry Combat Submersible, a military submarine being developed for use by the United States Navy

Entertainment

• Dead Celebrity Status, a Canadian rap rock group
• Desi Culture Shock, a UK Bhangra group
• Digital Combat Simulator, a combat flight simulator developed by Eagle Dynamics

Other

• Deacon (Church of Scotland), postnominal for a deaconess or deacon of the Church of Scotland
• Deaf Children's Society, British charity providing support, information and advice for deaf children and young people and their families
• Digital Combat Simulator, a combat flight simulator
• Dynamic Cooking Systems, now a unit of Fisher & Paykel
• All pages with titles beginning with DCS