DSM
Encyclopedia
Business
- DSM (company)DSM (company)DSM is a multinational life sciences and materials sciences-based company. DSM's global end markets include food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials...
, an international life science and performance materials company from the Netherlands - Delhi school of musicDelhi school of musicThe Delhi School of Music, established by the Delhi Music Society, teaches Western classical music. It is the only institution of its kind in northern India...
, a music school in India - Diamond-Star MotorsDiamond-Star MotorsDiamond-Star Motors was an automobile-manufacturing joint venture between the Chrysler Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation . The name came from the parent companies' respective logos: three diamonds and a pentastar...
, an automobile-manufacturing joint venture between the Chrysler Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation - Doha Securities MarketDoha Securities MarketThe Qatar Exchange is the principal stock market of Qatar. The market was founded in 1997 and is located in the capital city of Doha. Its name is abbreviated to DSM. NYSE Euronext owns 25% of DSM...
, the principal stock market of Qatar - Dixie Square MallDixie Square MallDixie Square Mall is an abandoned enclosed shopping mall located in Harvey, Illinois, United States, located at the junction of 151st Street and the Dixie Highway. It has been vacant for over 30 years, more than twice as long as it was in business. It is famous for having been used, both inside and...
, a defunct shopping mall located in Harvey, Illinois - Demand Side Management, actions that influence the quantity or patterns of use of energy consumed by end users
Computing
- Delta-sigma modulationDelta-sigma modulationDelta-sigma modulation is a method for encoding high-resolution or analog signals into lower-resolution digital signals. The conversion is done using error feedback, where the difference between the two signals is measured and used to improve the conversion...
, a kind of analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog conversion - Distributed shared memoryDistributed shared memoryDistributed Shared Memory , in Computer Architecture is a form of memory architecture where the memories can be addressed as one address space...
, software and hardware implementations in which each cluster node accesses a large shared memory - Domain-specific modelingDomain-Specific ModelingDomain-specific modeling is a software engineering methodology for designing and developing systems, such as computer software. It involves systematic use of a domain-specific language to represent the various facets of a system...
, a software engineering methodology for designing and developing IT systems - Dynamic Spectrum ManagementDynamic Spectrum ManagementDynamic spectrum management , also referred to as dynamic spectrum access , is a set of techniques based on theoretical concepts in network information theory and game theory that is being researched and developed to improve the performance of a communication network as a whole...
, a technique to increase bandwidth over DSL - Direct stiffness methodDirect stiffness methodAs one of the methods of structural analysis, the direct stiffness method , also known as the displacement method or matrix stiffness method, is particularly suited for computer-automated analysis of complex structures including the statically indeterminate type...
, a method of structural analysis - Digital Standard MUMPS, a version of the MUMPS programming language
- Digital Surface Model, or Digital Elevation Model, used to digitally map topography
- Dedicated Security Mode, an information systems security mode of operation used in mandatory access control systems
- Device Specific Module, used in disk arrays and Storage Area Networks (SANs)
Military
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Distinguished Service Medal (Australia)Distinguished Service Medal (Australia)The Distinguished Service Medal is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force for distinguished leadership in action. The DSM was introduced in 1991 and is the second highest distinguished service decoration in the Australian Honours System. Recipients of the...
- Distinguished Service Medal (Republic of Ireland)Distinguished Service Medal (Republic of Ireland)The Distinguished Service Medal is issued by the Irish Government.It is issued in three grades:The Distinguished Service Medal is issued by the Irish Government.It is issued in three grades:...
- Distinguished Service Medal (United Kingdom)Distinguished Service Medal (United Kingdom)The Distinguished Service Medal was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Royal Navy and members of the other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, up to and including the rank of Chief Petty Officer, for bravery and resourcefulness on active service...
- Distinguished Service Medal (United States)Distinguished Service Medal (United States)The Distinguished Service Medal is the highest non-valorous military and civilian decoration of the United States military which is issued for exceptionally meritorious service to the government of the United States in either a senior government service position or as a senior officer of the United...
Places
- Dar es SalaamDar es SalaamDar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...
, a town in Tanzania - Des Moines, IowaDes Moines, IowaDes Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
, USA by nickname - Des Moines International AirportDes Moines International AirportDes Moines International Airport is a public-use airport located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Des Moines, a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States. The airport serves the Des Moines metropolitan area with 19 connections to major airline hubs...
in Des Moines, Iowa, United States by IATA airport code
Science and medicine
- Deep Submicron Scaling, an era in electronics scaling
- Dependency Structure Matrix, a compact, matrix representation of a system or project
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by the American Psychiatric Association and provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders...
, a handbook categorising mental disorders and their diagnostic criteria- DSM-5DSM-5The next edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , commonly called DSM-5 , is currently in consultation, planning and preparation...
, the fifth (not yet released) edition
- DSM-5
Other
- Downing Street memoDowning Street memoThe "Downing Street memo" , sometimes described by critics of the Iraq War as the "smoking gun memo", is the note of a secret 23 July 2002, meeting of senior British Labour government, defence and intelligence figures discussing the build-up to the war, which included direct reference to classified...
, the leaked minutes of a secret meeting of the United Kingdom Labour government in 2002 - Deputy Stage Manager, a position in theatre production
- Deep space manoeuvreOrbital maneuverIn spaceflight, an orbital maneuver is the use of propulsion systems to change the orbit of a spacecraft.For spacecraft far from Earth—for example those in orbits around the Sun—an orbital maneuver is called a deep-space maneuver .-delta-v:...
, an orbital manoeuvre