| Acronym | Meaning |
| DADS | Data Access and Dissemination System (US Census Bureau) |
| DADS | Data Archive and Distribution Service |
| DADS | Deck Aft Door Switch |
| DADS | Déclaration Annuelle de Données Sociales (French: Annual Declaration of Social Data) |
| DADS | Defense Accounting and Disbursing System |
| DADS | Defense Automated Depot System |
| DADS | Department of Aging and Disability Services (Texas) |
| DADS | Department of Alcohol and Drug Services (Santa Clara, CA) |
| DADS | Deployable Autonomous Distributed System (US Navy) |
| DADS | Deputy Assistant Director Supplies (UK) |
| DADS | Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures (US NIST) |
| DADS | Digital Air Data System |
| DADS | Digital Altimeter Display System |
| DADS | Digital Audio Distribution System |
| DADS | DII (Defense Information Infrastructure) Asset Distribution System |
| DADS | Direct-Application Decontamination System (German military) |
| DADS | Distributed ADA Development System |
| DADS | Distributed Analysis for Decision Support System |
| DADS | Division Air Defense Study |
| DADS | DMS (Defense Message Service) Asset Distribution System (US DoD) |
| DADS | Dual Air Density Satellite (NASA) |