| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| DESS➣Day the Earth Stood Still (film) |
| DESS➣Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées (French: Diploma of Specialized Higher Studies; various locations) |
| DESS➣Doha English Speaking School (Doha, Qatar) |
| DESS➣Dr. Ebbetts Sound Systems (record label) |
| DESS➣Digitally Encoded Security System (Honda) |
| DESS➣Dubai English Speaking School (United Arab Emirates) |
| DESS➣Department of Employment and Social Services (California) |
| DESS➣Double Echo Steady State (magnetic resonance imaging) |
| DESS➣Distributed Energy Storage System |
| DESS➣Diana Edwards Show Services (Canada) |
| DESS➣Delaware Education Support System (resource) |
| DESS➣Discontinuation Emergent Signs and Symptoms (anti-depressant cessation) |
| DESS➣District Energy Sharing System (Canada) |
| DESS➣Delay Efficient Sleep Scheduling (wireless sensor networks) |
| DESS➣Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium (annual) |
| DESS➣Diplôme d'Études Secondaires Supérieures |
| DESS➣Dedicated End Station Switching |
| DESS➣Drug Education Support Service (Australia) |
| DESS➣Distribution Environment Support System (USTRANSCOM) |
| DESS➣Data Element Standardization System |
| DESS➣Distribution Engineering Simulation Software (utilities) |
| DESS➣Destroyer Schoolship |
| DESS➣Domestic & External Security Secretariat |
| DESS➣Dual Echo Steady State sequence |
| DESS➣Disaster & Emergency Simulated Solutions (Botany, NSW, Australia) |