DS

Updated: 08/02/2020 by Computer Hope

DS may refer to any of the following:

DS in black lettering on purple background.

1. Short for drive select, DS is a primary jumper setting used with IDE (integrated drive electronics) disk drives. When a computer hard drive's jumper set to DS, it has primary precedence in the device chain.

2. Short for double-sided, DS is a type of floppy diskette. See our double sided disk definition for further information.

3. DS can also be short for drop shipping or drop ship.

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