(1) Short for
Digital Theater
Sound, it is a
multichannel
surround sound format used in both commercial and consumer applications. DTS
was created by the company for which the technology was
named, Digital Theater Systems (which is now called
DTS Inc.). DTS is a
competing technology with
Dolby Digital.
(2) Short for Data Transformation Services,
a set of tools available in Microsoft
SQL Server that lets you extract, transform, and
consolidate data from disparate sources into single or
multiple destinations supported by DTS connectivity. By using DTS
tools to graphically build DTS
packages or by programming a package with the
DTS object model, you can create custom data movement
solutions tailored to the specialized business needs of your organization.