FPS
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FPS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- "F.P.S." (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), an episode of the TV show Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- FPS Magazine, a defunct magazine about animation
- The Fabulous Picture Show, a television show on Al Jazeera English
- Facepunch Studios, a British video game developer
- First-person shooter, a video game genre
- Five Point Someone, a novel by Chetan Bhagat
- Front Porch Step, American musician
- Funday PawPet Show, an Internet puppet show
Education
[edit]- Fargo Public Schools, in North Dakota, United States
- Foundation Public School, in Pakistan
- French Pastry School, a cooking school in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Future Problem Solvers, an educational competition
Financial
[edit]- Faster Payments Service, a British banking initiative
- Faster Payment System, a Hong Kong payment system
Government and politics
[edit]- Facilities Protection Service, of the Government of Iraq
- Federal Protective Service (Russia)
- Federal Protective Service (United States)
- Federal Public Service, of the Federal Government of Belgium
- Free Party Salzburg (German: Freie Partei Salzburg), a political party in Austria
- Freedom Party of South Tyrol (German: Freiheitliche Partei Südtirols), a defunct political party in Italy
Science and technology
[edit]Units of measure
[edit]- Foot per second
- Foot-pound-second system
- Frames per second, the frequency (rate) at which consecutive images (frames) appear on a display
Computing
[edit]- FairPlay Streaming, a digital rights management technology by Apple
- Fast packet switching, in networks
- Fitness proportionate selection, a genetic operator used in genetic algorithms
- Floating Point Systems, a defunct American computer hardware company
Other uses in science and technology
[edit]- Fear potentiated startle, a reflexive physiological reaction
- Fission power system
- Focal-plane shutter, in optical systems
- Forties pipeline system in the North Sea
- Frontal protection system, for vehicles
- Sn-glycerol-3-phosphate 2-alpha-galactosyltransferase, also known as floridoside-phosphate synthase
Sport
[edit]- France Poker Series, poker tour in France and French speaking countries
- FPS (ice hockey), a Finnish ice hockey team
- Frames per stop, a bowling industry term