DPS
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DPS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Dps (band), a Japanese alt rock band
- Damage per second, in video games
- Dead Poets Society, a 1989 film
- The Dead Pop Stars, a Japanese hard rock band
- Double page spread, two facing pages in a periodical with connected content
- Dramatists Play Service, an American theatrical publisher
Government, law and politics
[edit]Government agencies
[edit]- Department for Protection and Security, France
- Department of Public Safety, in US state and local government
- Public Safety Canada, (formally Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), Canada
Policing units
[edit]- Diplomatic Protection Squad, New Zealand Police
- Dorozhno-Patrulnaya Sluzhba (Russian: Дорожно-Патрульная Служба, ДПС), Russia's road traffic police
- Directorate of Professional Standards, London Metropolitan Police
Political parties
[edit]- Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, a political party in Montenegro
- Department of Protection-Security (Département Protection et Sécurité), a branch of the National Front (FN) political party of France
- Dvizhenie za Prava i Svobodi (Bulgarian: Движение за Права и Свободи, ДПС), known as the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a political party in Bulgaria
Other uses in government and law
[edit]- Desha Putra Sammanaya, a military decoration in Sri Lanka
- Designated Premises Supervisor, in British law the person with day-to-day responsibility for a premises where alcohol is sold
- Deposit Protection Service, a company authorised by the UK government to run Tenancy deposit schemes
Schools
[edit]United States
[edit]- Dalton Public Schools, Georgia
- Dearborn Public Schools, Michigan
- Decatur Public Schools District 61, Illinois
- Denver Public Schools, Colorado
- Detroit Public Schools, Michigan
- Durham Public Schools, North Carolina
Elsewhere
[edit]- DPS Academy, a now defunct school in the United Arab Emirates
- Delhi Public School, a type of school in India
- Delhi Private School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Delhi Private School, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Divisional Public School, Lahore and Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Dawood Public School, Karachi, Pakistan
Science
[edit]- Dps (DNA-binding proteins from starved cells), a class of proteins
- 2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide, an oxidizing agent and a reagent for forming 2-pyridinethiol esters in the Corey-Nicolaou macrolactonization
- Distinct population segment, a population considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
- Division for Planetary Sciences within the American Astronomical Society
Technology
[edit]- Data Processing Systems Engineer, a flight engineer responsible for data processing systems in a space flight
- Descent Propulsion System, a rocket engine used in Apollo's Lunar Module
- Degrees per second, a unit for measuring angular velocity
- Direct Print Standard, part of PictBridge standard
- Display PostScript, an on-screen display system
- Dynamic positioning system, a means to automatically maintain a ship's position and heading by using her own propellers and thrusters
- DPS protocol, a quantum key distribution protocol
- DPS (Data Processing System), the designation of several lines of computer in the List of Groupe Bull products
Other uses
[edit]- DPS Compound, Baguio, Philippines
- Deltic Preservation Society, a British railway preservation group
- Doctor of Professional Studies, a professional doctorate
- Ngurah Rai International Airport (IATA code), on Bali, Indonesia
See also
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