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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 Payment System (United Kingdom), a British banking initiative
 - Faster Payment System (Hong Kong), a Hong Kong payment system
 - Faster Payment System (Russia), a Russian 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