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TPS or Tps is an acronym that may refer to:

Mathematics, science, and engineering

• Theorem Proving System, an automated theorem proving system for first-order and higher-order logic
• Transition path sampling, an approach in computer simulation to the problem of rare event sampling
• Twin Prime Search, a distributed computing project that looks for large twin primes
• Thin plate spline, a mathematical tool for interpolating surfaces over scattered data
• Thermal protection system, the barrier that protects a spacecraft from the heat of atmospheric reentry
  • Space Shuttle thermal protection system
• Thermoplastic-sheathed cable
• Throttle position sensor, used to monitor the position of the throttle in an internal combustion engine

Computers

• Third-person shooter, a genre of 3D computer and video games in which the onscreen character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible angles
• TPS report, Test Procedure Specification (IEEE 829), a document used in software engineering
• Transaction processing system, a type of information system
• Transactions per second, a concept in database management

Sports

• HC TPS, an ice hockey team in the Finnish SM-liiga
• Turun Palloseura, Finnish football club
  • Turun Palloseura (floorball), a floorball team in the Salibandyliiga

Television and media

• Turner Program Services, established in 1982 as the syndication arm of Turner Broadcasting System
• Télévision Par Satellite, a French company that offered subscription television packages via satellite
• Transmission Parameters Signalling, part of the DVB-T standard for broadcasting digital television signals
• Torsonic Polarity Syndrome, a fictional genetic birth defect in the show South Park

Schools

• The Potter's School (online homeschool school)
• The Petersfield School

Other

• Tall poppy syndrome, used in Australia and New Zealand to describe what is seen as a leveling social attitude
• Temporary protected status, an immigration designation in the United States, allowing a temporary freeze on deportations
• Toronto Police Service
• Telephone Preference Service, a UK telemarketing opt-out telephone list
• Toyota Production System, organizes manufacturing and logistics at Toyota
• IATA airport code for Trapani-Birgi Airport in Italy
• Nairobi Securities Exchange code for Serena Hotels Group, trading as Tourism Promotion Services
• Telangana Praja Samithi - A political movement for Telangana
• Trailer Park Sex - A post-hardcore band from Hamburg-St.Pauli, Germany.

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