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TPS may refer to:

Math, science, and engineering

May refer to Touch Penis Syndrome which many boys in puberty suffer from

• Theorem Proving System, an automated theorem proving system for first-order and higher-order logic
• 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 or the Space Shuttle thermal protection system, the barrier that protects a spacecraft from the heat of atmospheric reentry
• Thermo Plastic Sheath (TPS), cabling
• The Planetary Society, a space advocacy organization
• Throttle position sensor, used to monitor the position of the throttle in an internal combustion engine
• Tactical Paint Scheme, used for deception, for reduction of detection at range, or to confuse and mislead.

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
• The Print Shop, a basic desktop publishing software package developed in the early 1980s
• 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
• Threat per second, a measurement in some MMORPG online computer-games
• TPS - Tweets per second

Sports

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

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 Peninsula School
• Tacoma Public Schools
• Tulsa Public Schools
• Test Pilot School (disambiguation)
• Trinity Preparatory School, east of Winter Park, Florida
• The Pennington School
• The Potter's School (online homeschool school)
• The Petersfield School
• Toowoomba Preparatory School, located near the Toowoomba range escarpment

Other

• Tall poppy syndrome, used in Australia and New Zealand to describe what is seen as a levelling social attitude
• Temporary protected status, an immigration designation in the United States, allowing a temporary freeze on deportations
• Toronto Police Service, formerly the Metropolitan Toronto Police, is the police force for the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Telephone Preference Service, a UK opt-out telephone list that is intended to prevent telemarketing calls to those who do not wish to receive them
• Target Plaza South, a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, where Target Corporation has headquarters
• Toyota Production System, the philosophy which organizes manufacturing and logistics at Toyota
• Trapani-Birgi Airport in Italy, with IATA airport code "TPS"
• Tourism Promotion Services the sub-ordinate of Aga Khan Development Network AKDN.
• The Postal Service, An American Indie band.
• Target Protection Specialist, Assets Prostection Team Member for Target Corporation
• Telangana Praja Samithi - A political movement for Telangana
• The People's Supermarket, a community supermarket in Holborn at the forefront of the British co-operative movement

• Disambiguation pages