TPS

TPS or Tps is an acronym that may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

• Télévision Par Satellite, a French satellite television company
• Third-person shooter, a genre of computer and video games
• Torsonic Polarity Syndrome, a fictional genetic birth defect in the show South Park
• Trailer Park Sex, a band from Hamburg-St.Pauli, Germany
• Transmission Parameters Signalling, part of the DVB-T standard for broadcasting digital television signals
• Turner Program Services, established in 1982 as the syndication arm of Turner Broadcasting System

In government and politics

• Temporary protected status, an immigration designation in the United States
• Toronto Police Service
• Telangana Praja Samithi, an Indian political party

In mathematics, science, and technology

In computing

• 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
• Transition path sampling, an approach in computer simulation to the problem of rare event sampling

In mathematics

• 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

Other uses in science and technology

• Tetrapropylenebenzenesulfonate, a detergent phased out in favor of linear alkylbenzenesulfonates (LABs)
• Thermal protection system, a barrier that protects a spacecraft during atmospheric reentry
• Thermoplastic-sheathed cable
• Throttle position sensor, used to monitor the position of the throttle in an internal combustion engine
• tert-Butyldiphenylsilyl, a protecting group for alcohols

In 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

Other uses

• Tall poppy syndrome, used in Australia and New Zealand to describe what is seen as a leveling social attitude
• Telephone Preference Service, a UK telemarketing opt-out telephone list
• The Petersfield School, in southern England
• The Potter's School, an online home school
• Toyota Production System, organizes manufacturing and logistics at Toyota
• Trapani-Birgi Airport in Italy (IATA airport code)
• Tourism Promotion Services, also called Serena Hotels Group