TPS may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • Télévision Par Satellite, a French satellite television company
  • Torsonic Polarity Syndrome, in South Park animation
  • Trailer Park Sex, a band from Hamburg-St.Pauli, Germany
  • Transmission Parameters Signalling, in DVB-T digital TV standard
  • Turner Program Services, a TV syndication
  • Tyler Perry Studios, a film studio in Atlanta, Georgia founded by an actor, filmmaker, and playwright Tyler Perry
  • Third-person shooter, a type of action video game where player can see the avatar on-screen in a third-person view

Government and politics

  • Temporary protected status, a non-immigration designation in the United States
  • Toronto Police Service
  • Toronto Paramedic Services
  • Telangana Praja Samithi, an Indian political party
  • U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, California
  • Texhoma Public Schools, a school district in Oklahoma
  • Tacoma Public Schools, a school district in tacoma

Mathematics, science, and technology

Computing

  • TPS report, Test Procedure Specification, in quality assurance
  • Transaction processing system
  • Transactions per second, usually in database management or digital currencies
  • Transition path sampling, in rare event sampling
  • Treatment planning system, in medical physics and radiation oncology

Mathematics

  • Theorem Proving System, Carnegie Mellon University system
  • Twin Prime Search, computing project seeking large twin primes
  • Thin plate spline, interpolation technique

Other uses in science and technology

  • Thermal protection system for spacecraft re-entry
  • Thermoplastic-sheathed cable
  • Throttle position sensor, in an internal combustion engine
  • True potato seed, as distinct from a seed tuber
  • Transit signal priority, for mass transit vehicles at traffic lights

Sports

  • The Players Series, a series of professional golf tournaments in Australia

Entities and former teams of the sports club Turun Palloseura, based in Turku, Finland:

  • Turun Palloseura, a Finnish association football club
  • HC TPS, an ice hockey team in the Finnish Liiga
  • TPS Naiset, a women's ice hockey team in the Finnish Naisten Liiga
  • Turun Palloseura (floorball), a floorball team in the Finnish Salibandyliiga

Other uses

  • Telephone Preference Service, a British telemarketing opt-out telephone list
  • Tenants Purchase Scheme, a public housing scheme in Hong Kong
  • The Pennington School, New Jersey
  • The Petersfield School, Southern England
  • Toyota Production System, organizes manufacturing and logistics
  • Tourism Promotion Services, the trading name of Serena Hotels Group
  • Turns per Second, a speedcubing term
  • Think-pair-share, a teaching strategy
  • Talk page stalkers, people who watch wiki user's talk pages
  • Trapani–Birgi Airport (IATA code: TPS)

See also

  • TP (disambiguation)