DPS

DPS may stand for:

Schools

State schools in the U.S.A.

• Dalton Public Schools, the public school district in Dalton, Georgia
• Dearborn Public Schools, the public school district in Dearborn, Michigan
• Decatur Public Schools, the public school system in Decatur, Illinois
• Denver Public Schools, the public school system in Denver, Colorado
• Detroit Public Schools, the public school system in Detroit, Michigan
• Durham Public Schools, the public school system in Durham, North Carolina

Private schools

• Delhi Public School, a private school run by the Delhi Public School Society
• Divisional Public School, a school in Lahore, Pakistan
• Diliman Preparatory School, a private school in Quezon City, Philippines

Politics and government

• Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, a political party in Montenegro
• Department of Protection-Security (Département Protection et Sécurité), a branch of the National Front (FN) political party of France
• Department of Public Safety, a type of state or local government umbrella agency in the United States
• Public Safety Canada, legally incorporated as the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, a Canadian federal cabinet-level department
• Diplomatic Protection Squad, VIP protection unit of the New Zealand Police
• Directorate of Professional Standards, a division of the London Metropolitan Police
• Dorozhno-postovaya sluzhba (Road inspection service), a division of the Russian police service, responsible for regulating road traffic
• Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a political party in Bulgaria

Technology

• Data Processing Systems Engineer, a flight engineer responsible for data processing systems in a space flight
• Descent Propulsion System, a rocket engine used in Apollo's Lunar Module
• Degrees per second, a unit for measuring angular velocity
• Direct Print Standard, part of PictBridge standard
• Display PostScript, an on-screen display system
• Dynamic positioning system, a means to automatically maintain a ship’s position and heading by using her own propellers and thrusters
• Several lines of mainframe and minicomputers marketed by Groupe Bull

Biology

• Dps (DNA-binding proteins from starved cells), a class of proteins
• Distinct population segment, a population considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other

• Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali (IATA code)
• Department of Public Services, a compound in Baguio City near Victory Liner (new terminal)
• Damage per second, a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games
• Dead Poets Society, from the film of the same name
• Deltic Preservation Society, a railway preservation group based in the United Kingdom
• Desha Putra Sammanaya, a military decoration in Sri Lanka
• Division for Planetary Sciences within the American Astronomical Society
• Doctor of Professional Studies, a work-based professional doctorate
• Dramatists Play Service, an American publisher of plays
• Department for Protection and Security, a French security organization
• Designated Premises Supervisor, in British law the person with day-to-day responsibility for a premises where alcohol is sold

See also

• DP (disambiguation)