TPS

TPS or Tps may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

• Télévision Par Satellite, a French satellite television company
• Third-person shooter, a game genre
• 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, TV syndication

In 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

In mathematics, science, and technology

In 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

In 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

In 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:

• 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, Finnish association football club
• Turun Palloseura (floorball), a floorball team in the Finnish Salibandyliiga

Other uses

• Telephone Preference Service, a UK telemarketing opt-out telephone list
• Tenants Purchase Scheme, a public housing scheme in Hong Kong
• The Pennington School, in New Jersey
• The Petersfield School, in southern England
• Toyota Production System, organizes manufacturing and logistics
• Trapani-Birgi Airport in Italy (IATA airport code)
• Tourism Promotion Services, trading name of Serena Hotels Group
• Turns per Second, speedcubing term
• Think-pair-share, a teaching strategy

See also

• TP (disambiguation)