Cap A cap is a flat headgear, usually with a visor. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head. They made their first appearance as early as 3200 BC. The origin of the word "cap" comes from the Old French word "chapeau" which means "head co ...

s are flat headgear. Caps or CAPS may also refer to:

Science and technology

Computing

* CESG Assisted Products Service, provided by the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters * Composite Application Platform Suite, by Java Caps, a Java framework *

Computer Animation Production System The Computer Animation Production System (CAPS) was a proprietary collection of software, scanning camera systems, servers, networked computer workstations, and custom desks developed by Disney and Pixar in the late 1980s. Although outmoded by the ...

, a film animation post-production system developed by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Pixar

Biology, medicine and psychology

Genetics

* Calcyphosin, the CAPS gene and its protein *

Cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence The cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) method is a technique in molecular biology for the analysis of genetic markers. It is an extension to the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR ...

, markers used to detect a polymorphic sequence

Medical conditions

Auditory processing disorder Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting the way the brain processes sounds. Individuals with APD usually have normal structure and function of the ear, but cannot process the information they hear in the s ...

(APD), formerly Central Auditory Processing Syndrome *

Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), also known as Asherson's syndrome, is a rare autoimmune disease in which widespread, intravascular clotting causes multi-organ failure. The syndrome is caused by antiphospholipid antibodies that targe ...

Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) is a group of rare, heterogeneous autoinflammatory disease characterized by interleukin 1β-mediated systemic inflammation and clinical symptoms involving skin, joints, central nervous system, and ey ...

, a spectrum of autoinflammatory syndrome

Other uses in biology, medicine and psychology

* CAPS (buffer), N-cyclohexyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid, in biochemistry, a buffering agent *

Cognitive-affective personality system The cognitive-affective personality system or cognitive-affective processing system (CAPS) is a contribution to the psychology of personality proposed by Walter Mischel and Yuichi Shoda in 1995. According to the cognitive-affective model, behavior ...

, a model within psychology of personality

Other uses in science and technology

* Cassini Plasma Spectrometer, a direct sensing instrument that measures the energy and electrical charge of particles *

Cirrus Airframe Parachute System The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) is a whole-plane ballistic parachute recovery system designed specifically for Cirrus Aircraft's line of general aviation light aircraft including the SR20, SR22 and SF50. The design became the fi ...

, a whole-aircraft emergency parachute system developed by Ballistic Recovery Systems and Cirrus * Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation, a program of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

Companies and organizations

Californians for Population Stabilization Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) is a non-profit California organization founded in 1986 which works to "preserve California's future through the stabilization of our state's human population". CAPS was the former Californian bran ...

Captive Animals Protection Society Freedom for Animals (FFA) is the working name of the Captive Animals' Protection Society, a charity registered in England campaigning to end the display of animals in zoos, and the use of animals in entertainment, such as circuses, the exotic p ...

Center for Advanced Public Safety The Center for Advanced Public Safety (CAPS) is part University of Alabama College of Engineering and specializes in advanced software research and development to assist traffic safety, law enforcement and homeland security. History Formerl ...

at the University of Alabama *

Center for American Political Studies The Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University (abbreviated CAPS) is an interdisciplinary program of Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences that studies the politics of the United States from the perspective of political ...

at Harvard University *

Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms The Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS) was established at the University of Oklahoma in 1989 as one of the first eleven National Science Foundation Science and Technology Centers. Located at the National Weather Center in Norman, ...

Comic Art Professional Society The Comic Art Professional Society (CAPS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. The organization's stated primary purposes are "to advance the ideals and standards of professional cartooning in its many forms", "to ...

Policy Planning Staff (France) The Centre for Analysis, Planning and Strategy (''Centre d’analyse, de prévision et de stratégie'', or CAPS, formerly known as ''Centre d'analyse et de prévision'' (or Centre for Analysis and Planning), and then as ''Direction de la prospectiv ...

, ''Centre d'Analyse, de Prévision et de Stratégie''

Sports

Caps (gamer) Rasmus Borregaard Winther (; born 17 November 1999), better known by his in-game name Caps, is a Danish professional ''League of Legends'' player for G2 Esports, and is widely considered the greatest western ''League'' player of all time. Care ...

, Danish esports player *

Cap (sport) In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the e ...

, a measure of a player's international appearances, especially in football *

Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NH ...

, an American ice hockey team

Other uses

Caps (party) The Caps () were a political faction during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772) in Sweden. The primary rivals of the Caps were known as the Hats. The Hats are actually responsible for the Caps' name, as it comes from a contraction of Night-cap, a ...

, an 18th-century Swedish political faction *

All caps In typography, text or font in all caps (short for "all capitals") contains capital letters without any lowercase letters. For example: All-caps text can be seen in legal documents, advertisements, newspaper headlines, and the titles on book co ...

, formatting text to only use capital/uppercase letters *

Caps, Texas Caps is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Texas, United States. It is located southwest of Abilene near the intersection of U.S. Highway 277 and FM 707. The community is part of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area. Caps wa ...

, Taylor County, Texas, U.S. *

Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) is a community driven policing strategy designed for the Chicago Police Department that aims to bridge the gap between the police force and the citizens of Chicago. CAPS started in 1993 as a pilot pro ...

, a government program in Illinois, U.S.