DPS may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Dps (band) Dps is a Japanese rock band under the Giza Studio label. History In May 2016, Naoki participated in Zard's live tour session "25th Anniversary Live" as a guitarist. DVD footage was released on December. On the same month, Atsushi, Naoki and Ts ...

, a Japanese alt rock band *

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, in video games * ''

Dead Poets Society ''Dead Poets Society'' is a 1989 American drama film directed by Peter Weir, written by Tom Schulman, and starring Robin Williams. Set in 1959 at the fictional elite conservative boarding school Welton Academy, it tells the story of an English ...

'', a 1989 film * The Dead Pop Stars, a Japanese hard rock band * Double page spread, two facing pages in a periodical with connected content *

Dramatists Play Service Dramatists Play Service (also known as The Play Service) is a theatrical-publishing and licensing house, established in 1936 by members of the Dramatists Guild of America and the Society for Authors' Representatives. DPS publishes English-language ...

, an American theatrical publisher

Government, law and politics

Government agencies

Department for Protection and Security Department for Protection and Security (DPS) or ''Département Protection et Sécurité'' is the security branch of the National Rally (RN) political party of France (formerly the "National Front"), which depends directly from the RN's presiden ...

, France * Department of Public Safety, in US state and local government *

Public Safety Canada Public Safety Canada (PSC; french: Sécurité publique Canada, SPC; PSP), legally incorporated as the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (PSEPC), is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for (most) matters of ...

, (formally ''Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness''), Canada

Policing units

Diplomatic Protection Squad The Diplomatic Protection Service (DPS), sometimes referred to as the Diplomatic Protection Squad, is a branch of the New Zealand Police that provides personal security for both national and visiting diplomats and VIPs. National VIPs that receive ...

, New Zealand Police * ''Dorozhno-Patrulnaya Sluzhba'' (), Russia's road traffic police * Directorate of Professional Standards, London Metropolitan Police

Political parties

Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro ( cnr, Демократска партија социјалиста Црне Горе, Demokratska partija socijalista Crne Gore, DPS) is a populist political party in Montenegro. A former long-time ...

, a political party in Montenegro * Department of Protection-Security (Département Protection et Sécurité), a branch of the National Front (FN) political party of France * ''Dvizhenie za Prava i Svobodi'' (, ДПС), known as the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a political party in Bulgaria

Other uses in government and law

Desha Putra Sammanaya The Desha Putra Sammanaya ( Sinhala: දේශ පුත්‍ර සම්මානය ''dēsha puthra sammānaya''; Son of the Nation Award) is a military decoration awarded as a wound medal to servicepersons of the Military of Sri Lanka, equiv ...

, a military decoration in Sri Lanka * Designated Premises Supervisor, in British law the person with day-to-day responsibility for a premises where alcohol is sold * Deposit Protection Service, a company authorised by the UK government to run Tenancy deposit schemes

Schools

United States

Dalton Public Schools Dalton Public Schools is a public school district in Dalton, Georgia, Dalton, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Its attendance boundary is the Dalton city limits. Schools DPS has six elementary schools, one middle school, and three high schools. ...

, Georgia * Dearborn Public Schools, Michigan * Decatur Public Schools District 61, Illinois *

Denver Public Schools The Denver County School District No. 1, more commonly known as the Denver Public Schools (DPS), is the public school system in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, United States. History In 1859, Owen J. Goldrick established the Union Schoo ...

, Colorado *

Detroit Public Schools Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that covers all of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States and high school students in the insular city of Highland Park. The district, which replaced the original Detr ...

, Michigan * Durham Public Schools, North Carolina

Elsewhere

* DPS Academy, a now defunct school in the United Arab Emirates * Delhi Public School, a type of school in India *

Delhi Private School, Dubai Delhi Private School, Dubai (DPS; ar, مدرسة دلهي الخاصة ، دبي) is a CBSE curriculum, private, co-educational day school located in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The school was previously run by the Delhi Public Sch ...

, United Arab Emirates * Delhi Private School, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates * Divisional Public School, Lahore and Faisalabad, Pakistan *

Dawood Public School Dawood Public School (DPS) is a trust owned institution that offers education to over 2500 girls in Karachi, Pakistan. DPS is affiliated with Cambridge University and offers a highly developed and holistic educational programme for girls f ...

, Karachi, Pakistan

Science

Dps (DNA-binding proteins from starved cells) DNA-binding proteins from starved cells (DPS) are bacterial proteins that belong to the ferritin superfamily and are characterized by strong similarities but also distinctive differences with respect to "canonical" ferritins. DPS proteins are ...

, a class of proteins * 2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide, an oxidizing agent and a reagent for forming 2-pyridinethiol esters in the Corey-Nicolaou macrolactonization *

Distinct population segment {{no footnotes, date=February 2018 A distinct population segment (DPS) is the smallest division of a taxonomic species permitted to be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. ''Species'', as defined in the Act for listing purposes, is a ...

, a population considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act *

Division for Planetary Sciences Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military * Division (military), a formation typically consisting ...

within the American Astronomical Society

Technology

* Data Processing Systems Engineer, a flight engineer responsible for data processing systems in a space flight *

Descent Propulsion System The descent propulsion system (DPS - pronounced 'dips') or lunar module descent engine (LMDE), internal designation VTR-10, is a variable- throttle hypergolic rocket engine invented by Gerard W. Elverum Jr. and developed by Space Technology L ...

, a rocket engine used in Apollo's Lunar Module * Degrees per second, a unit for measuring

angular velocity In physics, angular velocity or rotational velocity ( or ), also known as angular frequency vector,(UP1) is a pseudovector representation of how fast the angular position or orientation of an object changes with time (i.e. how quickly an objec ...

Direct Print Standard PictBridge is a historical computing Technical standard, industry standard introduced in 2003 from the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) for direct printing. It allows images to be printed directly from digital cameras to a computer pr ...

, part of PictBridge standard *

Display PostScript Display PostScript (or DPS) is a 2D graphics engine system for computers which uses the PostScript (PS) imaging model and language (originally developed for computer printing) to generate on-screen graphics. To the basic PS system, DPS adds a num ...

, an on-screen display system *

Dynamic positioning Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompas ...

system, a means to automatically maintain a ship's position and heading by using her own propellers and thrusters *

DPS protocol DPS may refer to: Schools United States * Dalton Public Schools, the public school district in Dalton, Georgia * Dearborn Public Schools, the public school district in Dearborn, Michigan * Decatur Public Schools District 61, the public school sy ...

, a quantum key distribution protocol * DPS (Data Processing System), the designation of several lines of computer in the

List of Groupe Bull products The following is a list of products from the French-owned computer hardware and software company Groupe Bull. Computer hardware * Bull Gamma series **Bull Gamma 3, Gamma 3 (1952) **Gamma 55 (1967) (also known as General Electric, GE 55) **Bull ...

Other uses

* DPS Compound, Baguio, Philippines *

Deltic Preservation Society The Deltic Preservation Society is a railway preservation group based in England. The society is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the remaining Class 55 "Deltic" diesel locomotives operated by British Rail from the 1960s to the ...

, a British railway preservation group *

Doctor of Professional Studies The Doctor of Professional Studies (or sometimes awarded as Doctorate in Professional Practice) (most commonly DProf, but also available as DProfSt, ProfD and DPS) is a doctoral degree for experienced professionals who wish to undertake a program ...

, a professional doctorate *

Ngurah Rai International Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional I Gusti Ngurah Rai) , is the main airport in Bali, located 13 km south of Denpasar. Ngurah Rai is the second busiest airport in Indonesia after Soekarno–Hatta Int ...

(IATA code), on Bali, Indonesia