Caps
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Caps is the plural of the form of headgear cap
Cap
A cap is a form of headgear. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head and have no brim or only a visor. They are typically designed for warmth and, when including a visor, blocking sunlight from the eyes...

. Caps may also refer to:

Science and technology

  • Caps, exploding pellets in a cap gun
    Cap gun
    A cap gun is a toy gun that creates a loud sound simulating a gunshot and a puff of smoke when the trigger is pulled. Cap guns were originally made of cast iron, but after World War II were made of zinc alloy, and most newer models are made of plastic....

  • CAPS (buffer)
    CAPS (buffer)
    CAPS is the common name for N-cyclohexyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid, a chemical used as buffering agent in biochemistry. The similar substance N-cyclohexyl-2-hydroxyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid is also used as buffering agent in biochemistry.-See also:*HEPPS*CHES*MOPS*HEPES*MES...

    , N-cyclohexyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid, a buffering agent in biochemistry
  • CAPS (gene)
    CAPS (gene)
    Calcyphosin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CAPS gene.-Further reading:...

    , a human gene
  • In telecommunications, CAlls Per Second, a unit of traffic measurement in telecommunications
  • Cassini Plasma Spectrometer, a direct sensing instrument that measures the energy and electrical charge of particles
  • Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
    Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
    Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome, CAPS, also Asherson’s syndrome, is an acute and complex biological process that leads to occlusion of small vessels of various organs. It was first described by Ronald Asherson in 1992...

  • Auditory processing disorder
    Auditory processing disorder
    Auditory Processing Disorder , also known as Central Auditory Processing Disorder is an umbrella term for a variety of disorders that affect the way the brain processes auditory information. It is not a peripheral hearing disorder as individuals with APD usually have normal peripheral hearing...

     (APD), formerly Central Auditory Processing Syndrome
  • CESG Assisted Products Service, a service provided by Government Communications Headquarters
    Government Communications Headquarters
    The Government Communications Headquarters is a British intelligence agency responsible for providing signals intelligence and information assurance to the UK government and armed forces...

  • Cirrus Aircraft Parachute System
  • Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence
    Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence
    The cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence or CAPS method is a technique in molecular biology for the analysis of genetic markers. It is an extension to the Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism method, using polymerase chain reaction to more quickly analyse the results.Like RFLP, CAPS works...

    , genetic markers used to detect a polymorphic sequence
  • Cognitive-affective personality system
    Cognitive-affective personality system
    The Cognitive Affective Processing System is a contribution to the psychology of personality proposed by Walter Mischel and Yuichi Shoda in 1995...

    , a model within psychology of personality
  • Java Caps
    Java Caps
    Java Composite Application Platform Suite , is a standards-based extensible software suite from Sun Microsystems involved in the Open ESB initiative. It is used to develop software infrastructure when a service-oriented architecture approach has been adopted...

    , Composite Application Platform Suite, a Java framework
  • Computer Animation Production System
    Computer Animation Production System
    The Computer Animation Production System is a proprietary collection of software programs, scanning camera systems, servers, networked computer workstations, and custom desks developed by The Walt Disney Company together with Pixar in the late-1980s...

    , film animation post-production system developed by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Pixar
  • Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome
    Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome
    Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome is a spectrum of autoinflammatory syndromes including familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome , the Muckle-Wells syndrome , and neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease...

    , a spectrum of autoinflammatory syndrome

Companies and organizations

  • Californians for Population Stabilization
    Californians for Population Stabilization
    Californians for Population Stabilization 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 branch of the Zero Population Growth organization...

     (CAPS)
  • Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
    Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
    The Canadian Association of Professional Speakers is the Canadian association for experts who speak. Public perception might be to equate “professional speaker” with “motivational speaker”. However CAPS members include keynote speakers, trainers and facilitators...

  • Center for Advanced Public Safety
    Center for Advanced Public Safety
    The Center for Advanced Public Safety is a center of research at the University of Alabama. Formerly known as the CARE Research & Development Laboratory , CAPS uses leading edge technologies to offer products and specialized software development services in a variety of areas, particularly...

     at the University of Alabama
  • Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
    Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
    The Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms was established at the University of Oklahoma in 1989 as one of the first eleven National Science Foundation Science and Technology Centers...


Other

  • Non-economic damages caps
    Non-economic damages caps
    Non-economic damages caps are controversial tort reforms to limit damages for intangible harms such as severe pain, physical and emotional distress, disfigurement, loss of the enjoyment of life that an injury has caused, including sterility, physical impairment and loss of a loved one, etc...

    , a type of tort reform
  • Washington Capitals
    Washington Capitals
    The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...

    , an NHL hockey team
  • Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy
    Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy
    Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy was started in 1993 as a pilot program in five diverse neighborhoods. A year later, the Chicago Police Department implemented CAPS all across Chicago...

  • Caps (drinking game)
    Caps (drinking game)
    Caps is a drinking game that involves throwing bottle caps, into plastic cups , or at other bottle caps balanced on open beer bottles ....

    , a drinking game using bottle caps
  • Caps (party)
    Caps (party)
    The Caps were a political faction during the Age of Liberty 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 name used to suggest that the Caps were the soft and timid party...

    , an 18th century Swedish political faction
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