SPS
Encyclopedia
The abbreviation SPS stands for items in the following categories:
Computer and gaming hardware and software
- SharePoint Portal Server, a Microsoft Office product
- Sleep Proxy ServiceSleep Proxy ServiceApple's Bonjour Sleep Proxy service is an open sourcecomponent of zero configuration networking, designed to assist in reducing power consumption of networked electronic devices. A device acting as a sleep proxy server will respond to Multicast DNS queries for another, compatible device which has...
, a power management enhancement to Multicast DNS - SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
PlayStationPlayStationThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
, a 1994 video game console - Symbolic Programming SystemSymbolic Programming SystemThe IBM 1401 Symbolic Programming System was an assembler that was developed by the Applied Programming Department of IBM as an alternative to the use of machine code for the IBM 1401 computer, the first of the IBM 1400 series. One source indicates that "This programming system was announced by...
, a code assembler developed by IBM - Speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung, German for Programmable Logic ControllerProgrammable logic controllerA programmable logic controller or programmable controller is a digital computer used for automation of electromechanical processes, such as control of machinery on factory assembly lines, amusement rides, or light fixtures. PLCs are used in many industries and machines...
Educational, scholarly, and professional institutions
- St. Patrick's School, Asansol, an old school in Asansol, India
- St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)St. Paul's School is a highly selective college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school is one of only six remaining 100% residential boarding schools in the U.S. The New Hampshire campus currently serves 533 students,...
, a boarding school in the United States - St Paul's School (London), a day and boarding school in the United Kingdom
- School of Practical Science, of the University of Toronto in Canada
- Sigma Pi SigmaSigma Pi SigmaSigma Pi Sigma is the National Physics Honor Society. It strives to promote physics at all stages, to promote fraternity between those who excel at physics, and to promote service among its members. It is closely associated with the Society of Physics Students .- External links :*...
, an honor society in in the United States - Social and Political Sciences, of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom
- Society for Pentecostal StudiesSociety for Pentecostal StudiesThe Society for Pentecostal Studies is a scholarly association of biblical scholars, theologians, and others who are members of Pentecostal churches or are involved in the Charismatic Renewal...
, an association of biblical scholars - Society of Physics StudentsSociety of Physics StudentsThe Society of Physics Students is a professional association with international participation, granting membership through college chapters with the only requirement that the student member be interested in physics. All college majors are welcome to join SPS, but the highest representation tends...
, an international professional association - Software Preservation SocietySoftware Preservation SocietyThe Software Preservation Society , formerly known as the Classic Amiga Preservation Society , is a group of computer enthusiasts that is concentrating on finding old software disks and taking a snapshot of the disks in a format that can be preserved for the future...
, a society dedicated to preserving obsolete software - Sadiq Public School, a boarding school in Pakistan.
- Seattle Public SchoolsSeattle Public SchoolsSeattle Public Schools is the school district serving Seattle, Washington, USA. Its headquarters are in the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence.-List of schools:...
, the school district serving the city of Seattle - Springfield Public SchoolsSpringfield Public SchoolsThe Springfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in Kindergarten through 12th grade from Springfield Township, in Union County, New Jersey, United States....
, in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey
Medicine and psychology
- Small Penis Syndrome, a psychological condition
- Simple partial seizureSimple partial seizureSimple partial seizures are seizures which affect only a small region of the brain, often the temporal lobes and/or hippocampi. People who have simple partial seizures retain consciousness...
, a seizure which affects only a small region of the brain - Stiff person syndromeStiff person syndromeStiff person syndrome is a rare neurologic disorder of unknown etiology characterized by progressive rigidity and stiffness, primarily of the axial musculature, that is superimposed by spasms, resulting in postural deformities...
, a rare neurologic disorder - P600/SPS (short for Syntactic Positive Shift), an event-related potential in brain imaging
- Skinny Pants Syndrome, a fictional disorder from Sonny with a ChanceSonny With a ChanceSonny with a Chance is an American children's sitcom which aired on Disney Channel, created by Steve Marmel, that follows the experiences of teenager Sonny Munroe, portrayed by Demi Lovato, who becomes the newest accepted cast member of her favorite live comedy show, So Random!.The series debuted...
. It occurs when someone wears skinny jeansSkinny jeansSlim-fit pants or skinny jeans have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening that can be anywhere from 9" to 20" depending on size. Other names for this style include pegs, drainpipes, stovepipes, Asian tight-pants, cigarette pants, skinny pants,insolent pants or skinnies...
too long. - Single Port SurgerySingle port laparoscopySingle port laparoscopy , also known as single port access surgery , single port incisionless conventional equipment-utilizing surgery , single incision laparoscopic surgery , Single access endoscopic surgery , laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery , natural orifice transumbilical surgery , and one...
, a minimally invasive surgery technique.
Politics, treaties, political parties, and government uses
- Socialist Party of SerbiaSocialist Party of SerbiaThe Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this...
(Социјалистичка Партија Србије), a political party in Serbia - Union of Right ForcesUnion of Right ForcesThe Union of Right Forces, or SPS , was a Russian democratic opposition party associated with free market reforms, privatization, and the legacy of the 'Young Reformers' of the 1990s: Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov, and Yegor Gaidar. Nikita Belykh was the last party's leader...
(Soyuz Pravykh Sil), a political party in Russia - Social Democratic Party of SwitzerlandSocial Democratic Party of SwitzerlandThe Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(Sozialdemokratische Partei Schweiz), a political party in Switzerland - Sahara Press ServiceSahara Press ServiceSahara Press Service is the multi-lingual official press agency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, the government in exile of the Western Sahara. It was established at the Sahrawi refugee camps on March 29, 1999...
, the press agency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic - Single Payment SchemeSingle Payment SchemeOn 26 June 2003, EU farm ministers adopted a fundamental reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and introduced a new Single payment scheme for direct subsidy payments to landowners....
, a European Union Common Agricultural Policy subsidy payment system - Scottish Prison ServiceScottish Prison ServiceThe Scottish Prison Service is an executive agency of the Scottish Government tasked with managing prisons in Scotland...
- Singapore Prison ServiceSingapore Prison ServiceThe Singapore Prison Service is an agency of the Government of Singapore under the hierarchy of the Ministry of Home Affairs. It runs 14 prisons and drug rehabilitation centres in Singapore. It is situated at Upper Changi Road....
- Swedish Police ServiceSwedish Police ServiceThe Swedish Police Service is a collection of Government agencies concerned with police matters in Sweden. The Swedish Police Service consists of 28,500 employees of which 39 per cent are women. The staff consists of 20,000 police officers of which 25 per cent are women and 8,500 civilian staff of...
- State Police ServicesState Police Services (India)The State Police Services , simply known as State Police or SPS are police services under the control of respective state governments of the States and territories of India....
, number of police services in different states and territories of IndiaStates and territories of IndiaIndia is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:... - Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement, an international treaty of the World Trade Organization
- Standard Procurement System for the US Department of Defense
Science and engineering
- Service Propulsion System, the rocket engine on the United States Apollo Program Service Module
- Sewerage Pumping Station (or Sanitary Pumping Station), a pumping facility designed to handle raw sewage
- Side Protection System, another term for a torpedo beltTorpedo beltThe torpedo belt was part of the armouring scheme in some warships of between the 1920s and 1940s. It consisted of a series of lightly armoured compartments, extending laterally along a narrow belt that intersected the ship's waterline...
, a part of early warship design - Solar power satellite, an orbital satellite designed to beam solar power down to Earth
- Stand-alone power systemStand-alone power systemA stand-alone power system , also known as remote area power supply , is an off-the-grid electricity system for locations that are not fitted with an electricity distribution system...
(SPS or SAPS) - Super Proton SynchrotronSuper Proton SynchrotronThe Super Proton Synchrotron is a particle accelerator of the synchrotron type at CERN. It is housed in a circular tunnel, in circumference, straddling the border of France and Switzerland near Geneva, Switzerland. The SPS was designed by a team led by John Adams, director-general of what was...
, a particle accelerator at CERN - Switching-mode power supply, an electronic power supply unit that incorporates a switching regulator
- Samples Per Second, a sampling rateSampling rateThe sampling rate, sample rate, or sampling frequency defines the number of samples per unit of time taken from a continuous signal to make a discrete signal. For time-domain signals, the unit for sampling rate is hertz , sometimes noted as Sa/s...
- Spark Plasma SinteringSpark plasma sinteringSpark plasma sintering , also known as field assisted sintering technique or pulsed electric current sintering , is a sintering technique....
, a sintering technique - Statistic Process Control, a method of monitoring a process through the use of control charts
- Small polypPolypA polyp in zoology is one of two forms found in the phylum Cnidaria, the other being the medusa. Polyps are approximately cylindrical in shape and elongated at the axis of the body...
stony coralScleractiniaScleractinia, also called stony corals, are exclusively marine animals; they are very similar to sea anemones but generate a hard skeleton. They first appeared in the Middle Triassic and replaced tabulate and rugose corals that went extinct at the end of the Permian...
, a category of coral, often collected in aquariaAquariaAquaria may refer to:*Aquarium, in the plural*Aquaria , a computer game*Aquaria , a Brazilian metal band*Aquaria, one of the Twelve Colonies in Battlestar Galactica... - SAMESpecific Area Message EncodingSpecific Area Message Encoding or SAME is the protocol used to encode the Emergency Alert System and NOAA Weather Radio's SAME Public Warning System in the U.S...
code SPS, used for issuing special weather statementSpecial weather statementA Special weather statement is a form of weather advisory. Special weather statements are issued by the National Weather Service of the United States and the Meteorological Service of Canada...
s and significant weather alertSignificant weather alertA significant weather advisory, is issued when doppler weather radar indicates a strong thunderstorm is producing small hail or high winds whose strength does not reach severe thunderstorm criteria. It does not necessarily account for lightning or flooding....
s - Syndiotactic Polystyrene, an engineering plastic
Other uses in the Americas
- San Pedro SulaSan Pedro SulaSan Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...
, a city in Honduras - Wichita Falls Municipal AirportWichita Falls Municipal AirportWichita Falls Municipal Airport is an airport located five miles north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. The airport is joint use in that its runways and taxiways are shared with Sheppard Air Force Base...
(IATA airport code) - Spokane, Portland and Seattle RailwaySpokane, Portland and Seattle RailwayThe Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway was a United States-based railroad incorporated in 1905. It was a joint venture by the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway to build a railroad along the north bank of the Columbia River....
, a defunct railroad in the United States - SPS Specialized Plumbing Services, Is a licensed plumbing company in California
Other uses in the UK
- Station Police Sergeant, or Station SergeantStation sergeantStation sergeant was a rank in the London Metropolitan Police and continues as a rank in the Hong Kong Police Force, and Royal Barbados Police Force...
, a defunct British police rank - Sussex Piscatorial SocietySussex Piscatorial SocietySussex Piscatorial Society is a unique and historic fishing club with waters in East and West Sussex and surrounding counties.SPS was founded in 1891, and separate Coarse and Trout Sections were created in 1923....
, a fishing club in the United Kingdom