DPS

DPS may refer to:

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 system in Decatur, Illinois
 * Denver Public Schools, the public school system in Denver, Colorado
 * Detroit Public Schools, the public school system in Detroit, Michigan
 * Durham Public Schools, the public school system in Durham, North Carolina

Other countries

 * Delhi Public School, private schools run by the Delhi Public School Society in India
 * Delhi Private School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 * Delhi Private School, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
 * Divisional Public School, a school in Lahore and Faisalabad, Pakistan
 * Dawood Public School, a private school in Karachi, Pakistan

Politics and government

 * Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, a political party in Montenegro
 * Department of Protection-Security (Département Protection et Sécurité), a branch of the National Front (FN) political party of France
 * Department of Public Safety, a type of state or local government umbrella agency in the United States
 * Public Safety Canada, legally incorporated as the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, a Canadian federal cabinet-level department
 * Diplomatic Protection Squad, VIP protection unit of the New Zealand Police
 * Directorate of Professional Standards, a division of the London Metropolitan Police
 * Dorozhno-Patrulnaya Sluzhba (Дорожно-Патрульная Служба, ДПС), Russia's Road Inspection Service, a division of the Russian police responsible for regulating road traffic
 * Dvizhenie za Prava i Svobodi (Движение за Права и Свободи, ДПС), known as the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a political party in Bulgaria

Technology

 * Data Processing Systems Engineer, a flight engineer responsible for data processing systems in a space flight
 * Descent Propulsion System, a rocket engine used in Apollo's Lunar Module
 * Degrees per second, a unit for measuring angular velocity
 * Direct Print Standard, part of PictBridge standard
 * Display PostScript, an on-screen display system
 * Dynamic positioning system, a means to automatically maintain a ship's position and heading by using her own propellers and thrusters
 * DPS protocol, a quantum key distribution protocol
 * DPS (Data Processing System), the designation of several lines of computer in the List of Groupe Bull products

Biology

 * Dps (DNA-binding proteins from starved cells), a class of proteins
 * Distinct population segment, a population considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other uses

 * Ngurah Rai International Airport (IATA code), near the city of Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
 * DPS Compound, Baguio, Philippines
 * Damage per second, a way to calculate the damage dealt in online multiplayer games
 * Dead Poets Society, from the film of the same name
 * The Dead Pop Stars, a Japanese rock band
 * Dps (band), a Japanese rock band
 * Deltic Preservation Society, a railway preservation group based in the United Kingdom
 * Desha Putra Sammanaya, a military decoration in Sri Lanka
 * Division for Planetary Sciences within the American Astronomical Society
 * Doctor of Professional Studies, a professional doctorate
 * Dramatists Play Service, an American publisher of plays
 * Department for Protection and Security, a French security organization
 * Designated Premises Supervisor, in British law the person with day-to-day responsibility for a premises where alcohol is sold
 * Double Page Spread, also called Two-page spread, or simply "spread", referring to two adjacent, facing pages in a magazine or other publication with conjoined or connected content
 * 2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide, an oxidizing agent and a reagent for forming 2-pyridinethiol esters in the Corey-Nicolaou macrolactonization
 * Deposit Protection Service, a company authorised by the UK government to run Tenancy deposit schemes
 * Dead Poet Society, an American rock band