# DPS

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**DPS** may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

- [Dps (band)](/source/Dps_(band)), a Japanese alt rock band
- [Damage per second](/source/Damage_per_second), in video games
- *[Dead Poets Society](/source/Dead_Poets_Society)*, a 1989 film
- [The Dead Pop Stars](/source/The_Dead_Pop_Stars), a Japanese hard rock band
- [Double page spread](/source/Two-page_spread), two facing pages in a periodical with connected content
- [Dramatists Play Service](/source/Dramatists_Play_Service), an American theatrical publisher

## Government, law and politics

### Government agencies

- [Department for Protection and Security](/source/Department_for_Protection_and_Security), France
- [Department of Public Safety](/source/Department_of_Public_Safety), in US state and local government
- [Public Safety Canada](/source/Public_Safety_Canada), (formally *Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness*), Canada

### Policing units

- [Diplomatic Protection Squad](/source/Diplomatic_Protection_Squad), New Zealand Police
- [*Dorozhno-Patrulnaya Sluzhba*](/source/Main_Directorate_for_Traffic_Safety#Other_names) (Russian: Дорожно-Патрульная Служба, ДПС), Russia's road traffic police
- [Directorate of Professional Standards](/source/Directorate_of_Professional_Standards), London Metropolitan Police

### Political parties

- [Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro](/source/Democratic_Party_of_Socialists_of_Montenegro), a political party in Montenegro
- [Department of Protection-Security](/source/Department_of_Protection-Security) (Département Protection et Sécurité), a branch of the National Front (FN) political party of France
- [*Dvizhenie za Prava i Svobodi*](/source/Movement_for_Rights_and_Freedoms) (Bulgarian: Движение за Права и Свободи, ДПС), known as the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a political party in Bulgaria

### Other uses in government and law

- [Desha Putra Sammanaya](/source/Desha_Putra_Sammanaya), 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](/source/Licensing_Act_2003#Premises_licences)
- Deposit Protection Service, a company authorised by the UK government to run [Tenancy deposit schemes](/source/Tenancy_deposit_scheme_(England_and_Wales)#Schemes)

## Schools

### United States

- [Dalton Public Schools](/source/Dalton_Public_Schools), Georgia
- [Dearborn Public Schools](/source/Dearborn_Public_Schools), Michigan
- [Decatur Public Schools District 61](/source/Decatur_Public_Schools_District_61), Illinois
- [Denver Public Schools](/source/Denver_Public_Schools), Colorado
- [Detroit Public Schools](/source/Detroit_Public_Schools), Michigan
- [Durham Public Schools](/source/Durham_Public_Schools), North Carolina

### Elsewhere

- [DPS Academy](/source/DPS_Academy), a now defunct school in the United Arab Emirates
- [Delhi Public School](/source/Delhi_Public_School), a type of school in India
- [Delhi Private School, Dubai](/source/Delhi_Private_School,_Dubai), United Arab Emirates
- [Delhi Private School, Sharjah](/source/Delhi_Private_School,_Sharjah), United Arab Emirates
- [Divisional Public School](/source/Divisional_Public_School), Lahore and Faisalabad, Pakistan
- [Dawood Public School](/source/Dawood_Public_School), Karachi, Pakistan

## Science

- [Dps (DNA-binding proteins from starved cells)](/source/Dps_(DNA-binding_proteins_from_starved_cells)), a class of proteins
- [2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide](/source/2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide), an oxidizing agent and a reagent for forming 2-pyridinethiol esters in the [Corey-Nicolaou macrolactonization](/source/Corey-Nicolaou_macrolactonization)
- [Distinct population segment](/source/Distinct_population_segment), a population considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
- [Division for Planetary Sciences](/source/Division_for_Planetary_Sciences) within the American Astronomical Society

## Technology

- [Data Processing Systems Engineer](/source/Data_Processing_Systems_Engineer), a flight engineer responsible for data processing systems in a space flight
- [Descent Propulsion System](/source/Descent_Propulsion_System), a rocket engine used in Apollo's Lunar Module
- Degrees per second, a unit for measuring [angular velocity](/source/Angular_velocity)
- [Direct Print Standard](/source/Direct_Print_Standard), part of PictBridge standard
- [Display PostScript](/source/Display_PostScript), an on-screen display system
- [Dynamic positioning](/source/Dynamic_positioning) system, a means to automatically maintain a ship's position and heading by using her own propellers and thrusters
- [DPS protocol](/source/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](/source/List_of_Groupe_Bull_products)

## Other uses

- [DPS Compound](/source/DPS_Compound), Baguio, Philippines
- [Deltic Preservation Society](/source/Deltic_Preservation_Society), a British railway preservation group
- [Doctor of Professional Studies](/source/Doctor_of_Professional_Studies), a professional doctorate
- [Ngurah Rai International Airport](/source/Ngurah_Rai_International_Airport) (IATA code), on Bali, Indonesia

## See also

- [DP (disambiguation)](/source/DP_(disambiguation))

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