RPS

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RPS is a TLA that can mean:

[edit] Science

• revolutions per second (rps), a measure of angular velocity;
• Ranked Probability Score, a measure of predictability

[edit] Other

• The game Rock, Paper, Scissors;
• Raytheon Professional Services;
• Real People Slash (see Real person fiction);
• Redundant power supply or redundant power system;
• Reform Party of Syria;
• Reinforced Plastic Systems, a Canadian manufacturer of plastic pipe and fittings;
• Renewable Portfolio Standard, a measure enacted by governments that forces utility companies to increase the percentage of renewable energies in their energy sources portfolio.
• Roadway Package System;
• Rockland Paramedic Services, an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provider in Rockland County, New York;
• Rounds per second, the rate at which a firearm fires; or
• The Royal Photographic Society.
• In a nuclear power plant, the Reactor protective system
• Rutgers Preparatory School, a secondary school in Somerset, New Jersey.
• Radioisotope Power Source, a power source used mainly for space applications.
• Racial Preservation Society, a defunct British white nationalist group.

It is also part of the name of:

• The RPS Group plc, a consultancy in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands; and
• RPS Relocation (formerly Relocation Property Services), a relocation service in the United States.
• RPS Venture Partners, a VC firm in France