VPS

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VPS is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:

  • Virtual private server (VPS) (also known as Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS)), a type of web hosting based on the concept of partitions on mainframes and advanced resource scheduling to divide a computer into many virtually isolated servers. It is a server that runs inside another server. Each VDS acts like a dedicated server but shares the same hardware.
  • The IATA airport code for Okaloosa Regional Airport on Eglin Air Force Base in Florida
  • Variable Print Specification, a PostScript-based language for describing full-color variable data printing jobs.
  • Video Program System, which helps video recorders in Germany to automatically record TV broadcasts correctly, even if the broadcast time changed after the recorder was programmed.
  • Vaasan Palloseura, a Finnish football club
  • Vietnamese Professionals Society and its VPSKeys software product
  • Virtual pet site, a site on which you play with virtual pets, such as Neopets
  • Ventriculoperitoneal shunt, a medical device used to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid from the ventricles of the brain
  • Vacant Property Security, an international site security company headquartered in the UK