BPS, Bps or bps may refer to:

Science and mathematics

*Plural of bp,

base pair A base pair (bp) is a fundamental unit of double-stranded nucleic acids consisting of two nucleobases bound to each other by hydrogen bonds. They form the building blocks of the DNA double helix and contribute to the folded structure of both DNA ...

, a measure of length of DNA *Plural of bp,

basis point A basis point (often abbreviated as bp, often pronounced as "bip" or "beep") is one hundredth of 1 percentage point. The related term ''permyriad'' means one hundredth of 1 percent. Changes of interest rates are often stated in basis points. If ...

, one one-hundredth of a percentage point - ‱ *

Battered person syndrome Battered woman syndrome (BWS) is a pattern of signs and symptoms displayed by a woman who has suffered persistent intimate partner violence: whether psychological, physical, or sexual, from her male partner. It is classified in the ICD-9 (code ) ...

, a physical and psychological condition found in victims of abuse *

Best practice A best practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to other known alternatives because it often produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing ...

statement, a qualification of a method used in guidelines documents *

Bisphenol S Bisphenol S (BPS) is an organic compound with the formula (HOC6H4)2SO2. It has two phenol functional groups on either side of a sulfonyl group. It is commonly used in curing fast-drying epoxy resin adhesives. It is classified as a bisphenol, an ...

, an organic chemical compound *

Bladder pain syndrome Interstitial cystitis (IC), a type of bladder pain syndrome (BPS), is chronic pain in the Urinary bladder, bladder and pelvic floor of unknown cause. It is the urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome of women. Symptoms include urinary urgency, feel ...

, a disorder characterised by pain associated with urination *

Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound The Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound (named after Evgeny Bogomolny, M.K. Prasad, and Charles Sommerfield) is a series of inequalities for solutions of partial differential equations depending on the homotopy class of the solution at infi ...

, a mathematical concept in field and string theory *

Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield state In theoretical physics, massive representations of an extended supersymmetry algebra called BPS states have mass equal to the supersymmetry central charge ''Z''. Quantum mechanically, if the supersymmetry remains unbroken, exact equality to the mod ...

, solutions saturating the BPS bound * BPS domain, a protein domain *

Bronchopulmonary sequestration A pulmonary sequestration is a medical condition wherein a piece of tissue that ultimately develops into lung tissue is not attached to the pulmonary arterial blood supply, as is the case in normally developing lung. This sequestered tissue is the ...

, where a section of lung tissue has a decreased blood supply *

Bovine papular stomatitis Bovine papular stomatitis is a farmyard pox caused by ''Bovine papular stomatitis virus'' (BPSV), which can spread from infected cattle to cause disease in milkers, farmers and veterinarians. Generally there is usually one or a few skin lesions ty ...

, a zoonotic farmyard pox

Computing

IBM Basic Programming Support IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS), originally called Special Support, was a set of standalone programs for System/360 mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory. BPS was developed by IBM's General Products Division in Endicott, New ...

, BPS/360 *

Bits per second In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (bitrate or as a variable ''R'') is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. The bit rate is expressed in the unit bit per second (symbol: bit/s), often in conjunction w ...

(bps), a data rate unit *

Bytes per second In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (bitrate or as a variable ''R'') is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. The bit rate is expressed in the unit bit per second (symbol: bit/s), often in conjunction w ...

(Bps), a data rate unit *Bits per sample (bps), referring to

color depth Color depth or colour depth (see spelling differences), also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, or the number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel. When referring to ...

Organizations

Badan Pusat Statistik Statistics Indonesia ( id, Badan Pusat Statistik, BPS, ), is a non-departmental government institute of Indonesia that is responsible for conducting statistical surveys. Its main customer is the government, but statistical data is also availabl ...

, Indonesian statistical survey institute *

Banco de Previsión Social Banco de Previsión Social () is the state-owned Uruguayan social security Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shel ...

, Uruguayan state-owned social security institute * Barbados Postal Service, national postal agency of Barbados *

Biophysical Society The Biophysical Society is an international scientific society whose purpose is to lead the development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics. Founded in 1958, the Society currently consists of over 7,500 members in academia, government, an ...

, scientific society *

Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party ( bs, Bosanskohercegovačka patriotska stranka, BPS) is Bosnian nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded by the former commander of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herze ...

, a mayor Bosnian political party *

Botswana Prison Service The Botswana Prison Service (BPS) is the corrections agency of Botswana. It holds pre-trial and convicted prisoners.British Psychological Society The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom. History It was founded on 24 October 1901 at University College London (UCL) as ''The Psychological Society'', the organ ...

, the representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom *

British Pteridological Society The British Pteridological Society is for fern enthusiasts of the British Isles, and was founded in England in 1891. The origins and early history of the BPS at the time of "Pteridomania Pteridomania or fern fever was a Victorian craze for f ...

, the focal point for fern enthusiasts throughout the United Kingdom *

Buddhist Publication Society The Buddhist Publication Society (BPS) is a publishing house with charitable status whose objective is to disseminate the teaching of Gautama Buddha. It was founded in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1958 by two Sri Lankan lay Buddhists, A.S. Karunaratna and ...

, a charity aiming to spread the teachings of Buddha *

Board of Pharmacy Specialties The Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) was established in 1976 and is an independent division of the American Pharmacists Association that grants recognition within the United States to appropriate pharmacy practice specialities and establishes s ...

, a certification agency for specialized pharmacists

Education

Belilios Public School Belilios Public School (, abbreviated as BPS) is the first government school for girls in Hong Kong, founded in 1890. It was also the first bilingual school in Hong Kong. It is in Tin Hau. History In 1890, the Hong Kong Government set up the ...

, a government secondary school in Hong Kong *

Bismarck Public Schools Bismarck Public Schools (BPS) is a system of publicly funded K-12 schools in Bismarck, North Dakota. There are eighteen elementary schools, three middle schools, and three high schools. BPS also operates an alternative high school, vocationa ...

, North Dakota, US school district *

Boston Public Schools Boston Public Schools (BPS) is a school district serving the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest public school district in the state of Massachusetts. Leadership The district is led by a Superintendent, hired by the ...

, a school district in Boston, Massachusetts, United States *

British Parachute Schools British Parachute Schools also known as Langar DZ or Skydive Langar is a BPA affiliated parachuting centre and skydiving drop zone at Langar, Nottinghamshire in the area known as the Vale of Belvoir. History Langar airfield was originally a ...

, a parachuting drop zone in Nottinghamshire, England * Brockton Public Schools, the school district serving Brockton, Massachusetts, US *

Birmingham City School District Birmingham Public Schools (BPS), formally the Birmingham City School District, is the public school district for Birmingham, Michigan. Beyond Birmingham, the district provides public school services for Southfield Township, Michigan, which encom ...

or Birmingham Public Schools, Michigan, US *

Birla Public School Vidya Niketan Birla Public School Pilani is a boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of " room and board", i.e. lodgi ...

, Pilani, Rajasthan, India *

Brainerd Public Schools Brainerd Public Schools (BPS), also known as ISD 181, is a school district headquartered in Brainerd, Minnesota. In addition to Brainerd it serves Baxter, Fort Ripley, Garrison, Merrifield, and most of Nisswa. History Jerry Walseth became the ...

, Brainerd, Minnesota, US

Other uses

Bachelor of Professional Studies "Professional studies" is a term used to classify academic programs which are applied or interdisciplinary in focus. The term can also be used for non-academic training for a specific profession. Research on professionals can be seen as a multidisc ...

, an undergraduate degree *''

Battle Programmer Shirase is an anime television series aired in 2003 and produced by AIC. The original series spans 5 story arcs across 15 episodes of 12 minutes each. Plot summary The story of BPS revolves around a "freelance artist" named Akira Shirase. He's a v ...

'', an anime television series *

Baltic Pipeline System The Baltic Pipeline System (BPS) is a Russian oil transport system operated by the oil pipeline company Transneft. The BPS transports oil from the Timan-Pechora region, West Siberia and Urals-Volga regions to Primorsk oil terminal at the eastern ...

, an oil transport system in Western Europe *

Biopsychosocial model Biopsychosocial models are a class of trans-disciplinary models which look at the interconnection between biology, psychology, and socio-environmental factors. These models specifically examine how these aspects play a role in topics ranging from ...

, an interdisciplinary model that examines the interconnection between biology, psychology, and socio-environmental factors *

Porto Seguro Airport Porto Seguro Airport is the airport serving Porto Seguro, Brazil. It is operated by Sinart. History The airport was commissioned in 1982 but in 1997 brand new passenger terminal and apron were opened. Porto Seguro is one of the most popular de ...

, Brazil, IATA code *

Basic Pay Scale __NOTOC__ A pay scale (also known as a salary structure) is a system that determines how much an employee is to be paid as a wage or salary, based on one or more factors such as the employee's level, rank or status within the employer's organiza ...

, public sector term for the grade of an official in Pakistan * BPS grade tea *

BLAST Pro Series BLAST Pro Series was an international Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. The tournament brought together six teams in a shortened two-day tournament format. The event rotated locations in cities around the world. The Danish esports or ...

, a ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' tournament

Science and mathematics

Computing

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Education

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