MPS, M.P.S., MPs, or mps may refer to:

Science and technology

Mucopolysaccharidosis Mucopolysaccharidoses are a group of metabolic disorders caused by the absence or malfunctioning of lysosome, lysosomal enzymes needed to break down molecules called glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These long chains of sugar carbohydrates occur within ...

, genetic lysosomal storage disorder * Mononuclear phagocyte system, cells in mammalian biology *

Myofascial pain syndrome Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS), also known as chronic myofascial pain (CMP), is a syndrome characterized by chronic pain in multiple myofascial trigger points ("knots") and fascial (connective tissue) constrictions. It can appear in any body part ...

Metallopanstimulin 40S ribosomal protein S27 also known as metallopan-stimulin 1 or MPS-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''RPS27'' gene. Metallopanstimulin is a zinc finger protein proposed to be involved DNA repair as well as oncogenesis. Function ...

Potassium peroxymonosulfate Potassium peroxymonosulfate is widely used as an oxidizing agent. It is the potassium salt of peroxymonosulfuric acid. Usually potassium peroxymonosulfate refers to the triple salt known as oxone. The standard electrode potential for potassium ...

, oxidizer commonly used for pools and spas *

Metre per second The metre per second is the unit of both speed (a scalar (physics), scalar quantity) and velocity (a Vector (mathematics and physics), vector quantity, which has direction and magnitude) in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the sp ...

(m/s) * Matrix product state, method to describe quantum many-body states * Marginal propensity to save *

Mean-preserving spread In probability and statistics, a mean-preserving spread (MPS) is a change from one probability distribution A to another probability distribution B, where B is formed by spreading out one or more portions of A's probability density function or proba ...

, in probability and statistics * Mail Preference Service, the Robinson list direct mail opt-out system * Master Production Schedule, plan for individual commodities to be produced * Method Performance Specifications, for analytical validation/verification of laboratory tests and systems required by the College of American Pathologists

Computing

Mobile Programming System A general-purpose macro processor or general purpose preprocessor is a macro processor that is not tied to or integrated with a particular language or piece of software. A macro processor is a program that copies a stream of text from one place ...

, by William Waite in the 1960s * JetBrains MPS, Meta Programming System *

MPS (format) MPS (Mathematical Programming System) is a file format for presenting and archiving linear programming (LP) and mixed integer programming problems. Overview The format was named after an early IBM LP product and has emerged as a de facto stan ...

, the Mathematical Programming System, a computer file format used to describe mathematical programming problems *

MultiProcessor Specification The MultiProcessor Specification (MPS) for the x86 architecture is an open standard describing enhancements to both operating systems and firmware, which will allow them to work with x86-compatible processors in a multi-processor configuration. MPS ...

, Intel specification for multi-processor computers of x86 architecture *

Moving Particle Semi-implicit Method The moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method is a computational method for the simulation of incompressible free surface flows. It is a macroscopic, deterministic particle method (Lagrangian mesh-free method) developed by Koshizuka and Oka (1996 ...

, a computational method for the simulation of incompressible free surface flows * Messages per second, sent or received by a market data system; See Options Price Reporting Authority

Language

Mandarin Phonetic Symbols Bopomofo (), or Mandarin Phonetic Symbols, also named Zhuyin (), is a Chinese transliteration system for Mandarin Chinese and other related languages and dialects. More commonly used in Taiwanese Mandarin, it may also be used to transcribe ...

or Bopomofo (MPS I) **

Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II ( zh, t= ), abbreviated MPS II, is a romanization system formerly used in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was created to replace the complex tonal-spelling Gwoyeu Romatzyh, and to co-exist with the popular Wa ...

Organizations

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (), known as BMPS or just MPS, is an Italian bank. Tracing its history to a mount of piety founded in 1472 () and established in its present form in 1624 (), it is the world's oldest or second oldest bank ...

, the oldest extant bank, in Italy ** MPS Finance, a defunct subsidiary of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena ** MPS Capital Services, a subsidiary of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena * Malmin Palloseura, association football club in Helsinki, Finland * Mathematical Programming Society, mathematical society dedicated to optimization * Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany * Medical Protection Society, supplying legal and ethics support to health professionals *

Metropolitan Police Service The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...

of Greater London, England * Mont Pelerin Society, international organization favoring economic liberalism * MPS Records, ''Musik Produktion Schwarzwald'' (Music Production Black Forest), a jazz record label * Monolithic Power Systems, an international semiconductor company

Politics

* Ministry of Social Security (Brazil), (Portuguese: ''Ministério da Previdência Social'') *

Ministry of Public Security (disambiguation) Ministry of Public Security can refer to: * Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Brazil) * Ministry of Public Security of Burundi * Ministry of Public Security (China) * Ministry of Public Security of Costa Rica that supervises the Public Fo ...

of several countries: ** Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China * ''Ministerstvo Putey Soobshcheniya'' (Ministry of the Means of Communication) in Russian-language jurisdictions: ** Ministry of the Means of Communication (Soviet Union) * Member of the

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is a professional organisation of Australian pharmacists. PSA is the peak national body for pharmacists, representing all of the pharmacy profession in Australia, with approximately 18,000 members. ...

Mouvement Patriotique de Salut The Patriotic Salvation Movement ( ar, الحركة الوطنية للإنقاذ, french: Mouvement patriotique du salut, MPS) is the ruling political party in Chad. History After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsu ...

, a political party in Chad

Education

* Michael Park School, Waldorf school located in Auckland, New Zealand * Maheshwari Public School, Jaipur, India *

Marymount Primary School Marymount Primary School () is a Catholic primary school currently located on Tai Hang Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The secondary school arm is Marymount Secondary School. Address: 336 Tai Hang Road, Happy Valley, HK. Map Te ...

, Hong Kong, China *

Miami Public Schools Miami Public Schools (MPS) is a school district headquartered in Miami, Oklahoma. Its attendance area includes most of the city; the northern portion is instead in Commerce Public Schools. Jeremy Hogan became the superintendent circa 2016. That y ...

, Miami, Oklahoma

United States

* Miss Porter's School, an all-girls preparatory school in Farmington, Connecticut * Minneapolis Public Schools, large school district in the state of Minnesota * Milwaukee Public Schools, largest public education district in the state of Wisconsin *

Mercyhurst Preparatory School Mercyhurst Preparatory School, commonly called Mercyhurst Prep or MPS, is a Catholic, coeducational secondary school located in Erie, Pennsylvania. In the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, the school is located behind Mercyhurst University on East ...

, high school in Erie, Pennsylvania *

Midland Public Schools Midland Public Schools is a public school district located in Midland, Michigan, United States. History The roots of Midland Public Schools go back to the 1872 ''Union High School'', which educated local students until a boiler explosion destro ...

, school district in Midland, Michigan * Millard Public Schools, school district in Omaha, Nebraska *

Montgomery Public Schools Montgomery Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. The current Superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools is Melvin Brown. The district serves the city of Montgomery and surrounding Montgomery Co ...

, a school district in Montgomery County, Alabama

Other uses

* Members of Parliament (MPs) * Master of Professional Studies, a terminal master's degree *

Meet-the-People Sessions The Meet-the-People Sessions (MPS) is a series of one-to-one meetings between elected Members of the Singapore Parliament, Members of Parliament (MPs) and their constituents in Singapore. The sessions are usually held once a week at a local cons ...

, where citizens meet their members of parliament in Singapore * Multiple Property Submission, to the US National Register of Historic Places * Master production schedule, a plan for individual commodities to be produced * Mazda Performance Series, Mazdaspeed European version. * ssmypics.scr, a screensaver for

Microsoft Windows Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for serv ...

* Member of the Preferred Sex * Marginal price auction (from Marginal Price System) *

Multiple Personality Syndrome Dissociative identity disorder (DID), better known as multiple personality disorder or multiple personality syndrome, is a mental disorder characterized by the presence of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states. The di ...

, an obsolete term for Dissociative identity disorder

Transport

* MPS, the IATA code for Mount Pleasant Regional Airport, Texas * MPS, the MRT station abbreviation for

MacPherson MRT station MacPherson MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the Downtown line and Circle line in Geylang planning area, Singapore, located underneath Paya Lebar Road at the junction with Circuit Link and Ubi Avenu ...

, Singapore