WPS may refer to:

Computing and telecommunications

Wi-Fi Protected Setup Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS; originally, Wi-Fi Simple Config) is a network security standard to create a secure wireless home network. Created by Cisco and introduced in 2006, the point of the protocol is to allow home users who know little of w ...

, a standard that attempts to automate secure wireless network set up and connection *

.wps .wps is a file extension used for: * WPS Office Writer files * Microsoft Works, files * Rockbox Rockbox is a free and open-source software replacement for the OEM firmware in various forms of digital audio players (DAPs) with an original kerne ...

, a file extension (including a list of programs using the extension) *

WPS Office WPS Office (an acronym for Writer, Presentation and Spreadsheets, previously known as Kingsoft Office) is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and HarmonyOS developed by Zhuhai-based Chinese software developer Kings ...

, an office suite software developed by Kingsoft *

Nationwide Wireless Priority Service The Nationwide Wireless Priority Service (WPS) is a system in the United States that allows high-priority emergency telephone calls to avoid congestion on wireless telephone networks. This complements the Government Emergency Telecommunications ...

, a system in the United States for prioritizing emergency calls from mobile phones *

Web Processing Service The OGC Web Processing Service (WPS) Interface Standard provides rules for standardizing inputs and outputs (requests and responses) for invoking geospatial processing services, such as polygon overlay, as a web service. The WPS standard defines ...

, a web service interface specification from the Open Geo spatial Consortium *

WebSphere Process Server IBM WebSphere refers to a brand of proprietary computer software products in the genre of enterprise software known as "application and integration middleware". These software products are used by end-users to create and integrate applications wi ...

, an IBM service-oriented architecture offering * Wi-Fi positioning system, a system that calculates the position of a device through nearby Wi-Fi access points *

Workplace Shell The Workplace Shell (WPS) is an object-oriented desktop shell (also called desktop environment) produced by IBM's Boca Raton development lab for OS/2 2.0. It is based on Common User Access and made a radical shift away from the Program Manager t ...

, a user interface of the IBM OS/2 operating system *

World Programming System The World Programming System, also known as WPS Analytics or WPS, is a software product developed by a company called World Programming (acquired by Altair Engineering). WPS Analytics supports users of mixed ability to access and process data a ...

, a development environment for the SAS programming language

Education in the United States

* Walker Public Schools, a defunct school system in Columbia County, Arkansas *

Windermere Preparatory School Windermere Preparatory School is a private, coeducational PK–12 college preparatory school in Lake Butler, an unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, within the Orlando metropolitan area. Established in 2000 and in proximity to the Town ...

, a private school in Florida *

Winchester Public Schools (Connecticut) Winchester Public Schools (WPS) is the school district for the town of Winchester, Connecticut Winchester is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 10,224 at the 2020 census. The city of Winsted is located i ...

Winchester Public Schools (Virginia) The Winchester Public Schools serve the city of Winchester, Virginia. The school division was founded in 1919. There are eight schools and about 3500 students. * John Handley High School, grades 9–12. This school has been on the National Regist ...

Winthrop Public Schools (Maine) Winthrop Public Schools (WPS) is the school district of Winthrop, Maine. Cornelia Brown served as superintendent until July 1, 2020. In February 2020, the school board chose James Hodgkin as the person who will become superintendent on July 1, 2 ...

Woodbury Public Schools The Woodbury Public Schools (WPS) is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Woodbury, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school ye ...

, New Jersey *

Woodland Public Schools Woodland Public Schools (WPS) or Woodland School District #404 (WSD) is a school district headquartered in Woodland, Washington. It includes Woodland and Cougar The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large Felidae, cat native to the Americas ...

, Washington

Organizations

Canada

Windsor Police Service The Windsor Police Service is the municipal law enforcement agency in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It succeeded the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment. Since 2019, the Windsor Police Service has also provided contract policing services for the nearby ...

Winnipeg Police Service The Winnipeg Police Service is the police force of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. History When Winnipeg became a city, in 1873, an election was held to select the city's new mayor and aldermen. Those appointed decided to hire city o ...

United Kingdom

Workers Party of Scotland The Workers Party of Scotland or Workers Party of Scotland (Marxist-Leninist) was a small anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist political party formed in 1966 and based in Scotland. History The Workers Party of Scotland (Marxist-Leninist) was formed ...

, an anti-revisionist political party *

Women's Police Service The Women's Police Service (WPS) was a national voluntary organisation in the United Kingdom. History Formation It was originally established as the Women Police Volunteers (WPV) in 1914 by Nina Boyle and Margaret Damer Dawson, who had met when D ...

, a voluntary organisation

United States

Western Pipe and Steel Company The Western Pipe and Steel Company (WPS) was an American manufacturing company that is best remembered today for its construction of ships for the Maritime Commission in World War II. It also built ships for the U.S. Shipping Board in World Wa ...

Wisconsin Physicians Service Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS Health Solutions) is a not-for-profit service insurance corporation based in Madison, Wisconsin. WPS offers health insurance plans for groups and individuals and benefit plan administratio ...

Insurance Corporation, a not-for-profit health insurer *

Wisconsin Public Service Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS) is a utility company headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The company serves more than 450,000 electric customers and more than 333,000 natural gas customers in 27 counties in eastern, northeastern no ...

, a utility company in northern Wisconsin *

Women's Professional Soccer Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 sea ...

, an association football league

Other uses

Welding Procedure Specification Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by using high heat to melt the parts together and allowing them to cool, causing fusion. Welding is distinct from lower temperature techniques such as braz ...

West Philippine Sea West Philippine Sea ( fil, Karagatang Kanlurang Pilipinas; abbreviated as WPS) is the official designation by the government of the Philippines to the parts of the South China Sea that are included in the country's exclusive economic zone. The ...

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