Cap A cap is a flat headgear, usually with a visor. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head. They made their first appearance as early as 3200 BC. Caps typically have a visor, or no brim at all. They are popular in casual and informal se ...

s are flat headgear. Caps or CAPS may also refer to:

Science and technology

Computing

* CESG Assisted Products Service, provided by the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters * Composite Application Platform Suite, by

Java Caps Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS) is a standards-based enterprise service bus software suite from Oracle Corporation. The suite has several components that help to integrate existing applications and deliver new business service ...

, a Java framework *

Computer Animation Production System The Computer Animation Production System (CAPS) was a proprietary collection of software, scanning camera systems, servers, networked computer workstations, and custom desks developed by The Walt Disney Company and Pixar in the late 1980s. Although ...

, a film animation post-production system developed by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Pixar

Biology, medicine and psychology

Genetics

* Calcyphosin, the CAPS gene and its protein * Cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence, markers used to detect a polymorphic sequence

Medical conditions

Auditory processing disorder Auditory processing disorder (APD), rarely known as King-Kopetzky syndrome or auditory disability with normal hearing (ADN), is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting the way the brain processes auditory information. Individuals with APD usually ...

(APD), formerly Central Auditory Processing Syndrome *

Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), also known as Asherson's syndrome, is a rare autoimmune disease in which widespread, intravascular clotting causes multi-organ failure. The syndrome is caused by antiphospholipid antibodies that targ ...

Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) is a group of rare, heterogeneous autoinflammatory disease characterized by interleukin 1β-mediated systemic inflammation and clinical symptoms involving skin, joints, central nervous system, and eyes ...

, a spectrum of autoinflammatory syndrome

Other uses in biology, medicine and psychology

CAPS (buffer) CAPS is the common name for ''N''-cyclohexyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid, a chemical used as buffering agent in biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A s ...

, N-cyclohexyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid, in biochemistry, a buffering agent * Cognitive-affective personality system, a model within psychology of personality

Other uses in science and technology

Cassini Plasma Spectrometer Cassini may refer to: People * Cassini (surname) * Oleg Cassini (1913-2006), American fashion designer :Cassini family: * Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), Italian mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer * Jacques Cassini (167 ...

, a direct sensing instrument that measures the energy and electrical charge of particles *

Cirrus Airframe Parachute System The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) is a whole-plane ballistic parachute recovery system designed specifically for Cirrus Aircraft's line of general aviation light aircraft including the SR20, SR22 and SF50. The design became the firs ...

, a whole-aircraft emergency parachute system developed by Ballistic Recovery Systems and Cirrus * Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation, a program of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

Companies and organizations

Californians for Population Stabilization Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) is a non-profit California organization founded in 1986 which works to "preserve California's future through the stabilization of our state's human population". CAPS was the former Californian branch ...

* Captive Animals Protection Society *

Center for Advanced Public Safety The Center for Advanced Public Safety (CAPS) is part University of Alabama College of Engineering and specializes in advanced software research and development to assist traffic safety, law enforcement and homeland security. History Formerly ...

at the University of Alabama *

Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms The Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS) was established at the University of Oklahoma in 1989 as one of the first eleven National Science Foundation Science and Technology Centers. Located at the National Weather Center in Norman, ...

Comic Art Professional Society The Comic Art Professional Society (CAPS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. The organization's stated primary purposes are "to advance the ideals and standards of professional cartooning in its many forms", "to ...

Policy Planning Staff (France) The Centre for Analysis, Planning and Strategy (''Centre d’analyse, de prévision et de stratégie'', or CAPS, formerly known as ''Centre d'analyse et de prévision'' (or Centre for Analysis and Planning), and then as ''Direction de la prospectiv ...

, ''Centre d'Analyse, de Prévision et de Stratégie''

Sport

Caps (gamer) Rasmus Borregaard Winther (born 17 November 1999), better known as Caps, is a Danish ''League of Legends'' player for G2 Esports. Career 2018 season During the 2018 EU LCS Season, Caps managed to win both the Spring and Summer Split with hi ...

, Danish esports player *

Cap (sport) In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the ...

, a measure of a player's international appearances, especially in football *

Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, a ...

, an American ice hockey team

Other uses

Caps (party) The Caps ( sv, mössorna) were a political faction during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772) in Sweden. The primary rivals of the Caps were known as the Hats. The Hats are actually responsible for the Caps' name, as it comes from a contraction of ...

, an 18th-century Swedish political faction *

All caps In typography, all caps (short for "all capitals") refers to text or a font in which all letters are capital letters, for example: "THIS TEXT IS IN ALL CAPS". All caps may be used for emphasis (for a word or phrase). They are commonly seen in l ...

, formatting text to only use capital/uppercase letters *

Caps, Texas Caps is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Texas, United States. It is located southwest of Abilene near the intersection of U.S. Highway 277 and FM 707. The community is part of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area. Caps was fi ...

, Taylor County, Texas, U.S. *

Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) is a community driven policing strategy designed for the Chicago Police Department that aims to bridge the gap between the police force and the citizens of Chicago. CAPS started in 1993 as a pilot pro ...

, a government program in Illinois, U.S.