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BPS, Bps or bps may refer to:

Science and mathematics

• Plural of bp, base pair, a measure of length of DNA
• Plural of bp, basis point, one one-hundredth of a percentage point - ‱
• Battered person syndrome, a physical and psychological condition found in victims of abuse
• Best practice statement, a qualification of a method used in guidelines documents
• Bisphenol S, an organic chemical compound
• Bladder pain syndrome, a disorder characterised by pain associated with urination
• Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound, a mathematical concept in field and string theory
• Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield state, solutions saturating the BPS bound
• BPS domain, a protein domain
• Bronchopulmonary sequestration, where a section of lung tissue has a decreased blood supply
• Bovine papular stomatitis, a zoonotic farmyard pox

Computing

• IBM Basic Programming Support, BPS/360
• Bits per second (bit/s, sometimes abbreviated bps), a data rate unit
• Bytes per second (B/s, sometimes abbreviated Bps), a data rate unit
• Bits per sample (bps), referring to color depth

Organizations

• Badan Pusat Statistik, Indonesian statistical survey institute
• Banco de Previsión Social, Uruguayan state-owned social security institute
• Barbados Postal Service, national postal agency of Barbados
• Biophysical Society, scientific society
• Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović, a mayor Bosnian political party
• Botswana Prison Service, corrections agency of Botswana
• British Psychological Society, the representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom
• British Pteridological Society, the focal point for fern enthusiasts throughout the United Kingdom
• Buddhist Publication Society, a charity aiming to spread the teachings of Buddha
• Board of Pharmacy Specialties, a certification agency for specialized pharmacists
• Bullet-Proof Software, a Japanese video game developer

Education

• Barnsdall Public Schools, Oklahoma, US school district
• Belilios Public School, a government secondary school in Hong Kong
• Bellingham Public Schools, public school district in Bellingham, Washington, U.S.
• Belmont Public Schools, Massachusetts, US school district
• Bismarck Public Schools, North Dakota, US school district
• Boston Public Schools, a school district in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• British Parachute Schools, a parachuting drop zone in Nottinghamshire, England
• Brockton Public Schools, the school district serving Brockton, Massachusetts, US
• Birmingham City School District or Birmingham Public Schools, Michigan, US
• Birla Public School, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
• Brainerd Public Schools, Brainerd, Minnesota, US

Other uses

• Bachelor of Professional Studies, an undergraduate degree
• Battle Programmer Shirase, an anime television series
• Baltic Pipeline System, an oil transport system in Eastern Europe
• Bohlen–Pierce–Stearns, a non-octave musical temperament
• Biopsychosocial model, an interdisciplinary model that examines the interconnection between biology, psychology, and socio-environmental factors
• Porto Seguro Airport, Brazil, IATA code
• Basic Pay Scale, public sector term for the grade of an official in Pakistan
• BPS grade tea
• BLAST Pro Series, a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament
• Broadcast Positioning System, a proposal to improve the ATSC 3.0 television standard to provide navigation services

See also

• BP (disambiguation) (for BPs)