| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| SPS | Society of Physics Students |
| SPS | Standard Procurement System (US DoD) |
| SPS | Special (Weather) Statement |
| SPS | Springfield Public Schools (Missouri) |
| SPS | St. Paul's School |
| SPS | Single Payment Scheme (UK) |
| SPS | Southwestern Public Service |
| SPS | Speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung (German; programmable logic controller) |
| SPS | Standard Positioning Service |
| SPS | Specific Pavement Studies |
| SPS | Special Services |
| SPS | Socialist Party of Serbia (political party created in 1989 in Serbia Yugoslavia) |
| SPS | Standard Positioning System |
| SPS | Service Propulsion System (Apollo spacecraft) |
| SPS | Sécurité et Protection de La Santé (French: Safety and Health Protection) |
| SPS | Social and Political Sciences (University of Cambridge) |
| SPS | Society for Pentecostal Studies (Cleveland, TN) |
| SPS | Special Protection System |
| SPS | Software Product Specification |
| SPS | Standby Power System |
| SPS | Small-Polyped Stony Corals |
| SPS | Single-Photon Source |
| SPS | Sony Play Station |
| SPS | Stand-by Power Supply |
| SPS | Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy |
| SPS | South Park Studios |
| SPS | Shanghai Port Surcharge |
| SPS | Supplementary Purchase Specification |
| SPS | Solar Powered Satellite |
| SPS | Signalling Protocols and Switching |
| SPS | Spectrum Planning Subcommittee |
| SPS | Software Productivity Solutions, Inc. |
| SPS | Small Penis Syndrome (psychological condition) |
| SPS | Spokane, Portland, and Seattle (railroad) |
| SPS | Stall Protection System (aviation) |
| SPS | Soyuz Pravykh Sil (Russia: Union of Rightist Forces) |
| SPS | St. Patrick's Missionary Society (religious order) |
| SPS | Small Purchase System |
| SPS | School of Practical Science (University of Toronto) |
| SPS | Wichita Falls, TX, USA - Wichita Falls Municipal (Airport Code) |
| SPS | Southfield Public Schools |
| SPS | State Permit System |
| SPS | Special Projects Section (California Highway Patrol) |
| SPS | Shell People Services |
| SPS | Specific Purpose Statement (public speaking) |
| SPS | Statement of Prior Submission |
| SPS | Static Priority Scheduling |
| SPS | Safety Performance Solutions, Inc. (Blacksburg, VA, USA) |
| SPS | Surface Plasma Source |
| SPS | Sozialdemokratische Partei Schweiz (Swiss Social Democrat Party) |
| SPS | Sensor Processing Subsystem |
| SPS | Salvationist Publishing & Supplies |
| SPS | Sembawang Primary School (Singapore) |
| SPS | Skin Pharmacology Society |
| SPS | Small Patella Syndrome |
| SPS | Single Parameter Scaling |
| SPS | Self Praise Stinks |
| SPS | Socialist Party of Switzerland |
| SPS | Standby Power Source |
| SPS | Spikey Polygon Syndrome |
| SPS | Society of Polymer Science |
| SPS | Single Point Solution |
| SPS | Sound-Processing Software |
| SPS | Student Payment Summary (student loans) |
| SPS | Single Point of Service |
| SPS | Special Periodical Survey |
| SPS | Stamford Primary School (Singapore) |
| SPS | Spatial Power Spectrum |
| SPS | Spring Pressure Pilot |
| SPS | Somers Public Schools (Connecticut) |
| SPS | Supplier Problem Sheet |
| SPS | Ship Planning System |
| SPS | Society for Preserving Skule (University of Toronto) |
| SPS | Safety Precedence Sequence |
| SPS | Special Project Support |
| SPS | Sonobouy Processing System (Canadian Navy) |
| SPS | Shuqun Primary School (Singapore) |
| SPS | Submission Processing Site |
| SPS | Symbolic Programming Language (1960s IBM computer language; preceded Autocoder) |
| SPS | Structured Postscript |
| SPS | Simplified Processing Station |
| SPS | Spanish Philatelic Society |
| SPS | Sprint Plus Services |
| SPS | Single Point Stick (walking stick) |
| SPS | System Performance Specialist (FAA) |
| SPS | Software Procurement Specification |
| SPS | Spam Prevention System (Trend Micro) |
| SPS | Support Processing Subsystem |
| SPS | Shaggy Pun Syndrome |
| SPS | Software Professional Solutions, Inc |
| SPS | Schedule Promulgated Separately |
| SPS | Special Purpose Sonar |
| SPS | Steam Pressure Switch |
| SPS | Satellite Principal System |
| SPS | Shipboard Radar Search |
| SPS | Spot on Sand (surveying) |
| SPS | Surveys and Population Studies |
| SPS | Spellsinger Class (game) |
| SPS | Single Photoelectron Spectrum |
| SPS | Special Project Superintendent |
| SPS | Sharing Profile System |
| SPS | Substantive Production Subcommittee |
| SPS | Survival Power Source |
| SPS | Special Purpose Segment |
| SPS | Statistical Performance Standard |
| SPS | Sample(s) per Second (also seen as S/S) |
| SPS | Single Property Site (real estate) |
| SPS | Sewage Pumping Station |
| SPS | School of Policy Studies (Queen's University, Ontario, Canada) |
| SPS | Snecma Propulsion Solide (France) |
| SPS | Syndiotactic Polystyrene |
| SPS | Serbian Socialist Party (Serbia and Montenegro) |
| SPS | Second Person Shooter (gaming) |
| SPS | Spare Parts Service (various locations) |
| SPS | Secondary Power (Distribution) System |
| SPS | Subsea Production Systems |
| SPS | System Performance Specification |
| SPS | Secure Packet Shield |
| SPS | San Pedro Sula (Honduras) |
| SPS | Symbols Per Second (digital communications) |
| SPS | Sales Performance Solutions |
| SPS | Saskatoon Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada) |
| SPS | Scranton Preparatory School (Scranton, PA) |
| SPS | Sigma Pi Sigma (physics honor society) |
| SPS | Sharepoint Portal Server (Microsoft product) |
| SPS | School of Public Service (various locations) |
| SPS | Synergy Professional Services (Portland, OR) |
| SPS | Semiconductor Products Sector (Motorola) |
| SPS | Satellite Power System |
| SPS | Substantive Policy Statement (Arizona) |
| SPS | Shots Per Second (combat statistics) |
| SPS | Seat Position Sensor |
| SPS | Satellite Positioning System |
| SPS | Sun Preventive Services (Sun Microsystems) |
| SPS | Switching Power Supply |
| SPS | System Performance Simulation |
| SPS | Strategic Planning Society |
| SPS | Strategic Problem Solving |
| SPS | Student Personnel Services (aka Guidance Counselors) |
| SPS | Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards |
| SPS | Security Police Squadron |
| SPS | Sharpshooter |
| SPS | Signal Processing Society |
| SPS | Signal Processor Subsystem |
| SPS | Simple Partial Seizure |
| SPS | Self-Protection System (defensive systems upgrade to USAF HH-60G helicopters; circa 2000) |
| SPS | Symantec Product Specialist |
| SPS | Super Proton Synchrotron (at CERN) |
| SPS | Sandwich Plate System |
| SPS | System Protection Scheme (various companies) |
| SPS | Security and Public Safety (various locations) |
| SPS | Smart Printing Services (Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP) |
| SPS | Signal Processing Subsystem |
| SPS | Service Provisioning System |
| SPS | Shand Power Station |
| SPS | Satellite Processing System |
| SPS | Structural Preservation Systems (est. 1976) |
| SPS | Stiff Person Syndrome |
| SPS | Shock Protection System |
| SPS | Saskatoon Public Schools (Saskatchewan, Canada) |
| SPS | Sport and Society |
| SPS | Signal Processing System |