| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| CPS | Characters Per Second |
| CPS | Cycles Per Second (now Hertz) |
| CPS | Current Population Survey (US Census) |
| CPS | Child Protective Services |
| CPS | Chicago Public Schools |
| CPS | Crown Prosecution Service (UK criminal justice system) |
| CPS | Classroom Performance System |
| CPS | Child Passenger Safety |
| CPS | Cincinnati Public Schools (Cincinnati, OH) |
| CPS | College of Professional Studies |
| CPS | Central Processing System |
| CPS | Camshaft Position Sensor |
| CPS | Canon Professional Services |
| CPS | Collaborative Problem Solving (Think:Kids) |
| CPS | Certificate Practice Statement |
| CPS | Canadian Paediatric Society |
| CPS | Certified Professional Secretary |
| CPS | Consumer Product Safety |
| CPS | Citrix Presentation Server (Citrix Systems, Inc.) |
| CPS | Country Partnership Strategy (various locations) |
| CPS | Civilian Public Service (conscientious objectors) |
| CPS | Center for Partnership Studies |
| CPS | Contributory Pension Scheme (various locations) |
| CPS | Crankshaft Position Sensor |
| CPS | Creative Problem Solving |
| CPS | Centre for Policy Studies |
| CPS | C'est Pas Sorcier (French: It's Not Rocket Science; TV show) |
| CPS | Caisse de Prévoyance Sociale (French: Social Insurance Fund; French Polynesia) |
| CPS | Chief Press Secretary (various locations) |
| CPS | City Public Service |
| CPS | Children's Protective Services |
| CPS | Complex Problem Solving (cognitive science) |
| CPS | Card Payment Services (various locations) |
| CPS | Control and Protection System (nuclear reactors) |
| CPS | Continuation Passing Style (mathematics; intermediate representation of functional programs) |
| CPS | Cahier des Prescriptions Spéciales (French: Special Conditions; Morocco) |
| CPS | Conference Publishing Services (support for IEEE-sponsored technical conferences) |
| CPS | Carrier Pre-Selection |
| CPS | Centipoise (viscosity unit of measurement) |
| CPS | Computer Power Supply |
| CPS | Center for Pet Safety |
| CPS | Counts Per Second |
| CPS | Certified Prevention Specialist (addiction) |
| CPS | Chennai Public School (India) |
| CPS | Carte de Professionnel de Santé (French: Health Professional Card) |
| CPS | Cost Per Sale |
| CPS | Cathodic Protection Services (various businesses) |
| CPS | Clay Pigeon Shooting (target shooting) |
| CPS | Consumer Portfolio Services |
| CPS | Catalent Pharma Solutions (various locations) |
| CPS | Contribute Publishing Services |
| CPS | Coloured Post Script |
| CPS | Clusters per Sector |
| CPS | Calls per Second |
| CPS | Controller Playback Status |
| CPS | Common Print Server |
| CPS | Certificate Practice Statements |
| CPS | Commands per Second |
| CPS | Central Points |
| CPS | Continuous Protection Server |
| CPS | Citrix Presentation Server |
| CPS | Cami Production System |
| CPS | Cycles per Second |
| CPS | Cam Profile Switching |
| CPS | Copies per Second |
| CPS | Channel Path Set |
| CPS | Cells per Second |
| CPS | Central Processors |
| CPS | Care Pack Services |
| CPS | Carnivorous Plant Society |
| CPS | Calgary Police Service (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) |
| CPS | Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons |
| CPS | Cookies per Second (gaming) |
| CPS | Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties |
| CPS | Construction Professional Services (industry sector) |
| CPS | Cents Per Share |
| CPS | Corporate Payment Services (various businesses) |
| CPS | Cardiopulmonary Support |
| CPS | Collaborative Portal Server |
| CPS | Cinema Production Service (trade show; Russia) |
| CPS | Cambridge Philosophical Society |
| CPS | College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| CPS | Coalition for Positive Sexuality |
| CPS | Cyber-Physical Systems |
| CPS | Cross Platform Software |
| CPS | Call Processing System (Sprint) |
| CPS | Certificate in Paralegal Studies (various schools) |
| CPS | Cambridge Positioning Systems |
| CPS | Cells Per Second (Sprint) |
| CPS | College Preparatory School (Oakland, Ca) |
| CPS | Cargo Portal Services |
| CPS | Continuous Protection Server (Symantec Inc.) |
| CPS | Cooper Power Systems |
| CPS | Custom Pharmaceutical Services (Bridgewater, NJ) |
| CPS | Certified Peer Specialist |
| CPS | Canadian Phytopathological Society |
| CPS | Central Park South |
| CPS | Conseil de la Politique Scientifique (French: Council for Scientific Policy; Belgium) |
| CPS | Common Point of Service |
| CPS | Central Police Station |
| CPS | Center for Political Studies (university) |
| CPS | Columbia Physics System (code) |
| CPS | Child Protection Studies (New Zealand) |
| CPS | Communist Party of Slovakia (politics) |
| CPS | Community Partnership School (Philadelphia, PA) |
| CPS | Centre de Prévention du Suicide |
| CPS | Carbamyl Phosphate Synthetase |
| CPS | Consolidated Public Sector (various locations) |
| CPS | Certified Professional Supervisor (Association of Facilities Engineering) |
| CPS | Cooperative Personnel Services |
| CPS | Community Policing Services (various locations) |
| CPS | City Planning Scheme (Australia) |
| CPS | Common Processing System (Global Technical Systems and US Navy) |
| CPS | Consignment Packing Sequence (physical packing) |
| CPS | College Park Scholars (University of Maryland; College Park, MD) |
| CPS | California Public Schools |
| CPS | Cylinder Pressure Sensor (various companies) |
| CPS | Complex Partial Seizure |
| CPS | Central Pain Syndrome |
| CPS | Cognitive Performance Scale |
| CPS | Continuous Power Supply (AT&T) |
| CPS | Commercial Property Services |
| CPS | Chemical Propulsion System |
| CPS | Copy Protection System |
| CPS | Cabinet Power System (AT&T) |
| CPS | Case Payment System (New York) |
| CPS | Case Processing System |
| CPS | Computer Program Service (various organizations) |
| CPS | Central Provision Stores (Australia) |
| CPS | Catholics in the Public Square (Farmington Hills, MI) |
| CPS | Crime Prevention Section (various locations) |
| CPS | Comprehensive Planning Study (various locations) |
| CPS | Complete Power Solutions (various locations) |
| CPS | Call Processing Subsystem |
| CPS | Combattre pour le Socialisme (French: Fight for Socialism) |
| CPS | Cyclic Propylene Steaming |
| CPS | Career Placement Service (various organizations) |
| CPS | College of Psychic Studies (UK) |
| CPS | Center for Professional Studies |
| CPS | Current Power Supply |
| CPS | Career Planning Survey |
| CPS | Collective Protective Shelter (US DoD) |
| CPS | Caterpillar Production System |
| CPS | Centre for Peace Studies |
| CPS | Canberra Primary School (Singapore) |
| CPS | Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies (UK) |
| CPS | Claims Processing System |
| CPS | Capcom System (game board) |
| CPS | Câblage Prototypes Services (French cable retailer) |
| CPS | Constant Pressure System (toys) |
| CPS | Center for Polymer Studies |
| CPS | Charbonnel Propreté et Services (French cleaning company) |
| CPS | Corporación Privada de Seguridad (Spanish: Private Security Corporation; Guatemala) |
| CPS | Celebrity Poker Showdown |
| CPS | Corrections and Public Safety |
| CPS | Conseil en Pédagogie et Scolarité (French: Pedagogy and Education Council) |
| CPS | Computer Problem Solving |
| CPS | Central Power Supply |
| CPS | Cable Program Service |
| CPS | Cummins Power South (various locations) |
| CPS | Central Plasma Sheet |
| CPS | Capiznon (SIL code, Philippines) |
| CPS | Chef de Plongée Scientifique (French: Chief of Scientific Diving; National Center for Scientific Research) |
| CPS | Conversational Programming System |
| CPS | Cat Protection Society |
| CPS | Canadian Psychoanalytic Society |
| CPS | Canadian Population Society |
| CPS | Canadian Parrot Symposium |
| CPS | Cottier Prestations Services (French transport company) |
| CPS | Capitol Page School (high school for pages serving the US Congress and Supreme Court) |
| CPS | Commissioner of Public Safety |
| CPS | Control Power Supply |
| CPS | Console Port Server |
| CPS | Comptoir des Peintures Sélectionnées (French paint retailer) |
| CPS | Crime Prosecution Service (UK) |
| CPS | Centre de Planeurs du Sénonais (French glider center) |
| CPS | Continuous Power System |
| CPS | Cassette Programming System |
| CPS | Center for Performance Sciences |
| CPS | Certified Protection Specialist |
| CPS | Converting Preference Shares |
| CPS | Coplanar Stripline |
| CPS | Comitato Politico e di Sicurezza (Italian: Political and Security Committee; EU) |
| CPS | Certified Payroll Specialist (financial management) |
| CPS | Creative Property Services, Inc. (California) |
| CPS | Coalition for Plasma Science |
| CPS | Card Present Swiped |
| CPS | Community Performance Series |
| CPS | Common Part Sub-Layer |
| CPS | Certified Public Secretary |
| CPS | Center for Philippine Studies (University of Hawaii) |
| CPS | Creative Primary School (Hong Kong) |
| CPS | Cricopharyngeal Spasm (lump in the throat) |
| CPS | Commonwealth Public Service (Australia) |
| CPS | Carlson Psychological Survey |
| CPS | Capability Packages (NATO) |
| CPS | Control Power Systems |
| CPS | Current Program Status |
| CPS | Computer Productivity Services |
| CPS | Consultations Psychologiques Spécialisées |
| CPS | Centrum voor Plasmafysica en Stralingstechnologie |
| CPS | Chicago Psychoanalytic Society |
| CPS | Contract Payment System |
| CPS | Centre for Public Services |
| CPS | Centre for Plant Sciences |
| CPS | Connect Poly Shape |
| CPS | Collegium Palynologicum Scandinavicum |
| CPS | Camera Power Supply |
| CPS | Counseling Psychological Service (various organizations) |
| CPS | Commission de la Politique de Sécurité |
| CPS | Capacitive Proximity Switch |
| CPS | Continuations and Continuation Passing Style |
| CPS | Casino Profit Share |
| CPS | Campbell Prediction System |
| CPS | Croatian Philatelic Society |
| CPS | Computer Peripheral Systems, Inc. |
| CPS | Creative Printing Services, Inc. |
| CPS | Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces |
| CPS | Capcom's Play System |
| CPS | Certified Process Server |
| CPS | Charles Proteus Steinmetz |
| CPS | Combat Plans Squadron |
| CPS | Committee on Political Sociology |
| CPS | Certified Professional Safe Technician |
| CPS | Consultancy-opleiding Payroll Services |
| CPS | Corporation Primary School (Singapore) |
| CPS | Center for Pacific and Asian Studies |
| CPS | COMSEC Parent Switch |
| CPS | Communist Party of Sudan |
| CPS | Concord Primary School (Singapore) |
| CPS | Consolidated Planning System |
| CPS | Classroom Participation System |
| CPS | Croatian Physical Society |
| CPS | Content Personalization Server |
| CPS | Corporate Policy Statement |
| CPS | Contract Personnel Services |
| CPS | Corporate Protection Services |
| CPS | Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, Inc. |
| CPS | Customer Profitability System |
| CPS | Crime Prevention Survey |
| CPS | Chronic Paranoid Schizophrenia |
| CPS | Campus Police Services |
| CPS | Cost Per Subscription |
| CPS | Charlotte Power Squadron (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| CPS | Commercial Power Source |
| CPS | Customer Premises System (Bellcore) |
| CPS | Current Projects System |
| CPS | Compassvale Primary School (Singapore) |
| CPS | Continuous Positioning System (KVH Industries) |
| CPS | Collective Protective System |
| CPS | Contemporary Political Studies |
| CPS | Chemical Process Simulation (software) |
| CPS | Central Processing Station (various organizations) |
| CPS | Chief Product Specialist (Nissan) |
| CPS | Compact Panicle Sterile |
| CPS | Combination Product Sets (harmonically symmetrical musical structures) |
| CPS | Committed Preferred Securities (finance) |
| CPS | Contribution Processing System |
| CPS | Cedar Primary School (Singapore) |
| CPS | Coral Primary School (Singapore) |
| CPS | Central Pay Station (parking management) |
| CPS | Cross-Polarization Scattering |
| CPS | Competitive Prototyping Strategy |
| CPS | Common Prototyping System |
| CPS | Cessna Pilots Society |
| CPS | Communications Processor System |
| CPS | Concert Packet Services |
| CPS | Center for Palliative Studies |
| CPS | Co-Planar Strip (microwave transmission line) |
| CPS | Commission on Personal Safety |
| CPS | Contour Plotting System |
| CPS | Continuous Publishing System |
| CPS | Children's Paradise School |
| CPS | Contrôle Personnel de Securité |
| CPS | Cellular Priority Service |
| CPS | Consolidated Purchasing System |
| CPS | Coal Production Submodule (NEMS, CMM) |
| CPS | Clementi Primary School (Singapore) |
| CPS | Computer Presentation Systems, Inc. |
| CPS | Coarse Pointing System |
| CPS | Cell Protocol Sideband |
| CPS | Changkat Primary School (Singapore) |
| CPS | Communications Processing System |
| CPS | Certified Pedigree Swine |
| CPS | Considered and Passed by the Senate (bill, resolution, etc) |
| CPS | Complete Purchasing Services, Inc. |
| CPS | Condensation Pressure Speed |
| CPS | Central Point Software, Incorporated |
| CPS | Chemistry, Pharmacy and Standards Subcommittee (UK) |
| CPS | Cadet Personnel System |
| CPS | Canadian Payload Specialist |
| CPS | Clemens Primary School (Oregon) |
| CPS | Clustered Printer Sharer |
| CPS | Command Personnel Summary |
| CPS | Command Performance System |
| CPS | Cherrybrook Public School (Cherrybrook, NSW, Australia) |
| CPS | Computer Process System |
| CPS | Conceptual Project Schedule |
| CPS | Compliance Program and Schedule |
| CPS | Custos Privati Sigilli (Keeper of the Privy Seal) |
| CPS | Certification Practice Statement and Subscription Agreement |
| CPS | Condensate Pump Station |
| CPS | Contract Payables System |
| CPS | Chemical Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| CPS | Classroom Presentation System |
| CPS | Condensed Phase Source |
| CPS | Contractor Profile System |
| CPS | Carcass Power Score |
| CPS | Casual Pilots Squad |
| CPS | Combinatorics Problem Solving |
| CPS | Collection and Processing Subsystem |
| CPS | Compuserve Direct Dial |
| CPS | Contact Print Services |
| CPS | Compression Performance Shorts (athletic apparel) |
| CPS | Certified Payroll Services, Inc. |
| CPS | Chongzheng Primary School (Singapore) |
| CPS | Customer Priority System |
| CPS | Commander's Program Summary |
| CPS | Culture, Politics and Society Research Group (University of Birmingham, UK) |
| CPS | Crystal Park School (Grande Prairie, AB, Canada) |
| CPS | Chesley Public School (Ontario, Canada) |
| CPS | Cotham Porter Stores (Bristol, UK) |
| CPS | China Poll & Survey |
| CPS | Cudgen Public School (Gold Coast, Australia) |
| CPS | Condong Public School (Gold Coast, Australia) |
| CPS | Celbond Particulate Structures (BBA) |
| CPS | Control Point Switch (Lucent) |
| CPS | Corporate Projects Solutions |
| CPS | Characteristic Polarization States |
| CPS | Classroom Projection Service |
| CPS | Complete Pool Source |
| CPS | Core Provider Switch |
| CPS | Computer and Peripheral Subsystem |
| CPS | Complex Product Support |
| CPS | Confidential Portfolio Service |
| CPS | Customer Planning & Support |
| CPS | Chillingham Public School (Gold Coast, Australia) |
| CPS | Center for Research on Parallel Computing and Supercomputing |
| CPS | Casuarina Primary School (Singapore) |
| CPS | Certificate of Prior Submission |
| CPS | Central Peak Suppression |
| CPS | Contract/or Plant Service |
| CPS | Competitive Protection System |
| CPS | Component Product Schedule |
| CPS | Clear Pending Secure |
| CPS | Control Panel Subassembly |
| CPS | Communist Party of Siam (Thailand) |
| CPS | Contingent Preferred Stock (finance) |
| CPS | Citigroup Payment Services (Citibank) |