Definitions
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- initialism film, television, computing
Frames per second - initialism video games
First-person shooter - initialism
Foot-pound-second (asystem ofunits ) - initialism
Feet per second (a measure ofspeed ) - initialism Federal Protective Service
- initialism Free Phone Service
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Examples
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DEMPSEY: As to the number of personnel involved in the attack, we did have some of our -- what we describe as our FPS, facilities protective service personnel, within about 100 meters of the location.
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Show me a deer you cannot kill with a 100 grain TSX at 3000 FPS from a Roberts.
A Top-Notch Working Rifle: David Petzal Reviews the Montana Rifle Company Model 1999 Ridgeline 2009
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Show me a deer you cannot kill with a 100 grain TSX at 3000 FPS from a Roberts.
A Top-Notch Working Rifle: David Petzal Reviews the Montana Rifle Company Model 1999 Ridgeline 2009
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Swordplay and sorcery in an FPS is almost always dull and boring.
Is The First-Person The Most-Person? SVGL 2009
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EA's Battlefield: Bad Company FPS is going to have tons of unlockable weapons, a small portion of which are "premium" content.
Archive 2008-04-01 SVGL 2008
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FPS is highly overrated and in fact can become a detriment at close range.
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But then again, Blizzard does not have any experience in FPS-making.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Starcraft MMO a reality? 2007
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All I ever hear while playing any FPS is I got the shotgun!
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The 50 greatest fictional weapons of all time 2007
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If they call FPS for assistance, the agency is stretched so thin, critics say it could take hours, even days, for officers to respond -- Lou.
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I have to admit that personally my big bias AGAINST X-Box has been the over-reliance on ports of FPS from the PC and lackluster first-party games.
Sunday link dump 2005
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