dps

(by extension, video games) A player or unit whose primary role is to deal the maximum amount of damage possible (as opposed to holding the attention of the enemy, healing, or other tasks).

(video games) Initialism of damage per second; a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games.

(US, government) Initialism of Department of Public Safety.

(postal) Initialism of delivery point sequence.

Initialism of double page spread.

Initialism of designated premises supervisor.

(nuclear physics) Initialism of disintegration per second.

Initialism of Doege-Potter syndrome. [A paraneoplastic syndrome in which hypoglycemia is associated with solitary fibrous tumors.]

(US, planetology) Initialism of Division for Planetary Sciences.