Australia

• Corporate Protective Services, Sydney based GPS monitoring company
• Chatswood Public School
  Chatswood Public School
  Chatswood Public School is a primary and public school that was founded in 1883, located in the suburb of Chatswood in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
  
  , a school in Sydney

Bangladesh

• Criminology and Police Science, CPS is a discipline studied by the department at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University in Tangail, Bangladesh. Md. Afjal Hossain is one of the second batch student who has included this CPS in this wiki-page.

Canada

• Calgary Police Service
  Calgary Police Service
  Calgary Police Service, formed in 1885, is the municipal police force for the City of Calgary, Alberta.- Organization :Founded in 1885, the current head of the CPS is Chief Rick Hanson...
  
  , the police service for the city of Calgary, Alberta
• Canadian Pacific Survey
  Canadian Pacific Survey
  The Canadian Pacific Survey or Canadian Pacific Railway Survey consisted of a large number of distinct geographical surveys conducted during the 1870s and 1880s designed to determine the ideal route of the Canadian Pacific Railway...
  
  
• Canadian Paediatric Society
  Canadian Paediatric Society
  The Canadian Paediatric Society is a national association of paediatricians, committed to working together to advance the health of children and youth by nurturing excellence in health care, advocacy, education, research and support of its membership....
  
  
• Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons
  Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons
  Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons / Escadrille canadiennes de plaisance has been connecting enthusiastic recreational boaters across Canada for 70 years and has played a major role in boating culture in Canada...
  
  , an association that teaches safe boating
• Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties
  Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties
  The Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties: The Canadian Drug Reference for Health Professionals, more commonly known by its abbreviation CPS, is a reference book that contains drug monographs and numerous features which help healthcare professionals prescribe and use drugs safely and...
  
  
• Canadian Peony Society, a group dedicated to the cultivation and increased awareness of peonies.

Chile

• Colegio Preciosa Sangre
  Colegio Preciosa Sangre, Pichilemu
  Colegio Preciosa Sangre , also known as CPS, is a Chilean school located in El Llano, Pichilemu, Chile.-Cheer C.P.S.:A cheerleading group from Colegio Preciosa Sangre, Cheer C.P.S., won a championship in Tampa, Florida in 2009.-External links:*...
  
  , a Chile
  Chile
  Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
  
  an school in Pichilemu
  Pichilemu
  Pichilemu , originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province. It is located southwest of Santiago, the capital of Chile, and comprises an urban center and twenty-three villages, such as Ciruelos, Cáhuil, and Espinillo...
  
  
  • Cheer CPS, the cheerleading group of Colegio Preciosa Sangre

France

• Committee of Public Safety
  Committee of Public Safety
  The Committee of Public Safety , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror , a stage of the French Revolution...
  
  , the de facto executive government in France, 1793-1794

United Kingdom

• Cambridge Philosophical Society
  Cambridge Philosophical Society
  The Cambridge Philosophical Society is a scientific society at University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1819. The name derives from the medieval use of the word philosophy to denote any research undertaken outside the fields of theology and medicine...
  
  , a scientific society at the University of Cambridge
• Centre for Policy Studies
  Centre for Policy Studies
  The Centre for Policy Studies is a British right wing policy think tank whose goal is to promote coherent and practical public policy, to roll back the state, reform public services, support communities, and challenge threats to Britain’s independence...
  
  , a British think-tank
• Chamberlayne Park School
  Chamberlayne Park School
  Chamberlayne College for the Arts is the main secondary school in Weston, Southampton, providing education for around 900 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. The school is also a specialist Arts College. The school's KS3 results were in the top 100 most improved between 2004 and 2007...
  
  , now Chamberlayne College for the Arts, Weston, Hampshire
• Crown Prosecution Service
  Crown Prosecution Service
  The Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in England and Wales. Its role is similar to that of the longer-established Crown Office in Scotland, and the...
  
  , in England and Wales
• Compass International Airways (ICAO airline designator)
• Cambridge Positioning Systems (bought by CSR - Cambridge Silicon Radio
  CSR plc
  CSR , or Cambridge Silicon Radio, is a company based in Cambridge, England. CSR is a fabless semiconductor company whose main product lines include connectivity, audio and location chips. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index...
  
  )
• Complete Production Solutions (Bournemouth UK ) Lighting Sound Audio Visual and Event Production

United States

• Center for the Partially Sighted
  Center for the Partially Sighted
  The Center for the Partially Sighted is an American non-profit organization with the goal of promoting independent living for people with visual impairments...
  
  , an agency that promotes independent living for people of all ages with impaired sight, in Los Angeles, California
• Chicago Public Schools
  Chicago Public Schools
  Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians and officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, is a large school district that manages over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois...
  
  
• Child Protective Services
  Child Protective Services
  Child Protective Services is the name of a governmental agency in many states of the United States that responds to reports of child abuse or neglect. Some states use other names, often attempting to reflect more family-centered practices, such as "Department of Children & Family Services"...
  
  , the name used in many United States jurisdictions for a state or local government agency which investigates child abuse and neglect
• ChoicePoint
  ChoicePoint
  ChoicePoint was a data aggregation company based in Alpharetta, near Atlanta, Georgia, United States, that acted as a private intelligence service to government and industry...
  
  , whose New York Stock Exchange symbol was CPS until its buyout by Reed Elsevier
  Reed Elsevier
  Reed Elsevier is a publisher and information provider operating in the science, medical, legal, risk and business sectors. It is listed on several of the world's major stock exchanges. It is a FTSE 100 and FT500 Global company...
  
  
• Cincinnati Public Schools, Hamilton County, Ohio
• Civilian Public Service
  Civilian Public Service
  The Civilian Public Service provided conscientious objectors in the United States an alternative to military service during World War II...
  
  , a national system of work camps for conscientious objectors in the United States administered and paid for by the peace churches during World War II
• Coalition for Positive Sexuality
  Coalition for Positive Sexuality
  Coalition for Positive Sexuality is an internet-based comprehensive sexuality education website, for youth and young adults.The most commonly used feature of the CPS website is the "Let's Talk" feature, which allows youth members to post anonymously and receive answers to sexual health-related...
  
  , a self-described "guerrilla sex education" group
• The College Preparatory School
  The College Preparatory School
  The school's strict academics and small size have translated into an admissions rate lower than many American colleges and universities. In turn many students from College Prep go on to study at America's top universities, and approximately one-third of each graduating class matriculates into Ivy...
  
  , a high school in Oakland, California
• CPS Energy
  CPS Energy
  CPS Energy of San Antonio, Texas is the United States' largest municipally owned utility company, with combined natural gas and electric service. Fourteen percent of all utility revenues are returned to the City of San Antonio, and those revenues make up more than 20 percent of the City of San...
  
  , San Antonio's municipally owned natural gas and electric company
• Current Population Survey
  Current Population Survey
  The Current Population Survey is a statistical survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics . The BLS uses the data to provide a monthly report on the Employment Situation. This report provides estimates of the number of unemployed people in the United...
  
  , a statistical survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• Columbia Public Schools
  Columbia Public Schools
  The Columbia Public School District is centered in Columbia, Missouri and serves much of Boone County, Missouri. The district is Accredited with Distinction by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It serves 18,070 students as of 2011 making it the tenth-largest district...
  
  

Automotive

• Cam Profile Switching (CPS), a variable valve timing
  Variable valve timing
  In internal combustion engines, variable valve timing , also known as Variable valve actuation , is a generalized term used to describe any mechanism or method that can alter the shape or timing of a valve lift event within an internal combustion engine...
  
   technology by Malaysian carmaker Proton.

Biology

• Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase
  Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase
  Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase catalyzes the ATP-dependent synthesisof carbamoyl phosphate from glutamine or ammonia and bicarbonate. This enzyme catalyzes the reaction of ATP and bicarbonate to produce carbonyl phosphate and ADP. Carbonyl phosphate reacts with ammonia to give carbamate...
  
  , an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction that produces carbamoyl phosphate

Chemistry

• Capsaicin
  Capsaicin
  Capsaicin 2CHCH=CH4CONHCH2C6H3-4--3- ) is the active component of chili peppers, which are plants belonging to the genus Capsicum. It is an irritant for mammals, including humans, and produces a sensation of burning in any tissue with which it comes into contact...
  
  , a pungent component of chili peppers
• Concentrate of Poppy Straw (also called Poppy Straw Concentrate), a preparation of opium
  Opium
  Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy . Opium contains up to 12% morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. The latex also includes codeine and non-narcotic alkaloids such as papaverine, thebaine and noscapine...
  
  

Childhood psychology

• Collaborative problem solving
  Collaborative Problem Solving
  Collaborative Problem Solving is a behavior management approach developed for children with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. The CPS approach—originated by Dr. Ross W...
  
   (from the book Explosive Child, a model to handle children and adolescents with behaviour problems)

Computing

• CPS (file format), a file format for raster graphics
  Raster graphics
  In computer graphics, a raster graphics image, or bitmap, is a data structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of color, viewable via a monitor, paper, or other display medium...
  
   images produced by Corel Photo House
  Corel Photo House
  Corel Photo House is a discontinued raster graphics editor, replaced by Corel Photo-Paint. Corel Photo House was sometimes distributed free with image scanners such as the HP Scanjet....
  
  , a discontinued forerunner of Corel Photo Paint and Paint Shop Pro
• Capcom Play Systems, CPS-1, CPS-2, and CPS-3
  CPS-3
  The or CPS-3 is an arcade system board that was first used by Capcom in 1996 with the arcade game Red Earth. It was the second successor to the CP System arcade hardware, following the CP System II...
  
  , arcade system boards manufactured by Capcom
  Capcom
  is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...
  
   in the early 1990s
• Certification Practice Statement, legal document that describes how the Certificate Authority
  Certificate authority
  In cryptography, a certificate authority, or certification authority, is an entity that issues digital certificates. The digital certificate certifies the ownership of a public key by the named subject of the certificate...
  
   manages the certificates it issues
• Characters per second is a measurement of the data transfer rate during a Direct Client-to-Client file transfer, like bytes per second
• Citrix Presentation Server
  Citrix Presentation Server
  Citrix XenApp is a thin client product that allows users to connect to their corporate applications...
  
  , now known as Citrix XenApp.
• Collaborative portal server, an Open Source
  Open source
  The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
  
   content management system
  Content management system
  A content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...
  
   that is used by the BBC
  BBC
  The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
  
   and other websites for generating content.
• Conversational programming system
  Conversational Programming System
  Conversational Programming System or CPS was an early Time-sharing system offered by IBM which ran on System/360 mainframes circa 1967 through 1972. CPS was implemented as an interpreter, and users could select either a rudimentary form of BASIC or a reasonably complete version of PL/I...
  
  , an early time sharing operating system that ran on IBM System/360 mainframes
• Continuation-passing style
  Continuation-passing style
  In functional programming, continuation-passing style is a style of programming in which control is passed explicitly in the form of a continuation. Gerald Jay Sussman and Guy L. Steele, Jr...
  
  , a programming technique
• Cyber-Physical Systems, the tight conjoining of and coordination between computational and physical resources

Manufacturing

• Constant pressure system, a technology used in some super soakers
  Super Soaker
  Super Soaker is a brand of recreational water gun, first sold in 1990 by Larami and now produced by Hasbro under the Nerf brand. Invented by Lonnie Johnson on November 13, 1989, the first Super Soaker, the Super Soaker 50, was originally called the Power Drencher...
  
  

Metrology

• Centipoise
  Poise
  The poise is the unit of dynamic viscosity in the centimetre gram second system of units. It is named after Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille ....
  
  , a measurement of viscosity
• counts per second, a measurement of the number of instrument-detected events per second, e.g., the number of photons per second in fluorescence spectroscopy
  Fluorescence spectroscopy
  Fluorescence spectroscopy aka fluorometry or spectrofluorometry, is a type of electromagnetic spectroscopy which analyzes fluorescence from a sample. It involves using a beam of light, usually ultraviolet light, that excites the electrons in molecules of certain compounds and causes them to emit...
  
  
• Cycle(s) per second
  Cycle per second
  The cycle per second was a once-common unit of frequency.With the organization of the International System of Units in 1960, the cycle per second was officially replaced by the hertz, or reciprocal second—i.e. the cycle in 'cycle per second' was dropped...
  
  , now known as hertz
  Hertz
  The hertz is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of the sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications....
  
  , which is the SI unit for frequency
• Cells per second, bandwidth measurement unit for ATM
  Asynchronous Transfer Mode
  Asynchronous Transfer Mode is a standard switching technique designed to unify telecommunication and computer networks. It uses asynchronous time-division multiplexing, and it encodes data into small, fixed-sized cells. This differs from approaches such as the Internet Protocol or Ethernet that...
  
   protocol.

Music theory

• Combination Product Set, all ways of choosing the product of m distinct values from a set of n primes, treated as a subset of an n-dimensional lattice to create a musical scale with many just intonation chords

Telecommunications

• Calls per second
  Calls per second
  Calls Per Second or CPS refers to how many telephone calls can be handled in a second.CPS is one measure of the performance of Switching systems....
  
   in telephony
  Telephony
  In telecommunications, telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other....
  
   or other telecommunications
• Carrier Preselect
  Carrier Preselect
  Carrier preselect is a term relating to the telecommunications industry. It is the process whereby a telephone subscriber whose telephone line is maintained by one company, usually a former monopoly provider , can choose to have some of their calls automatically routed across a different telephone...
  
  , a landline telephone option that lets European customers use a third party for call charges instead of using the national operator (British Telecom, KPN, Telekom, Swisscom, Belgacom, etc) without dialling a prefix

Miscellanea

• Caterpillar Production System, modeled after the Toyota Production System
  Toyota Production System
  The Toyota Production System is an integrated socio-technical system, developed by Toyota, that comprises its management philosophy and practices. The TPS organizes manufacturing and logistics for the automobile manufacturer, including interaction with suppliers and customers...
  
  
• Central Park South
  Central Park South
  Central Park South is the portion of 59th Street that forms the southern border of Central Park in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It runs from Columbus Circle at Eighth Avenue on the west to Grand Army Plaza at Fifth Avenue on the east...
  
  , a street in New York City
• Certified Professional SafeTech, a qualification awarded by the Safe and Vault Technicians Association
• Certified Professional Secretary
• Claims processing system, a warranty processing system available for use by automobile dealerships
• Classroom Performance Systems
  Classroom Performance Systems
  Classroom Response Systems is a technological way to assess students, more commonly known as Audience Response Systems. Unpublished research results by the author in the early 1990s measured the difference between known interactivity in the traditional classroom and that of a...
  
  , a technological student assessment system
• Clerk Police Sergeant, or Clerk Sergeant, a former rank in the London Metropolitan Police
• Computerized performance system, a technical system for manipulating audio, video, and symbols, and performing complex and repetitive mixing procedures for recorded or live performance
• Crane, Poole & Schmidt, a fictional law firm in the television series Boston Legal
• Current Population Survey
  Current Population Survey
  The Current Population Survey is a statistical survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics . The BLS uses the data to provide a monthly report on the Employment Situation. This report provides estimates of the number of unemployed people in the United...
  
  , conducted by the United States Census Bureau to measure unemployment and other labor data