OPS
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Organizations
- Office of Protective Services
- Office of Public SafetyOffice of Public SafetyThe Office of Public Safety was a US government agency, established in 1957 by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower to train police forces of US allies. It was officially part of USAID , and was close to the Central Intelligence Agency . Police-training teams were sent to South Vietnam, Iran, Taiwan,...
- Presidential Communications Operations Office (Philippines), known as Office of the Press Secretary
- Optical Position SensorPosition sensitive deviceA Position Sensitive Device and/or Position Sensitive Detector is an optical position sensor , that can measure a position of a light spot in one or two-dimensions on a sensor surface.- Principles :...
, an electronic device - Orchestre philharmonique de StrasbourgOrchestre philharmonique de StrasbourgThe Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg is a French orchestra based in Strasbourg. It is one of the two permanent orchestras of the Opéra national du Rhin. The orchestra's current principal venue is the Palais de la musique et des congrès « Pierre Pflimlin » .The orchestra was founded in 1855...
- Ottawa Police ServiceOttawa Police ServiceThe Ottawa Police Service serves the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.-History:The OPS roots come from the formation of the "Bytown Association" in 1847. In 1855 Roderick Ross was the first Chief Constable for the newly formed City of Ottawa...
- Oulun PalloseuraOulun PalloseuraOulun Palloseura, OPS for short, is a Finnish football club based in Oulu.The football team is currently playing in the Finnish second tier, Ykkönen.-Season to season:-Current Squad 2011:-External links:*...
, a Finnish football club - Oceanic Preservation SocietyOceanic Preservation SocietyThe Oceanic Preservation Society is a Colorado-based 501 non-profit organization that promotes marine conservation and environmentalism and addresses issues such as animal rights and censorship. It was founded in 2005 by photographer and current executive director Louie Psihoyos and Silicon Valley...
Other uses
- Off Premise Station, also known as Off Premise Extension, a type of telephone extension
- 2-Nonenal2-Nonenal2-Nonenal is an unsaturated aldehyde which some research has associated with human body odor alterations during aging. The substance is also an important aroma component of aged beer and buckwheat. The odor of this substance is perceived as orris, fat and cucumber.In the April 2001 issue of the...
, known as "old person smell" - On-base plus sluggingOn-base plus sluggingOn-base plus slugging is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The ability of a player to both get on base and to hit for power, two important hitting skills, are represented. An OPS of .900 or higher in Major League...
, a baseball statistic - One-piece swimsuitOne-piece swimsuitA one-piece swimsuit is a usually skin-tight one-piece swimsuit worn by women and girls when swimming in the sea or in a swimming pool, or for any activity in the sun, such as sun bathing. The one-piece swimsuit usually covers a female's torso...
- OperationOperationOperation may refer to:* Scientific operation* Surgery, or operation* An operation in mathematics:**Unary operation**Binary operation**Arity...
s - Ops, the third strain of Stigma from Trauma Center: New BloodTrauma Center: New Bloodis the third game of the Trauma Center surgery simulation video game series, for the Wii. New Blood is a new installment with features not seen in the previous title, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a cooperative mode, online leaderboards, full voice-over dialogue and a 16:9 widescreen...
- OpsOpsIn ancient Roman religion, Ops or Opis, was a fertility deity and earth-goddess of Sabine origin.-Mythology:Her husband was Saturn, the bountiful monarch of the Golden Age. Just as Saturn was identified with the Greek deity Cronus, Opis was identified with Rhea, Cronus' wife...
, the Roman goddess of plenty - Oriented polystyrene
- Orthogonal Polarization Spectral imagingOrthogonal polarization spectral imagingOrthogonal polarization spectral imaging is a method for imaging small blood vessels in tissue like the nail bed or lip.It uses a light source of linearly polarized light with a wavelength of 550 nanometers, the isobestic point for hemoglobin, thus imaging the erythrocytes as they are flowing...
- Oracle Parallel Server, a computer cluster database
- Open Publication Structure, a specification for e-bookE-bookAn electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...
s in EPUBEPUBEPUB is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum...
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