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GPS is the Global Positioning System, a satellite-based navigation system.
GPS may also refer to:
Technology
edit- GPS navigation device, especially an automotive navigation system
- Generalized processor sharing, an algorithm to fairly share computer processing time
- General Problem Solver, a 1959 computer program
- Satellite navigation, GPS (global positioning system) in common parlance
Organizations
edit- Crossroads GPS (Grassroots Policy Strategies), a nonprofit corporation that works in conjunction with the Super PAC American Crossroads
- Fusion GPS, American commercial and strategic research firm
- Ghana Prisons Service
- GPS (band), a progressive rock band
- GPS Rugby, an Australian rugby union club
- Geirus Policies and Standards committee, a body of the Rabbinical Council of America
- Gabungan Parti Sarawak, a Malaysian political coalition based in Sarawak
Education
edit- Greenwich Public Schools, a school district in Greenwich, Connecticut, US
- Gilbert Public Schools, a school district in Gilbert, Arizona, US
- Girls Preparatory School, an all-girls prep school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, US
- Great Public Schools. In Australia, several associations of boys' private schools
- Grosse Pointe South High School, a public high school in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, US
- Greenville Public Schools (a.k.a. Greenville Public School District), a school district in Greenville, Mississippi, US
- The School of Global Policy and Strategy, an institute of international studies at the University of California, San Diego
Medicine
edit- Goodpasture syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease
- Gray platelet syndrome, a rare congenital autosomal recessive bleeding disorder
Other uses
edit- Seymour Airport (IATA code), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
- Fareed Zakaria GPS (Global Public Square), a CNN television show
- Geometrical Products Specification, an international standard for geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Genealogical Proof Standard (see also Cluster genealogy)
- "GPS" (song), a song by Maluma
- "Var är jag", renamed to "GPS", a song by Basshunter from his LOL <(^^,)> album