cps
2
7.4
- noun
- Jargon
:
clic por segundo
- The Penrith City Library (an hour west of Sydney, Australia) has a sign up advising parents that if they leave their children unattended, they will be reported to DOC's (CPS).
Examples
-
Survey data from the 2000 American National Election Study (ANES), carried out by the Center for Political Studies (CPS) at the University of Michigan, reveal that the stereotype of Christian fundamentalist antagonism toward Catholics is nothing more than a specter from the past.
Academic text (2002) -
For instance, in the 2003 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS), a large nationally representative sample, the lifetime prevalence of smoking was 25% among Latinos and 44% among non-Hispanic Whites.
Academic text (2012) -
Historically, CPS had been used as a means to challenge and enrich only the minds of gifted children.
Academic text (2002) -
Six steps of Creative Problem Solving (CPS) PREFORMATTED TABLE
Academic text (2002) -
In August 1999, when Creative Problem Solving (CPS) was introduced into two social studies programs, the students' participation in those classrooms began to change.
Academic text (2002) -
It was in relation to the news from Brooks College Prep High School where the principal had been reassigned from the school by CPS.
Blog text (20) -
I am a Broker Associate and Notary Public with Creative Property Services (CPS) in Sebastopol, CA.
Blog text (5) -
In gaming, she achieved a remarkable cps of twenty-six clicks per second during the competition.
-
To improve your cps, practice consistently in clicking games designed for speed.
-
Many players track their cps to see how quickly they can react to on-screen events.
Surface Forms
Morphology
cps = c + p + s
As an abbreviation ('clicks per second'), the letters alone do not allow a learner to infer the meaning without the full expansion.
Etymology
Cps is often used in gaming as short for clicks 'per' second, which tells how many times you click a mouse in one second, so it measures clicking speed.