FPS

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English

Alternative forms

  • (frames per second, feet per second): fps

Noun

FPS (plural FPS)

  1. (film, television, computing) Initialism of frames per second.
  2. Initialism of feet per second (“a measure of speed”).
  3. Initialism of foot-pound-second (“a system of units”).

Noun

FPS (plural FPSes)

  1. (video games) Initialism of first-person shooter.

Noun

FPS (uncountable)

  1. Initialism of free phone service.
  2. (poker) Initialism of fancy play syndrome, the act of playing in a reckless way.
  3. (pensions) Initialism of final pensionable salary.

Noun

FPS pl (plural only)

  1. Initialism of frequently posted suggestions.

Proper noun

FPS

  1. Initialism of Federal Protective Service.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English FPS.

Noun

FPS m (uncountable)

  1. FPS (initialism of "frames per second")
    • 2011, Wes McDermott, Criando Arte de Jogos 3D Para iPhone Com Unity, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 231:
      Você pode configurar quantas vezes o seu jogo vai executar seu ciclo de renderização. Por padrão, é definido e limitado a 30 FPS. Você pode alterar esse valor para renderizar a diferentes velocidades de projeção, como 60 FPS.
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  2. (video games) FPS (initialism of "first-person shooter")
    Synonym: first-person shooter
    • 2010, Ricardo José Becker, Para Jogar O Ano Inteiro, Clube de Autores, page 316:
      Fora com os FPS! Que venham os rail shooters que esses sim me divertem um monte! E não é à toa que um dos meus games favoritos do Nintendo Wii é justamente a coletânea de The House of The Dead 2 and 3!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2013, Felipe Castilho, Ouro, Fogo e Megabytes, Gutenberg, →ISBN, page 180:
      Estava de frente para um segurança uniformizado, que apontava para o seu rosto uma arma calibre 12, mais conhecida em qualquer jogo de FPS (First Person Shooter, os jogos de tiro em primeira pessoa) como shotgun.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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