| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| SAPS | South African Police Service |
| SAPS | School of Applied Sciences (various schools) |
| SAPS | Science and Plants for Schools (biology program) |
| SAPS | Statistical Analysis of Protein Sequences |
| SAPS | Stand Alone Power Systems |
| SAPS | Successive Alkalinity-Producing System (used to treat acid leachate) |
| SAPS | Spectator Amateur Press Society (est. 1947) |
| SAPS | Simplified Acute Physiology Scores |
| SAPS | Scaling and Probabilistic Smoothing (algorithm) |
| SAPS | Skills, Abilities, Potential and Suitability (interviewing and evaluation) |
| SAPS | Satellite Antenna Protection System (US DoD) |
| SAPS | Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| SAPS | Sulphated Ash Phosphorus Sulphur |
| SAPS | SAP Application Benchmark Performance Standard (throughput unit for HW sizing) |
| SAPS | Shippingport Atomic Power Station (Shippingport, PA) |
| SAPS | Southern Auto Problem Solutions |
| SAPS | Small Arms Perception Survey |
| SAPS | Signal Algorithmic Processing System (from Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy novel) |
| SAPS | Seismological Acquisition and Processing System |
| SAPS | Saint Anthony's Primary School |
| SAPS | Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha |
| SAPS | Sonar Adaptive Processing Study |
| SAPS | Session Attempts Per Second |
| SAPS | Service Assurance Production Support (Sprint) |
| SAPS | Status Already in Protection State (Alcatel) |
| SAPS | Shed Acute Phase Antigen |