FPS
FPS has 2 meanings
First-person shooter
Example
Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Marathon were some of the first FPS games
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Frames per second
FPS (frames per second) is a measure of a film or video game's frame rate (the number of consecutive images shown each second). Techies often use this measurement to judge the performance of a computer's graphic card. The higher FPS a card can show, the better quality it is.
Gamers may encounter confusion while using the FPS acronym, as it can stand for either first-person shooter or frames per second. To add to this confusion, those who play online FPSes often talk about their in-game FPS - because without a solid FPS, a player is more at risk of getting PK'd.
Example
With my new NVIDIA video card, I can get over 120 FPS in Quake 4!
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Gamers use FPS as shorthand for the "first-person shooter" genre. First-person shooters are 3D action games in which players:
Popular FPSes include Call of Duty (CoD), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Half-Life, and Doom. Many FPSes include both player vs. computer (PvC) and player vs. player (PvP) modes, allowing players to play against either the game's AI or other players.