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FPS / FPS - know what I mean?
« on: March 23, 2003, 05:17:59 PM »
Frames Per Second has been abbreviated to FPS since the dawn of time, but lately people have been using FPS as First Person Shooter.  This I believe originated with C&VG magazine - a kids computer magazine (IMHO).  Since the two phrases are often used together, and are relevant to the same games etc, it would make sense to abbreviate First Person Shooter to 1PS or something.
Rant over.
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