Abbreviations are written abbreviations of words that you have to deal with every day. As a rule, each of them is decrypted in one or two ways. However, there are also those that have not one, or even two, but more than a dozen values. For example, this is an OPS. Let's find out what the most famous combinations of words can mean the abbreviation in question.
Burglar and Fire Alarm
It’s worth starting with safety, because absolutely no one is safe from the fire. However, if it is discovered and put out in time, this misfortune can cause the most minimal inconvenience. In this case, it will be possible to save not only property, but also the lives of people.
In order to have a similar chance in case of a fire or just smoke, most enterprises install an OPS system. This name is a fire alarm. It should be noted that it performs simultaneously not one, but two functions at once.
- Monitors the fire safety of one or more rooms. In more developed systems, it is possible to install special equipment not only for identification, but also for automatic extinguishing of the ignition object.
- OPS is not only a means of preventing and combating fires, but also at the same time a security system. Thanks to motion sensors and video surveillance, it helps to monitor the safety of the object, recording attempts by cybercriminals to enter the territory.
In order to equip the building with this miracle of modern technology, it is important to take several steps.
- Create or order a project for the distribution of elements of the TSA in the attached territory.
- Coordinate it with the norms of modern legislation on fire safety.
- Install the equipment and connect it to the control panel.
This pleasure, of course, is not cheap, because the system itself needs periodic inspection and repair, which is also not free. But on the other hand, saving on safety, as well as on health, can cost a person life. For this reason, every year, more and more OPS are installed not only at enterprises and in offices, but also in residential buildings, especially in suburban dachas.
OPS system (compulsory pension insurance)
In many developed countries of the world, in order not to have a deficit of the pension fund, its budget is formed by obtaining funds from the workers insurance system. This works as follows: citizens monthly deposit certain amounts into their individual accounts, from which they will receive pension payments in old age.
Depending on the legislation of a particular country, this type of insurance is voluntary (DPS) and compulsory (OPS). This is a pretty controversial question: which option is the best.
On the one hand, compulsory state insurance seems more reliable. After all, it covers absolutely all citizens and gives each of them a chance to receive a pension in old age. However, with this option, the state becomes a monopolist in this area and, without competitors, is able to dictate conditions that are not always favorable for the insured. For example, OPS contributions may be too high for holders of minimum wages or may not match future payments.
In the case of DPS, non-state institutions may act as insurers. Due to their different status and capabilities, they have to compete with each other, offering customers more favorable conditions. In addition, being independent of the state, such insurers are able to establish different sizes of contributions, adapting to the capabilities of each particular client. Moreover, the activities of all such organizations are strictly controlled by the government. However, this does not provide guarantees for cases of inflation, default, or other catastrophes of an economic nature.
Post Office
Also, the abbreviation OPS is the name of each post office. The main functions of any such institution are the following:
- Reception of postal items.
- Their sorting and processing.
- Sending and delivery of parcels, letters and other items.
The first OPS was opened in Scotland in 1712. By the way, it continues to work quite successfully today.
Although in the modern digital age, paper letters are more exotic than a means of exchanging information, the postal system continues to be in demand as a popular means of transporting goods. However, it is still inferior to private couriers in speed, convenience and quality of service. In this case, the OPS wins except for the price, being the cheapest method of delivery.
Regional consumer union
Another way to decipher the considered abbreviation OPS is Oblpotrebsoyuz or regional union of consumer societies.
This organization exists in almost every country of the former USSR. Its purpose is to protect the rights and interests of cooperatives. It performs not only an organizational function, but also is an economic and legal advisory center for such institutions.
Spec Ops ("Special Ops"): computer games
In addition to all of the above, the three letters in question are also part of the name of the Zombie Studios series of military video games.
Since 1998, nine games of this cycle have been released. Most of them can be played not only on a personal computer, but also on various consoles.
The essence of the Special Ops games (regardless of the year of release) is that a gamer can participate in various military operations as a special forces shooter. In any version of Spec Ops, the player has to complete a series of tasks, fighting terrorists in different parts of the world.
Other decryption of OPS
In addition to the five above, OPS is used as a reduction in many other areas. Here are just a few of them.
- In ecology, the natural environment.
- In production terminology, the department for the preparation of raw materials.
- In aviation, an optical landing system.
- In astronautics - an orbital manned station.
- In medicine, general peripheral resistance.
- In horticulture, a pollinator for fields and gardens.
- In military affairs - a separate communications regiment and an optical sighting station.
In mythology, Ops or Opa is the name of the ancient Roman goddess of harvest and fertility. This is such an interesting and significant abbreviation - OPS.