To the question: “What is this - OPS?” - There are many possible answers. The fact is that in the Russian language there are many ways to decipher this abbreviation. Let's look at the most famous of them.
What are ambiguous terms
Before you find out the decoding of the abbreviation in question, it is worth clarifying why it belongs to the category of words that are ambiguous.
This reduction illustrates the ability of names to have not one, but several lexical meanings at once.
In the case of terms (a specialized word / phrase meaning a specific concept and used within a certain environment), ambiguity is characteristic of them only because of homonymy.
This means that in parallel there are several phenomena whose names look identical. However, they are in no way connected with each other, and their similarity is the result of a usual coincidence. The existence of many options for deciphering the acronym OPS is just that case.
Compulsory pension insurance
For each citizen of the Russian Federation, the reduction in question is primarily interpreted as “compulsory pension insurance”.
In 2002, a reform was carried out in the country, as a result of which now every working citizen or foreigner is an insured person. In this regard, every month such a person needs to pay certain insurance premiums to the OPS. Their size is twenty-two percent.
In this way, the state budget annually receives enough funds to pay pensions to persons who are eligible.
Burglar alarm
Considering the options for answering the question: “OPS is what?” - it is worth recalling another, no less important decoding of this reduction. This is a fire alarm system. It, like the Twix chocolate bar from advertising, combines two functions at once.
- Provides fire safety.
- It takes care of protecting the object from intruders.
As a rule, such a system is installed at enterprises of various sizes, in shopping centers and office premises. Less commonly in private homes.
Unfortunately, due to the fact that the installation of OPS is a rather expensive undertaking, it is rarely installed in most state institutions, not to mention residential buildings. Meanwhile, the benefits of burglar alarms are difficult to overestimate. After all, it helps annually around the world to prevent thousands of fires and crimes.
Installation of OPS is not cheap due to the fact that for its implementation you need to take several steps.
- Choose an executing company. The quality of the installation and the functioning of future signaling depends on her experience and qualifications.
- Draw up a project. Theoretically, it can be composed independently. However, if there is no experience, it is better to turn to professionals. The best option is when the project is made by the same company, which will subsequently be involved in the installation of this system.
- Directly installing the fire alarm system itself. This is a very laborious and responsible process. Needless to say, professionals should implement it?
- Monitoring the health of the OPS. Even if the fire alarm system was installed perfectly, periodically it is still worth checking to see if it works correctly. After all, even the most advanced mechanism can fail. Of course, checking the OPS is also paid, but is it worth saving when it comes to safety for life and health?
Post Office
This phrase is another answer to the question “OPS - what is it?”.
For several centuries, it has been the post that specializes in the delivery of letters, postcards and bulky parcels, as well as the transfer of money orders.
It is worth noting that in the modern world, it is in great competition for the Internet and SMS messages, online banking, as well as private courier services. Despite this, post offices are still not without work.
The number of TSOs in a particular locality directly depends on its size and population. So, in villages and small towns usually there are one or two such institutions. However, in large cities there can be more than a dozen, each of which will have its own index.
For example, post offices in Moscow are evenly distributed across thirteen postal areas of the city. At the same time, the total mass in the capital of the Russian Federation is more than five hundred OPS. And this is after the reduction.
In the capital of Ukraine - the city of Kiev - there are much fewer such institutions. Their number is just over 230.
It is worth noting that in most countries of the world today there is an active modernization of the OPS. At the same time, post offices in small towns and villages, as a rule, are at risk of closure due to their low profitability.
Organized crime community
Also, the OPS is a synonym for the word OPG (organized crime group).
Regardless of the specifics of the activity, the purpose of such a community is to use all possible methods for profit, including those prohibited by law.
It is worth noting that OPS often has legal enterprises. Their work does not violate any laws. With their help, the illegal income is legalized.
Natural environment
Another answer to the question “OPS - what is it?” - natural environment.
This concept includes all natural components such as atmospheric air, the bowels of the earth, soil, various types of water bodies, as well as natural complexes, landscapes and objects that determine the living conditions of a person as a biological organism.
The following groups of factors influence them:
- Abiotic - inanimate nature (climate, atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere).
- Biotic - living organisms different from humans, which are its "neighbors".
- Anthropogenic - human activity.
The five types of decoding of the acronym OPS considered are just the most well-known options. In fact, there are several dozen ways to interpret this reduction. For this reason, when confronted with this letter combination, you always need to clarify the context so as not to get into an absurd situation.