FPS

Gamers use FPS as shorthand for the "first-person shooter" genre. First-person shooters are 3D action games in which players:

• View the game's world from their character's limited, first-person perspective
• Shoot enemies with a gun or other projectile weapon

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.

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.