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FPS

By Niko Silvester, About.com

Definition: FPS stands for "First Person Shooter." It is a genre of video game in which the player sees the game from a first-person point of view (as if they were the game character), and which has a focus on shooting (or otherwise killing or disabling) enemies.
Pronunciation: eff pee ess
Also Known As: first person shooter, shooter, shooting game, run-and-gun
Alternate Spellings: fps
Examples: Black and Doom are FPSs.

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