Korean slang profile
GPS
gps
Satellite positioning system
An abbreviation for a satellite-navigation system that uses satellite signals to determine location.
- Expanded form
- Global Positioning SystemGlobal Positioning System
- Other spellings
- 지피에스
- Earliest source found
- Feb 7, 2006
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
GPS로 현재 위치를 확인했다.
I used GPS to check my current location.
02Documented history
- 2006-02-07This source introduced “GPS” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A 2006 Electronic Times article pairs GPS with the Korean term for satellite-navigation device. The full English name was checked on the cover and in the abbreviation index of a US Department of Defense report from the same year. Its first user has not been identified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The term in Korean reporting was compared with the expanded form in an official international report. The upload year in the report’s URL differs from the document’s publication date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 서울시,세계측지계 변환 사업 추진 (전자신문)Published Feb 7, 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- Global Positioning System(GPS)2006:A Report to Congress (미국 국방부)Published Oct 31, 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026