DPS is role name ?

[Neptune]

Hi, I'm Japanese player. sorry to my poor English.

I have heard "attaker" or "damage dealer" as damage sauce role.
But that role is called "DPS" at FF14. "DPS" means Damage Per Second, it's a measure of attackpower, not role name, I think.
From when did it come to say so in English ?

Hi. I think it's just laziness / slang. It came from Yoshi-P. He was the first one to say "DPS" as role name. In WoW, where the term became popularized, DD was referred to as RDD or MDD (ranged or melee)