- SP
SP is a two-letter abbreviation that may refer to:
In computing and technology:
*Scalable POWERparallel , IBM's SP and SP2
*service pack
*Service Provider
* Short Play
**Short Play , avinyl record (or single) format
**Short Play (VCR format)
** SP, seeDVD recorder
** SP, seedigital video recorder
*signal processor
*Single-player Term for a single-player video game, or variation of the same.
* stack pointer, in computing
*Stored procedure , a program stored in a database
*Game Boy Advance SP - An upgraded version of the Game Boy AdvanceIn economics:
*SaskPower , Canada
*SATA Air Acores , IATA airline designator
*SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
*Share price
*Southern Pacific Railroad , AAR reporting marks SP
* starting price bookmaking, known colloquially as SP
*Starting prices (UK) a betting term
*Schering-Plough In geography:
*São Paulo (city)
*São Paulo (state)
*Saint Petersburg
*Severna Park, Maryland
* South Park
*South Pole
*South Philadelphia
*South Pasadena, Florida
*South Pasadena, California In health care:
*simulated patient
*Sleep Paralysis
* Social phobia, an anxiety disorder.
*standardized patient In mathematics:
* "Sp"("n") and "Sp"(2"n","F"), in mathematics, denote asymplectic group or its correspondingLie algebra
* Spur, German term for the trace of a square matrix in linear algebraIn military:
*Self-propelled artillery
*Shore Patrol , United States Navy
*Soft point bullet , a type of ammoIn music, entertainment and popular culture:
*Sex Pistols , a UK punk band
*Skinny Puppy , a Canadian industrial band
*Simon Phillips , an English drummer
*Simple Plan , a Canadian pop-punk band
*Silversun Pickups , an American alternative rock band
*The Smashing Pumpkins , an American alternative rock band
*Snow Patrol (A Scottish alternative rock band)
*Something Positive , a popular webcomic
*Sushi Pack , a children's cartoon on Kewlopolis
* "South Park ", an animated American television comedy series
*Strawberry Panic! , illustrated Japanese fictional short stories and related media works
*Sean Paul , a Jamaican dancehall artist
*Sheldon Plankton , also known as Plankton, character in SpongeBob SquarePantsIn science::
* sp., abbreviation forspecies used in place of a specific epithet in a species nameIn sports:
*Short program , the first part of a figure skating competition
*Starting pitcher , a baseball term
*25 m Pistol , a shooting sport formerly known as "Sport Pistol"In politics:
*Secular-progressive , abbreviated "S-P", used to describe people who advocate government independence from religious influences
*Shining Path , a Maoist guerrilla insurgent organization in Peru
*Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
*Socialist Party or Social Democratic Party
*Samajwadi Party , India
*Samata Party , India
*Saskatchewan Party
* Centre Party, Senterpartiet
*Socialistische Partij , a current political party in The Netherlands
* Socialistische Partij, a historical name for the SP.A in Belgium
* Socialistische Partij, a historical political party in The Netherlands (1918-1929)
*Southern Party , United StatesIn religion:
*Summorum Pontificum In institution:
*Singapore Polytechnic In other uses:
*Sapeur-pompier (French firefighter)
* Security Phase in the United Nations.
*Security Police (Japan)
**SP (TV series) - TV series based on security police.
* Short perforation, inphilately
*Singapore Polytechnic - A polytechnic in Singapore.
*Spelling
*state park (US)
*state police (US)
*sweet pie (romantic CIT phrase)
*Suomen Partiolaiset - the Finnish national Scout Association
*Südtiroler Pfadfinderschaft - a Scout Association in South Tyrol.
* Superintendent of Police
*Suppressive Person - A term used in Scientology
* SP is a USCS symbol for "poorly graded sand"
*Spontaneous potential is a measurement taken by oil industry well loggers to characterise rock formation properties
* "sine prole" - without offspring
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