SP

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SP is a two-letter abbreviation that may refer to:

Contents 1 In computing and technology: 2 In economics: 3 In geography: 4 In healthcare 5 In mathematics: 6 In military: 7 In music, entertainment and popular culture: 8 In science 9 In sports 10 In politics: 11 Institution 12 Other uses:

[edit] In computing and technology:

• Scalable POWERparallel, IBM's SP and SP2
• service pack
• IBM Service processor
• Service Provider
• short perforation (philately)
• Short Play
  • Short Play, a vinyl record (or single) format
  • Short Play (VCR format)
  • SP, see DVD recorder
  • SP, see digital video recorder
• signal processor
• Single-player Term for a single-player video game, or variation of the same.
• stack pointer (computers)
• Stored procedure - a program stored in a database
• Game Boy Advance SP- An upgraded version of the Game Boy Advance

[edit] In 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

[edit] In geography:

• São Paulo (city)
• São Paulo (state)
• Severna Park, Maryland
• South Park
• South Pole
• South Philadelphia
• South Pasadena, Florida
• South Pasadena, California

[edit] In healthcare

• simulated patient
• Sleep Paralysis
• Social phobia, an anxiety disorder.
• standardized patient
• "Status Post" in medical charting to indicate recent completion of a treatment

[edit] In mathematics:

• Sp(n) and Sp(2n,F), in mathematics, denote a symplectic group or its corresponding Lie algebra
• Spur (mathematics)

[edit] In military:

• Self-propelled artillery
• Shore Patrol (U.S. Navy)
• Soft point bullet, a type of ammo

[edit] In music, entertainment and popular culture:

• Game Boy Advance SP
• Sans Pression (Québec Hip Hop group, one member is also known as SP)
• Sex Pistols, a UK punk band
• Skinny Puppy, a Canadian industrial band
• Simon Phillips, an English drummer
• Simple Plan, a Canadian pop-punk 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
• Strawberry Panic!
• The Sleepo Peeps, a group of superheroes that exist in the Marvel Universe
• Sean Paul, a Jamaican dancehall artist

[edit] In science

• Species, Books and articles sometimes intentionally do not identify species names fully and use the abbreviation "sp." in place of the specific epithet: for example, Canis sp.
• Self Potential, an electrical wireline logging method.

[edit] In sports

• Short program, the first part of a figure skating competition
• Starting pitcher, a baseball term

[edit] 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
• Schleswigsche Partei
• 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 States)

[edit] Institution

• Singapore Polytechnic

[edit] Other uses:

• Sapeur-pompier (French firefighter)
• Secondary power
• Security Phase in the United Nations.
• Security Police (Japan)

• SP (TV series) - TV series based on security police.

• Singapore Polytechnic - A polytechnic in Singapore.
• Sotilaspoliisi, the military police of the Finnish Defence Forces.
• Spelling
• state park (US)
• state police (US)
• Suomen Partiolaiset - the Finnish national Scout Association
• Südtiroler Pfadfinderschaft - a Scout Association in South Tyrol.
• Superintendent of Police
• Suppressive Person (Scientology) - a person with certain antisocial and destructive tendencies
• South Park TV series.
• Surface-protrusion
• 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
• Shit Pickle - a character created by James Rolfe for his short film, "The Wizard of Oz 3: Dorthy Goes to Hell" and later, his Angry Video Game Nerd review of Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu
• sine prole - without offspring