STP

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The three letter acronym STP can have several meanings:

Contents 1 Commercial 2 Geographical 3 Music 4 Sports and recreation 5 Scientific and technical

[edit] Commercial

• Straight Through Processing is a banking term where a financial transaction is automatically completed without manual intervention.
• STP is a motor oil company.
• STP is the process for developing marketing strategy through segmenting the market, targeting a segment and then positioning the product or brand.
• STP is the New York Stock Exchange symbol for Suntech Power Holdings, a Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic cells

[edit] Geographical

• Saint Paul, Minnesota.
  • The IATA airport code for St. Paul Downtown Airport
• Saint Peter, particularly Saint Peter, Minnesota.
• The IOC country code and the FIFA country code for São Tomé and Príncipe.
• The National Rail code for St Pancras railway station

[edit] Music

• Stone Temple Pilots, an American rock band.
• A song by Sublime off of their Robbin' the Hood album.
• Stones Touring Party, the Rolling Stones 1972 American Tour.
• STP, a shortlived NYC all-female foxcore band which included Pussy Galore guitarist Julie Cafritz

[edit] Sports and recreation

• Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, an annual one and two day supported bicycle ride from Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon
• Street Trail Park "STP" a type of bicycle manufactured by Giant. It is a purpose built bicycle aimed at Stunts and Tricks such as Trials, Dirt Jumping and Street skills.
• STP is the street name (an acronym for "Serenity, Tranquility & Peace") for the hallucinogenic drug 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine which is referred to as "DOM" in scientific literature.

[edit] Scientific and technical

• Standard Temperature and Pressure, a scientific term which represents a convention of designating standard conditions. Often, but not always, denoting a temperature of 0 °C and pressure of 101.3 kPa.
• Standard thermodynamic properties
• South Texas Project, a nuclear power station located southwest of Bay City, Texas.
• Spanning Tree Protocol is a network protocol providing a loop free topology for a LAN or bridged network.
• Shielded Twisted Pair is a type of cable.
• Signal Transfer Point is an SS7 packet switch.
• Sodium tripolyphosphate, a preservative.
• Space Test Program, a program conducted by the USAF Space Development and Test Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base.
• Shovel test pit, method for archaeological survey.
• Software Test Plan
• Soil Test Phosphorus
• Standard Test Procedure
• Steiner Tree Problem in graphs
• Strategic Technology Plan
• Sewage treatment plant
• Short-term potentiation
• Submerged Turret Production, a technology used to exploit offshore oil and gas fields.
• Skin Test Positivity, a study performed on an individual's skin to assess allergic response
• Sufficient To Prove, a mathematical term used in proofs