FP

FP may refer to:

Science & technology

Computer science

• Functional Programming, a programming paradigm.
• Floating point, a numerical-representation system in computing.
• Feature Pack, a software update for various devices which include new features.
• FP (programming language) designed by John Backus in the 1970s.
• FP (complexity), in computational complexity theory, a complexity class.
• Microsoft FrontPage, an HTML editor.
• Function point, a unit of measurement to express the amount of business functionality an information system provides to a user.

Technology

• Fluoroprotein foam, a type of fire retardant foam
• Ilford FP, a cubic-grain black-and-white photographic film
• Fabry–Pérot interferometer, a device in optics
• Fire protection, a discipline in construction industry
• F - Production, a class of race cars
• F engine, a piston engine by Mazda
• Cyclopentadienyliron dicarbonyl dimer (cyclopentadienyliron dicarbonyl fragment)

Politics

• Freedom Party (disambiguation), the name of various political parties
• Liberal People's Party (Sweden) (Folkpartiet)
• The Federalist Papers, a series of essays advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution
• Força Portugal, a Portuguese political alliance
• Force Publique (French for "public force"), the military force of the Belgian Congo during the colonial period
• Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development of the European Union

Music

• Faster Pussycat, a rock band from Los Angeles, California
• Fortepiano, an early version of the piano
• Fortepiano (musical dynamic), an Italian musical term meaning 'loud soft'
• Flux Pavilion, a British dubstep artist
• Francis Poulenc, a early 20th century pianist, composer and member of Les Six, now has all his works cataloged using the combination of the letter designation FP and a specific number which identifies the piece or group of pieces; i.e. FP 111 is the catalog number for his ballet, "Les Animaux modèles.

Publications

• Financial Post, Canadian business newspaper, published from 1907 to 1998, now National Post
• Foreign Policy, a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970

Arts, media and entertainment

• Facepunch Studios, a Walsall based videogame company
• The FP, a 2011 comedy film

Other terms

• First person, a grammatical person referring to the speaker
• Family practice, a general practitioner or family physician
• Force protection
• Friends Provident, a large British insurance company
• Friday prayer, congegational prayer service among Muslims
• Family planning, the use of birth control and planning when to have children
• French Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
• French press, a coffee brewing method
• 50 metre pistol, a shooting sport formerly known as free pistol
• False positive
• Facepalm
• New Zealand FP class electric multiple unit (Matangi), a class of electric multiple unit