Sp or SP may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* /sp/, the sports board on the Internet forum

4chan 4chan is an anonymous English-language imageboard website. Launched by Christopher "moot" Poole in October 2003, the site hosts boards dedicated to a wide variety of topics, from anime and manga to video games, cooking, weapons, television, ...

* ''SP'' (TV series), a Japanese TV series *

Game Boy Advance SP The Game Boy Advance SP (GBA SP), released in Japan on February 14, 2003, is a sixth-generation handheld game console developed, released, and marketed by Nintendo that served as an upgraded version of the original Game Boy Advance. The "SP" in ...

, an upgraded version of the Game Boy Advance handheld video game system, released in 2003 * Short Play, term used for shorter formats of records than

Extended Play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

* Standard Play, a magnetic tape speed used for VHS *

Subdominant parallel Parallel and counter parallel chords are terms derived from the German (''Parallelklang'', ''Gegenparallelklang'') to denote what is more often called in English the "relative", and possibly the "counter relative" chords. In Riemannian the ...

, a type of musical chord * SP, producer stage name of

Mumzy Stranger Muhammad Mumith Ahmed ( bn, মুহাম্মদ মুমিথ আহমেদ; born 18 January 1984), known professionally as Mumzy Stranger or his producing name SP (an abbreviation of Stranger Productions), is a British rapper, singer, ...

(born 1984), British rapper * SP, stage name of

Krisztián Éder Krisztián Éder (also known by the stage name SP) is a Hungarian musician and photographer. Music career Éder formed the band Helyszínelők with several friends. The group released a single and also had a few live appearances, but ceased ...

(born 1988), Hungarian rapper * ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...

'', an animated American television series *

The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also referred to as simply Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamb ...

, an American alternative rock band

Businesses and organizations

* ''SP'' (magazine), illustrated news magazine in Spain between 1957 and 1972 *

SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden The SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden ( sv, SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut), is a joint stock company, fully owned by the Swedish government. It was formerly known as the National Swedish Authority for Testing, Inspection and Metrol ...

Service provider A service provider (SP) is an organization that provides services, such as consulting, legal, real estate, communications, storage, and processing services, to other organizations. Although a service provider can be a sub-unit of the organization t ...

, company that provides organizations with consulting, legal, real estate, education, communications, storage, processing, and many other services *

Silicon Power Silicon Power Computer & Communications Incorporated, commonly referred to as Silicon Power and as SP, is an international brand and a Taiwan-based manufacturer of flash memory products, including flash memory cards, USB flash drives, portable h ...

, Taiwan-based manufacturer of flash memory products and other industrial grade computer products *

Singapore Polytechnic Singapore Polytechnic (SP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 1954, the institution is the first and oldest polytechnic in Singapore and is ...

, polytechnic in Dover, Singapore * Státní podnik ("state business"), former Czechoslovakian entity type *

Story point A burndown chart or burn down chart is a graphical representation of work left to do versus time. The outstanding work (or backlog) is often on the vertical axis, with time along the horizontal. A burn down chart is a run chart of outstanding work. ...

, term used in

agile software development In software development, agile (sometimes written Agile) practices include requirements discovery and solutions improvement through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams with their customer(s)/ end user(s), ad ...

methodologies * ''

Suara Pembaruan ''Suara Pembaruan'' (literally ''Voice of Renewal'') was an Indonesian daily newspaper. Founded in 1987, it was one of the largest newspapers in Indonesia. ''Suara Pembaruan'' brand is owned by BeritaSatu Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Lippo Grou ...

'', former Indonesian newspaper

Government and military

Section Patrol A Section Patrol Craft was a civilian vessel registered by the United States Navy for potential wartime service before, during, and shortly after World War I. Historical overview The SP/ID registration system In 1916, with World War I raging a ...

, civilian vessels in the US Navy in WWI *

Security Police (Japan) The Security Police is the bodyguard, close protection division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Under the Security Bureau of the TMPD, the division is responsible for protecting domestic and foreign dignitaries on Japanese soil and ab ...

, for VIP protection *

Shore patrol Shore patrol are service members who are provided to aid in security for the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Marine Corps, and the British Royal Navy while on shore.Cutler And Cutler, p 202 They are often temporari ...

, UK and US naval security personnel

Political parties

Centre Party (Norway) The Centre Party ( no, Senterpartiet, Sp; se, Guovddášbellodat), formerly the Farmer's Party ( no, Bondepartiet, Bp), is an Agrarianism, agrarian List of political parties in Norway, political party in Norway. Ideologically, the Centre Party ...

(''Senterpartiet'') *

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

or Social Democratic Party in many places, including: **

Socialist Party of Albania The Socialist Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë, PS or PSSh) is a social-democratic political party in Albania. It has been described as centre-left, to left-wing. It was founded on 13 June 1991. The PS is an associate of t ...

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

, in India **

Socialist Party (Netherlands) The Socialist Party ( nl, Socialistische Partij, ; abbreviated as SP, ) is a democratic socialist political party in the Netherlands. Founded in 1971 as the Communist Party of the Netherlands/Marxist–Leninist (KPN/ML, nl, link=no, Communistis ...

(''Socialistische Partij'') **

Socialistische Partij Anders Vooruit (Dutch for Forward, ) is a Flemish social democratic political party in Belgium. The party was known as the Flemish Socialist Party (1978–2001: ''Socialistische Partij'', SP; 2001–2021: ''Socialistische Partij Anders'', SP.A) until ...

(''Socialistische Partij''), a historical name for the sp.a in Belgium **

Socialist Party (Netherlands, interbellum) The Socialist Party ( nl, Socialistische Partij, SP), also called the "Kolthek party" after its founder Harm Kolthek, was a Dutch revolutionary syndicalist political party. It was represented in Parliament between 1918 and 1922. Party History T ...

(''Socialistische Partij'') 1918–1929 **

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz; SP; rm, Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra) or Swiss Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste suisse, it, Partito Socialista Svizzero; PS), is a polit ...

Religious organizations

Piarists The Piarists (), officially named the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum), abbreviated SchP, is a religious order of clerics regular of the ...

or ''Ordo Clericorum Regularium pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum'', a Catholic order *

Südtiroler Pfadfinderschaft The Südtiroler Pfadfinderschaft ( en, South Tyrolean Scout Association), abbreviated as SP, is the Roman Catholic Scout association of the German minority of the Italian province of South Tyrol. The association is coeducational and has 600 member ...

, a Catholic scouting association in Italy

Places

* SP postcode area, UK, the Salisbury postcode area *

São Paulo (state) São Paulo () is one of the Federative units of Brazil, 26 states of the Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul of Tarsus. A major industrial complex, the state has 21.9% of the Brazilian population and ...

, a state in Brazil **

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, capital of the state and the most populous city of Brazil

Science and technology

* sp orbitals, in physics, an instance of atomic

orbital hybridisation In chemistry, orbital hybridisation (or hybridization) is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals to form new ''hybrid orbitals'' (with different energies, shapes, etc., than the component atomic orbitals) suitable for the pairing of electrons to f ...

* Self-propelled (disambiguation) *

Soft-point bullet A soft-point bullet (SP), also known as a soft-nosed bullet, is a jacketed expanding bullet with a soft metal core enclosed by a stronger metal jacket left open at the forward tip. A soft-point bullet is intended to expand upon striking flesh to ...

, a type of ammunition *

Spontaneous potential Spontaneous potentials are often measured down boreholes for formation evaluation in the oil and gas industry, and they can also be measured along the Earth's surface for mineral exploration or groundwater investigation. The phenomenon and its appl ...

differences in the Earth * Stated Preference, a

choice modelling Choice modelling attempts to model the decision process of an individual or segment via revealed preferences or stated preferences made in a particular context or contexts. Typically, it attempts to use discrete choices (A over B; B over A, B & C) ...

method *

Surface plasmon Surface plasmons (SPs) are coherent delocalized electron oscillations that exist at the interface between any two materials where the real part of the dielectric function changes sign across the interface (e.g. a metal-dielectric interface, such a ...

, a type of electron oscillation along metallic surfaces * A

Unified Soil Classification System The Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) is a soil classification system used in engineering and geology to describe the texture and grain size of a soil. The classification system can be applied to most unconsolidated materials, and is repres ...

symbol for ''sand, poorly graded''

Biology and medicine

* Abbreviation for

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

Simulated patient In health care, a simulated patient (SP), also known as a standardized patient, sample patient, or patient instructor, is an individual trained to act as a real patient in order to simulate a set of symptoms or problems. Simulated patients have been ...

, for medical training *

Substance P Substance P (SP) is an undecapeptide (a peptide composed of a chain of 11 amino acid residues) and a member of the tachykinin neuropeptide family. It is a neuropeptide, acting as a neurotransmitter and as a neuromodulator. Substance P and its clos ...

, a neuropeptide * Status Post

Computing and telecommunications

IBM Scalable POWERparallel Scalable POWERparallel (SP) is a series of supercomputers from IBM. SP systems were part of the IBM RISC System/6000 (RS/6000) family, and were also called the RS/6000 SP. The first model, the SP1, was introduced in February 1993, and new model ...

(SP), a series of supercomputers *

Service pack In computing, a service pack comprises a collection of updates, fixes, or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package. Companies often release a service pack when the number of individual patches to a ...

, software update *

Stack pointer In computer science, a call stack is a stack data structure that stores information about the active subroutines of a computer program. This kind of stack is also known as an execution stack, program stack, control stack, run-time stack, or mach ...

Stored procedure A stored procedure (also termed proc, storp, sproc, StoPro, StoredProc, StoreProc, sp, or SP) is a subroutine available to applications that access a relational database management system (RDBMS). Such procedures are stored in the database data dic ...

Mathematics

Trace (linear algebra) In linear algebra, the trace of a square matrix , denoted , is defined to be the sum of elements on the main diagonal (from the upper left to the lower right) of . The trace is only defined for a square matrix (). It can be proved that the trace o ...

, or "Spur" (German), of a square matrix * ''Sp''(''n'') and ''Sp''(2''n'',''F''), a

symplectic group In mathematics, the name symplectic group can refer to two different, but closely related, collections of mathematical groups, denoted and for positive integer ''n'' and field F (usually C or R). The latter is called the compact symplectic grou ...

in mathematics

Transportation

* SATA Air Acores (IATA code SP) *

Saidapet railway station Saidapet railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengelpet section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhoods of Saidapet and Little Mount. It is situated about from Chennai Beach, and h ...

(station code SP) *

Southern Pacific Railroad The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...

(reporting mark SP)

Other uses

25 metre pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber spo ...

, a shooting sport formerly known as ''sport pistol'' * Aircraft registration prefix for Poland * s.p., '' sine prole'' (Latin: "without issue" (i.e., having no children), full form d.s.p. ''decessit sine prole'', "died without issue") * Ś.P. ''Świętej pamięci'' meaning holy memory is written on many Polish gravestones *

Provincial road (Italy) A ' (plural: ', Italian for "provincial road"), abbreviated SP, is an Italian road. Provincial roads are maintained by provinces. In Veneto from 2002, state highways downgraded as provincial roads are maintained by regional company Veneto Strade. ...

(''Strada Provinciale''), a category of provincial roads in Italy *

September September is the ninth month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the third of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the fourth of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. September in the Northern H ...

Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa The Grand Knight of Valour ( ms, Darjah Kebesaran Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa) is the highest federal award which can be presented in Malaysia. It was created on 29 July 1960 and was gazetted on 11 August 1960. The award is the highest ranking in ...

(S.P.), a Malaysian military decoration *

Spanish language Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 millio ...

* Special (disambiguation) *

Spelling Spelling is a set of conventions that regulate the way of using graphemes (writing system) to represent a language in its written form. In other words, spelling is the rendering of speech sound (phoneme) into writing (grapheme). Spelling is one ...

, especially to note a spelling error * Spurius, the Roman praenomen; see Spurius (disambiguation) *

Suppressive person Suppressive Person, often abbreviated SP, is a term used in Scientology to describe the "antisocial personalities" who, according to Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard, make up about 2.5% of the population. A statement on a Church of Scientolog ...

, in Scientology *

Starting price In horse racing, the starting price (SP) is the odds prevailing on a particular horse in the on-course fixed-odds betting market at the time a race begins. The method by which SPs are set for each runner varies in different countries but is genera ...

, odds applicable on a horse race as the race is about to start *

Superintendent (police) Superintendent (Supt) is a rank in the British police and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations. In many Commonwealth countries, the full version is superintendent of police (SP). The rank is also used in most British Overseas Territori ...

, a rank in British police services and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations * SP, an abbreviation for the

Syrian pound The Syrian pound or lira ( ar, الليرة السورية, al-līra as-sūriyya; abbreviation: LS or SP in Latin, ل.س in Arabic, historically also £S, and £Syr; ISO code: SYP) is the currency of Syria. It is issued by the Central Bank o ...