SQ, Sq, or sq may stand for:

Arts and entertainment

* ''

Shakespeare Quarterly ''Shakespeare Quarterly'' is a Peer review, peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1950 by the Shakespeare Association of America. It is now under the auspices of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Along with book and performance criticism, '' ...

'', a literary journal since 1950 * ''

Space Quest ''Space Quest'' is a series of six comic science fiction adventure games released between 1986 and 1995. The games follow the adventures of a hapless janitor named #Protagonist, Roger Wilco, who campaigns through the galaxy for "truth, justice, ...

'', an adventure video game series, 1986–1995 * A fictional society in the ''

Infinity Ring The ''Infinity Ring'' is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels written by multiple authors, including James Dashner, Lisa McMann, Matt de la Peña, Matthew J. Kirby, and Jennifer A. Nielsen, in a similar fashion to ''The 39 ...

'', a 2011–2015 book series *''SQ'', a 1978 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin

Businesses and organizations

Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines (abbreviation: SIA or SQ) is the flag carrier of Singapore with its Airline hub, hub located at Changi Airport. Considered to be one of the world's best carriers, the airline is ranked as a 5-star airline as well as ranked ...

(IATA:SQ) *

Block, Inc. Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) is an American technology company and a financial services provider for consumers and merchants. Founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey, it is the U.S. market leader in Point of sale, point-of-sale systems. As of 20 ...

, a financial services company (NYSE:SQ) * , a Canadian police force

Psychology

* Social intelligence quotient, a statistical abstraction of

social intelligence Social intelligence (SI), sometimes referenced as social intelligence quotient or (SQ), is the ability to understand one's own and others' actions. Social intelligence is learned and develops from experience with people and learning from success an ...

* Systemizing quotient, a measure of a person's neurological tendency to systemize

Science and technology

SQ (program) SQ (''squeeze'') is a computer program, devised by Richard (Dick) Greenlaw circa 1981, which was used in the early 1980s on both DOS and CP/M computer systems to compress files so they use less space. Files compressed by SQ are identified by chan ...

, a program for compressing files on MS-DOS and CP/M *

Sound quality Sound quality is typically an assessment of the accuracy, fidelity, or Intelligibility (communication), intelligibility of sound, audio output from an electronic device. Quality can be measured objectively, such as when tools are used to gau ...

, the characteristics of the output of a preamp, amp or sound system *

Stereo quadraphonic SQ Quadraphonic ("Stereo Quadraphonic") was a Matrix decoder, matrix 4-channel quadraphonic sound system for Vinyl record, vinyl LP records. It was introduced by Columbia Records, CBS Records (known in the United States and Canada as Columbia Rec ...

, a matrix quadraphonic gramophone record format developed by CBS *

Subcutaneous injection Subcutaneous administration is the insertion of medications beneath the skin either by injection or infusion. A subcutaneous injection is administered as a bolus (medicine), bolus into the subcutis, the layer of skin directly below the dermis and ...

, in medicine

Other uses

* ''sq.'' ('square'), in a unit of area *

Albanian language Albanian (Endonym and exonym, endonym: , , or ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. It ...

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