TP may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

Test pressing A white label record is a vinyl record with white labels attached. There are several variations each with a different purpose. Variations include test pressings, white label promos, and plain white labels. Test pressings Test pressings, usu ...

, of a vinyl record *

Tonic 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 Hugo Riemann' ...

(Tp and tP), in music theory * ''TP'' (Teddy Pendergrass album), 1980 * ''TP'' (Tony Parker album), 2007 *

Tonus Peregrinus (vocal ensemble) Tonus Peregrinus is a British vocal ensemble specialising in early music and contemporary sacred music, especially that of founder and director, Antony Pitts. Established in 1990, the ensemble have recorded numerous CDs for Naxos, their first wi ...

, a British group * Either of two R&B albums by R. Kelly: ** '' TP-2.com'', 2000 ** '' TP.3 Reloaded'', 2005

Other media

* '' The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'', a Nintendo video game * Test pattern or

test card A test card, also known as a test pattern or start-up/closedown test, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast (often at sign-on and sign-off). Used since the ea ...

, a broadcast television signal * ''

The Tomorrow People ''The Tomorrow People'' is a British children's science fiction television series created by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran from 30 April 1973 to 19 February 1979. The theme music was ...

'', a British science fiction television series

Businesses and organizations

Technology brands and businesses

TP-Link TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd. (), is a global manufacturer of computer networking products based in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China. History TP-Link was founded in 1996 by two brothers, Zhao Jianjun ( ''Zhào Jiànjūn'') and Zhao Jiaxing ( ...

, a global manufacturer of computer networking products *

TP Vision TP Vision (TP standing for TPV Philips) is a wholly owned subsidiary of TPV Technology, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It develops, manufactures and markets Philips branded TV sets and Philips Professional Displays and LEDwalls in Europe, Ru ...

, a subsidiary of TPV Technology, Amsterdam, Netherlands *

Telekomunikacja Polska Orange Polska (formerly Telekomunikacja Polska) is a Polish telecommunications provider established in December 1991. It is a public company traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, with a controlling stake owned by Orange S.A., the latter controlli ...

(now ''Orange Polksa''), a Polish telecommunications provider *

ThinkPad ThinkPad is a line of business-oriented laptop computers and tablets designed, developed and marketed by Lenovo, and formerly by IBM until 2005, when IBM's PC business was acquired by Lenovo. ThinkPads have a distinct black, boxy design la ...

, Lenovo's line of business laptop computers and tablets

Transport businesses

TAP Air Portugal TAP Air Portugal is the currently state-owned flag carrier airline of Portugal, headquartered at Lisbon Airport which also serves as its hub. TAP – Transportes Aéreos Portugueses – has been a member of the Star Alliance since 2005 and oper ...

(IATA airline code: TP) * Trans Pacific Railroad, United States *

Texas and Pacific Railway The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (known as the T&P) was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas, and San Diego, California. History Under the influence of ...

, United States *

TP Harbor Tug The Type V ship is a United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) designation for World War II tugboats. Type V was used in World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Type V ships were used to move ships and barges. Type V tugboats were m ...

Other businesses and organizations

TP ICAP TP ICAP Group plc is a financial services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its stock is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company was founded by Derek Tullett in 1971 as ...

, a London-based financial-services firm * Teleperformance, a French-based business-process outsourcer *

Terre et Peuple Terre et Peuple (English: "Land and People"; abbreviated T&P or TP) is a far-right and neo-pagan cultural association in France founded by Pierre Vial and launched in 1995. Its positions are close to the Identitarian movement, although it precede ...

, a cultural association in France *

Travis Perkins Travis Perkins plc is a British builders' merchant and home improvement retailer with head offices based in Northampton. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company began in 179 ...

, a British building materials supplier

People

* T. P. McKenna (1929–2011), an Irish actor * T. P. Rajeevan (born 1959), an Indian novelist *

Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...

(1950-2010), an American singer

Places

Portuguese Timor Portuguese Timor ( pt, Timor Português) was a colonial possession of Portugal that existed between 1702 and 1975. During most of this period, Portugal shared the island of Timor with the Dutch East Indies. The first Europeans to arrive in the ...

( pt, Timor Português, link=no), a defunct territory (1702–1975) *

Temasek Polytechnic Temasek Polytechnic (TP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 1990, it is the only polytechnic in Singapore offering a law programme. Histor ...

, a public, further education college in Singapore * (TP.HCM), Vietnam's largest city

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

TP-003 TP-003 is an anxiolytic drug with a novel chemical structure, which is used in scientific research. It has similar effects to benzodiazepine drugs, but is structurally distinct and so is classed as a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic. It is a positi ...

, an experimental anti-anxiety drug *

TP-13 TP-13 is an anxiolytic drug with a novel chemical structure, which is used in scientific research. It has similar effects to benzodiazepine drugs, but is structurally distinct and so is classed as a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic. It is a subtype- ...

, an experimental anti-anxiety drug *

Triose phosphate Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, also known as triose phosphate or 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde and abbreviated as G3P, GA3P, GADP, GAP, TP, GALP or PGAL, is a metabolite that occurs as an intermediate in several central pathways of all organisms.Nelson, ...

, an intermediate metabolite in cellular respiration and photosynthesis

Other uses in science and technology

.tp .tp was the listed Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for East Timor. The letters refer to ''Timor Português,'' or Portuguese Timor, a legacy from the nation's previous status as a Portuguese colony. The domain .tp was officially l ...

, East Timor's former Internet domain (1997–2015) *

TP cable Twisted pair cabling is a type of wiring used for communications in which two conductors of a single circuit are twisted together for the purposes of improving electromagnetic compatibility. Compared to a single conductor or an untwisted ba ...

, in telecommunications *

Tense phrase In linguistics, X-bar theory is a model of phrase-structure grammar and a theory of syntactic category formation that was first proposed by Noam Chomsky in 1970Chomsky, Noam (1970). Remarks on Nominalization. In: R. Jacobs and P. Rosenbaum (eds.) ...

, in linguistics and syntax * Test pattern or

, a broadcast television signal * time of perihelion passage in astronomy *

Throttle position sensor A throttle position sensor (TPS) is a sensor used to monitor the air intake of an engine. The sensor is usually located on the butterfly spindle/shaft, so that it can directly monitor the position of the throttle. More advanced forms of the senso ...

, an engine air-intake sensor * Trispyrazolylborate (Tp⁻), a chemical ligand (or binding agent)

Other uses

, East Timor's former Internet domain (1997–2015) * т.р., thousand Russian rubles *

TP 52 The Transpac 52 (TP52) is a class of yacht used for competitive 52 Super Series yacht racing, and the Audi MedCup previously, besides the world championship of the class. The class is recognised by the International Sailing Federation which en ...

, a class of yacht used for racing *

Toilet paper Toilet paper (sometimes called toilet tissue or bathroom tissue) is a tissue paper product primarily used to clean the anus and surrounding anal region of feces after defecation, and to clean the perineal area and external genitalia of ur ...

Toilet papering Toilet papering (also called TP-ing, house wrapping, yard rolling, or simply rolling) is the act of covering an object, such as a tree, house, or another structure with toilet paper. This is typically done by throwing numerous toilet paper rolls ...

, the act of throwing toilet paper over structures or vehicles *

Triple play In baseball, a triple play (denoted as TP in baseball statistics) is the act of making three outs during the same play. There have only been 733 triple plays in Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1876, an average of just over five per season. Th ...

, a fielding play in baseball