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'''SP''' is a [[two-letter abbreviation]] that may refer to:
==In computing and technology:==
*[[Scalable POWERparallel]], IBM's SP and SP2
*[[service pack]]
*IBM [[Service processor]]
*[[Service Provider]]
*[[short perforation]] ([[philately]])
*'''Short Play'''
**[[Short Play]], a [[vinyl record]] (or [[single (music)|single]]) format
**[[Short Play (VCR format)]]
**SP, see [[DVD recorder]]
**SP, see [[digital video recorder]]
*[[signal processor]]
*[[Single-player]] Term for a single-player video game, or variation of the same.
*[[Call stack#Structure|stack pointer]] ([[computer]]s)
*[[Stored procedure]] - a program stored in a [[database]]
*[[Game Boy Advance SP]]- An upgraded version of the [[Game Boy Advance]]
==In economics:==
*[[SaskPower]] ([[Canada]])
*[[SATA Air Acores]], IATA airline designator
*[[SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden]]
*[[Share price]]
*[[Southern Pacific Railroad]] {{reporting mark|SP}}
*[[SP bookmaking|starting price bookmaking]] (known colloquially as SP)
*[[Starting prices]] (UK) a betting term
*[[Schering-Plough]]
==In geography:==
*[[São Paulo (city)]]
*[[São Paulo (state)]]
*[[Severna Park, Maryland]]
*[[South Park (disambiguation)|South Park]]
*[[South Pole]]
*[[South Philadelphia]]
*[[South Pasadena, Florida]]
*[[South Pasadena, California]]
==In healthcare==
*[[simulated patient]]
*[[Sleep Paralysis]]
*[[Social anxiety|Social phobia]], an anxiety disorder.
*[[standardized patient]]
*"Status Post" in medical charting to indicate recent completion of a treatment
==In mathematics:==
*''Sp''(''n'') and ''Sp''(2''n'',''F''), in mathematics, denote a [[symplectic group]] or its corresponding [[Lie algebra]]
*[[trace|Spur]] (mathematics)
==In military:==
*[[Self-propelled artillery]]
*[[Shore Patrol]] ([[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]])
*[[Soft point bullet]], a type of ammo
==In music, entertainment and popular culture:==
*[[Game Boy Advance SP]]
*[[Sans Pression]] (Québec Hip Hop group, one member is also known as SP)
*[[Sex Pistols]], a UK punk band
*[[Skinny Puppy]], a Canadian industrial band
*[[Simon Phillips]], an English drummer
*[[Simple Plan]], a Canadian pop-punk band
*[[The Smashing Pumpkins]] (An American alternative rock band)
*[[Snow Patrol]] (A Scottish alternative rock band)
*[[Something Positive]] (A popular [[webcomic]])
*[[Sushi Pack]], a children's cartoon on [[Kewlopolis]]
*''[[South Park]]''
*[[Strawberry Panic!]]
*[[The Sleepo Peeps]], a group of superheroes that exist in the Marvel Universe
*[[Sean Paul]], a Jamaican dancehall artist
==In science==
*[[Species]], Books and articles sometimes intentionally do not identify species names fully and use the abbreviation "'''sp.'''" in place of the specific epithet: for example, '''''Canis'' sp.'''
*Self Potential, an electrical wireline logging method.
==In sports==
* [[Short program]], the first part of a figure skating competition
* [[Starting pitcher]], a baseball term
* [[25 m Pistol]], a shooting sport formerly known as ''Sport Pistol''
==In politics:==
*[[Secular-progressive]], abbreviated ''S-P'', used to describe people who advocate [[government]] independence from [[religion|religious]] influences
*[[Shining Path]], a [[Maoist]] guerrilla insurgent organization in [[Peru]].
*[[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland]]
*[[Socialist Party]] or [[Social Democratic Party (disambiguation)|Social Democratic Party]]
*[[Samajwadi Party]] ([[India]])
*[[Samata Party]] (India)
*[[Saskatchewan Party]]
*''Schleswigsche Partei''
*[[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] (Senterpartiet)
*[[Socialistische Partij]], a current political party in [[The Netherlands]]
*[[Socialist_Party_-_Different|Socialistische Partij]], a historical name for the SP.A in [[Belgium]]
*[[Socialist Party (Netherlands, interbellum)|Socialistische Partij]], a historical political party in [[The Netherlands]] (1918-1929)
*[[Southern Party]] ([[United States]])
==Institution==
*[[Singapore Polytechnic]]
==Other uses:==
*[[Sapeur-pompier]] (French firefighter)
*Secondary power
*[[security phase|Security Phase]] in the United Nations.
*[[Security Police (Japan)]]
:*[[SP (TV series)]] - TV series based on security police.
*[[Singapore Polytechnic]] - A polytechnic in Singapore.
*[[Sotilaspoliisi]], the military police of the Finnish Defence Forces.
*[[Spelling]]
*[[state park]] (US)
*[[state police]] (US)
*[[Suomen Partiolaiset]] - the Finnish national Scout Association
*[[Südtiroler Pfadfinderschaft]] - a Scout Association in South Tyrol.
*[[Superintendent (police)|Superintendent of Police]]
*[[Suppressive Person]] - A term used in Scientology
*[[South Park]] TV series.
*Surface-protrusion
*'''SP''' is a [[Unified Soil Classification System|USCS]] symbol for ''poorly graded sand''
*[[Spontaneous potential]] is a measurement taken by oil industry well loggers to characterise rock formation properties
*Shit Pickle - a character created by James Rolfe for his short film, "The Wizard of Oz 3: Dorthy Goes to Hell" and later, his [[Angry Video Game Nerd]] review of [[Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu]]
*[[List of abbreviations in use in 1911|''sine prole'']] - without offspring
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