SP 330177 225859816 2008-07-15T19:04:58Z Thivierr 164876 /* Other uses: */ for a word of contentious meaning, its best people read the article for the meaning {{wiktionarypar|SP|sp}} '''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 {{disambig}} [[de:SP]] [[eo:Sp]] [[fr:SP]] [[ko:SP]] [[it:SP]] [[ja:SP]] [[no:SP]] [[pl:SP]] [[ksh:SP (Watt ėßß datt?)]] [[sk:SP]] [[sl:SP]] [[fi:Sp]] [[sv:SP]] [[zh:SP]]