{{wiktionary|SP|sp}} '''Sp''' or '''SP''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}
==Arts and entertainment== * /sp/, the sports board on the Internet forum 4chan * ''SP'' (TV series), a Japanese TV series * Game Boy Advance SP, an upgraded version of the Game Boy Advance handheld video game system, released in 2003 * Standard Play, a magnetic tape speed used for VHS * Story Pirates, a podcast * Subdominant parallel, a type of musical chord * SP, producer stage name of Mumzy Stranger (born 1984), British rapper * SP, stage name of Krisztián Éder (born 1988), Hungarian rapper * ''South Park'', an animated American television series * The Smashing Pumpkins, an American alternative rock band * The SP line of digital samplers marketed by Roland Corporation under its own name and the Boss brand, most notably the Boss SP-303 (2001) and Roland SP-404 (2005)
==Businesses and organizations== * ''SP'' (magazine), illustrated news magazine in Spain between 1957 and 1972 * SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden * ScottishPower, Scottish energy company * Szkoła Podstawowa ("primary school" in polish) * Service provider, company that provides organizations with consulting, legal, real estate, education, communications, storage, processing, and many other services * Silicon Power, Taiwan-based manufacturer of flash memory products and other industrial grade computer products * Singapore Polytechnic, polytechnic in Dover, Singapore * Státní podnik ("state business"), former Czechoslovak entity type * Story point, term used in agile software development methodologies * ''Suara Pembaruan'', former Indonesian newspaper
===Government and military=== * Superintendent of police (India), a senior rank in the Indian police and law enforcement agencies * A US Navy hull registration number prefix: Section patrol (SP) * Security Police (Japan), for VIP protection * Shore patrol, UK and US naval security personnel
===Political parties=== * Centre Party (Norway) (''Senterpartiet'') * Socialist Party or Social Democratic Party in many places, including: ** Socialist Party of Albania ** Samajwadi Party, in India ** Socialist Party (Netherlands) (''Socialistische Partij'') ** Socialistische Partij Anders (''Socialistische Partij''), a historical name for the sp.a in Belgium ** Socialist Party (Netherlands, interbellum) (''Socialistische Partij'') 1918–1929 ** Social Democratic Party of Switzerland * Swatantra Party, an Indian classical liberal political party 1959–1974
===Religious organizations=== * Piarists or ''Ordo Clericorum Regularium pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum'', a Catholic order * Südtiroler Pfadfinderschaft, a Catholic scouting association in Italy
==Places== * SP postcode area, UK, the Salisbury postcode area * São Paulo (state), a state in Brazil ** São Paulo, capital of the state and the most populous city of Brazil
==Science and technology== * sp orbitals, in physics, an instance of atomic orbital hybridisation * Self-propelled (disambiguation) * Soft-point bullet, a type of ammunition * Spontaneous potential differences in the Earth * Stated Preference, a choice modelling method * Surface plasmon, a type of electron oscillation along metallic surfaces * A Unified Soil Classification System symbol for ''sand, poorly graded''
===Biology and medicine=== * Sp. (biology), abbreviation for species * Simulated patient, for medical training * Substance P, a neuropeptide * Status post, notes about sequelae with reference to their cause
===Computing and telecommunications=== * IBM RS/6000 SP, supercomputer series * Service pack, software update * Stack pointer * Stored procedure * Synthetic programming
===Mathematics=== * Trace (linear algebra), or "Spur" (German), of a square matrix * ''Sp''(''n'') and ''Sp''(2''n'',''F''), a symplectic group in mathematics
==Transportation== * SATA Air Acores (IATA code SP) * Saidapet railway station (station code SP) * Southern Pacific Railroad (reporting mark SP)
==Other uses== * 25 metre pistol, 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) (''Strada Provinciale''), a category of provincial roads in Italy * September * Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa (S.P.), a Malaysian military decoration * Spain, particularly used on maps to denote Spanish possessions, territories, etc. * Spanish language * Special (disambiguation) * Spelling, especially to note a spelling error * Spurius, the Roman praenomen; see Spurius (disambiguation) * Starting pitcher, a team's first pitcher in a game of baseball or softball * Suppressive person, in Scientology * Starting price, odds applicable on a particular entry in a horse race (or other race) as the race is about to start * Superintendent (police), a rank in British police services and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations * SP, an abbreviation for the Syrian pound * "Shot put" athletics abbreviation in track and field * Nikon SP, a 1957 35 mm rangefinder film camera
==See also== {{canned search|s-p|sp}} {{srt|1}} * SPs * SPS (disambiguation)
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