Sp or SP may refer to:
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(2n,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
SPs SPS (disambiguation)