MP, Mp, mp, or .mp may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Art MP, signature used on works by Australian artist Margaret Preston Gaming Magic point, or mana point, in role-playing games Mario Party, a series of party video games produced by Nintendo MP, abbreviation for multiplayer in a multiplayer video game MP, abbreviation for "My Player" in NBA 2K games
Music Mike Portnoy, drummer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater (mp), a musical dynamic meaning "medium-quiet" or "moderately-quiet" M.P. (opera), an 1811 comic opera by Thomas Moore and Charles Edward Horn
Broadcasting Multipremier, a Mexican television network , whose station identification is "mp"
Businesses and organizations Government Member of Parliament Ministry of Planning, Budget, and Management (Brazil), a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil Public Ministry (Portugal) (), the body of the Judiciary of Portugal Public Prosecutor's Office (Brazil) (), the Brazilian body of independent public prosecutors
Police Military police, law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state Mumbai Police, the police force of the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra Municipal police, law enforcement agencies that are under the control of local government Metropolitan police, municipal police of major metropolitan areas
Politics Member of Parliament (Bangladesh), individual elected to serve in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh Member of Parliament (India), individual elected to serve in the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha of the Parliament of India Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Member of Parliament (Canada), individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada Member of Parliament (Australia), individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of Australia Member of Parliament (New Zealand), individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of New Zealand Member of Parliament (South Africa), individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of South Africa Progressive Movement (Cameroon) (), a minor opposition political party in Cameroon Green Party (Sweden) (), a political party in Sweden based upon green politics Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka), individual elected to serve in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Other businesses and organizations Martinair (IATA airline designator MP), Dutch cargo airline , a Finnish football (soccer) club Ming Pao, a Hong Kong newspaper Missouri Pacific Railroad (reporting mark MP), one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River MyProtein, British online sports nutrition retailer
Law , a Latin expression meaning by one's own hand Provisory measure, in Brazilian law () Missing person
Linguistics Mp (digraph), in many African languages Malayo-Polynesian languages of Southeast Asia Minimalist program, a syntactic theory in linguistics
People
Michael Peterson (surfer) (1952–2012), Australian surfer Mike Portnoy, drummer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater Margaret Preston, Australian artist who signed her works "MP"
Places Madhya Pradesh, a state in India Manipur Pradesh, a term used to refer to Manipur by various political parties Mandatory Palestine, a former British protectorate Northern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code and U.S. postal abbreviation MP), an insular area and commonwealth of the United States
Science and technology Computing .mp, Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Northern Mariana Islands Management Point, in the Advanced Client of Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager Massive parallelism (disambiguation) Media player (disambiguation) Media processor, a type of digital signal processor designed to deal with streaming data in real-time Megapixel, a unit of a million pixels Merge Point, in the MPLS local protection approach to network resiliency Microprocessor, a computer processor with a minimal number of integrated circuits Microsoft Project, project-management software Multilink Protocol (or Multilink PPP), a method for spreading traffic across multiple point-to-point protocol connections Multi-platform, describing software that is implemented on multiple computer platforms Multiprocessing, the use of two or more central processing units within a single computer system
Mathematics
Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics), in statistical analysis , in propositional logic, a Latin expression meaning "mode that affirms"
Physics
Megapond (Mp), a non-SI Metric unit of force, also known as a tonne-force Melting point, the temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid mp, the mass of a proton
Other uses in science and technology Machine pistol, typically a handgun-style machine gun, capable of fully automatic or burst fire Macrophage, a type of white blood cell that engulfs and digests cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes and cancer cells Mammal Paleogene zone, a system of biostratigraphic zones in the stratigraphic record used to correlate mammal-bearing fossil localities of the Paleogene period of Europe
Meralgia paraesthetica (MP), a sensation of numbness in the outer thigh Methylphenidate, a stimulant medication Microprinting (MP), a method of printing very finely as an anti-counterfeiting mechanism Middle Paleolithic, an archaeological period Møller–Plesset perturbation theory, a post-Hartree–Fock method used in computational chemistry
Monoprinting (M/P), a type of printmaking producing a single print Movement protein, proteins encoded by plant viruses to facilitate cell-to-cell transmission
Sport Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP), a Finnish football club MP Motorsport, a Dutch auto racing team
Other uses , a historical Polish money unit
Masterpoints, awarded for successful performance at contract bridge; see Glossary of contract bridge terms Matchpoints, a method of scoring in contract bridge; see Glossary of contract bridge terms Mile post Roman mile ()
See also MP, a brand of Russian firearms by Izhevsk Mechanical Plant, including: MP-71 MP-412 REX MP-443 Grach, (Pistolet Yarygina) MP-444 (Bagira) MP-445 (Varyag) MP-446 Viking MP-448 Skyph MP, one of several models of rubber-tyred rolling stock on the Paris Metro, notably: MP 73 MP 89 MP 05 MP 14 File formats developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG): MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 MPS (disambiguation) Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), the police force of Greater London Metacarpophalangeal joint (MCP), situated between the metacarpal bones and the proximal phalanges of the digits