SP

• /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 film camera ==See also==