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'''Sp''' or '''SP''' may refer to:
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==Arts and entertainment==
* /sp/, the sports board on the Internet forum [[4chan]]
* [[SP (TV series)|''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

==Businesses and organizations==
* [[SP (magazine)|''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 craft#Section patrol (SP)|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]]

===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#Stated preference|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 [[sequela]]e 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''
* [[List of aircraft registration prefixes|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. [[:pl:Świętej pamięci|''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
* [[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]]
* [[Athletics abbreviations#Events|"Shot put" athletics abbreviation]] in track and field

==See also==
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* [[SPs]]
* [[SPS (disambiguation)]]

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