Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Abbreviations in Germanic languages

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Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

SOS

Stabilized Optical Sight

In English

    SOS

    Synchronous-Orbit Satellite

    In English

    SOS

    System Operational Safety

    In English

    SOS

    Samenspel Ons Streven

    In Dutch

    SOS

    Save Our Souls

    In English

      SOS

      Save Our Ship

      In English

        SOSI

        Space Operations Scientific Investigation

        In English

        SOSMAN

        Space Operations System Manifesting Program

        In English

        SOSRM
        Strap-On Solid Rocket Motor

        The abbreviation SOSRM (Strap-On Solid Rocket Motor) includes the abbreviation SRM (Solid Rocket Motor).

        In English

        SOT

        Solar Optical Telescope

        In English

        SOT

        Strap-On Tank

        In English

          SOT

          Society of Toxicology (https://www.toxicology.org/)

          In English

          SOTA

          Stichting Onderzoekcentrum Turkistan en Azerbaidzjan

          In Dutch

          SOTA

          State-Of-The-Art

          In English

          SOTS

          Society for Old Testament Study

          In English

          SOTS

          Suborbital Tank Separation

          In English

          SOURDINE

          Study of Optimisation procedURes for Decreasing the Impact of NoisE

          In English

          SOUTHCOM

          Southern Command

          In English

          SOV

          Shutoff Valve

          In English

          SOV

          Solenoid-Operated Valve

          In English

          SOVA

          Spoor Ontspannings Vereniging Amersfoort

          In Dutch

          SOW

          Statement Of Work

          In English

          SOW

          Subdivision Of Work

          In English

          SOX

          Sarbanes-Oxley

          In English

          SP

          Silver Proteinate

          In English

          SP

          Sveriges Provnings- och Forskningsinstitut

          In Swedish

          SP

          Stored Procedure

          In English

          SP
          Safety Plan

          The abbreviation SP (Safety Plan) is included in abbreviations such as FSP (Flight Safety Plan) and GSP (Ground Safety Plan).

          In English

          SP

          Static Pressure

          In English

            SP

            Surveillance Payload

            In English

            SP

            Shoulder Pitch

            In English

              SP
              Signal Processor

              The abbreviation SP (Signal Processor) is included in abbreviations such as AOSP (Advanced Onboard Signal Processor), DCSP (Digital Control Signal Processor), FMSP (Frequency Modulation Signal Processor), FPSP (Focal Plane Signal Processor), GSPR (Guidance Signal Processor-Repeater), KuSP (Ku-band Signal Processor), DSP (Digital Signal Processor), MFSP (Macrofunction Signal Processor), NSP (Network Signal Processor), PLSP (Payload Signal Processor), PSP (Payload Signal Processor), PSP (Programmable Signal Processor), SPA (Signal Processor Assembly), TDSP (Time-Dependent Signal Processor) and EMSP (Enhanced Modular Signal Processor).

              In English

              SP

              Single Pole

              In English

                SP

                Solar Physics

                In English

                SP

                Solid Propellant

                In English

                SP

                Sortie Payload

                In English

                SP

                Stable Platform

                In English

                  SP

                  Socialistische Partij (www.sp.nl)

                  In Dutch

                  SPA

                  Simple Power Analysis

                  In English

                  SPA

                  Social Policy Analysis

                  In English

                  SPA

                  Socialistische Partij Anders (www.s-p-a.be)

                  In Dutch

                  SPA

                  SBand Power Amplifier

                  In English

                  SPA

                  Servopower Amplifier

                  In English

                  SPA

                  Servopower Assembly

                  In English

                  SPA

                  Shared Peripheral Area

                  In English

                    SPA
                    Signal Processor Assembly

                    The abbreviation SPA (Signal Processor Assembly) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).

                    In English

                    SPA

                    Small-Payload Accommodations

                    In English

                    SPA

                    Software Product Assurance

                    In English

                    SPA

                    Space Processing Application

                    In English

                    SPA

                    Steering Position Amplifier

                    In English

                    SPA

                    Secure Payment Application

                    In English

                    SPACE

                    Spacecraft Prelaunch Automatic Checkout Equipment

                    In English

                    SPAD

                    Shuttle Payload Accommodation Document

                    In English

                    SPAD

                    Single-Photon Avalanche Diode

                    In English

                    SPADATS

                    Space Defense Acquisition and Tracking System

                    In English

                    SPADCCS

                    Space Defense Command and Control System

                    In English

                    SPADE

                    Space Acquisition Defense Experiment

                    In English

                    SPADOC

                    Space Defense Operations Center

                    In English

                    SPADS

                    Shuttle Problem Analysis Data System

                    In English

                    SPAF

                    Simulation Processor and Formatter

                    In English

                    SPAG

                    Standards Promotion and Application Group

                    In English

                    SPAH

                    Spacelab Payload Accommodations Handbook

                    In English

                    SPAN

                    Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks

                    In English

                    SPAN

                    Spacecraft Analysis

                    In English

                    SPAO

                    Society of Physician Assistants in Otorhinolaryngology

                    In English

                    SPAO-HNS

                    Society of Physician Assistants in Otorhinolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery

                    In English

                    SPAR

                    Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research

                    In English

                    SPAR

                    Supportability Problem Assessment Report

                    In English

                    SPARC

                    Semantic Phonetic Automatic Reconstruction of Dictations

                    In English

                    SPARC

                    Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child

                    In English

                    SPARC

                    Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate

                    In English

                    SPARC

                    San Gorgonio Pass Amateur Radio Club

                    In English

                    SPARC

                    Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

                    In English

                    SPARQL

                    SPARQL Protocol And RDF Query Language

                    In English

                    SPARS

                    Space Precision Attitude Reference System

                    In English

                    SPARS

                    Society of Professional Audio Recording Services (www.spars.com)

                    In English

                    SPART

                    Space Research And Technology

                    In English

                    SPARTAN

                    Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy

                    In English

                    SPAS

                    Space Pallet Satellite

                    In English

                    SPAS

                    Sound and Particle Absorbing System

                    In English

                    SPAS

                    SMEs Virtual Platform on Agro-Food Sector to access the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programme

                    In English

                    SPAS

                    Shuttle Pallet Applications System

                    In English

                    SPAS

                    Shuttle Pallet Satellite

                    In English

                    SPASE

                    Space Physics Archive Search and Extract

                    In English

                    SPAT

                    Satellite Performance Analysis Team

                    In English

                    SPAT

                    Small-Payload Accommodation Terminal

                    In English

                    SPC

                    Secretariat of the Pacific Community

                    In English

                    SPC

                    Statistic Process Control

                    In English

                      SPC
                      Summary of Product Characteristics

                      SPC is equivalent to RCP (Résumé des Caractéristiques du Produit) in French.

                      In English

                      SPC

                      Statistical Process Control

                      In English

                      SPC

                      Shipping and Packing Cost

                      In English

                      SPC

                      Shuttle Processing Contract(or)

                      In English

                      SPC

                      Software Productivity Consortium

                      In English

                      SPC

                      Starting-Point Code

                      In English

                      SPC

                      Stored Program Command

                      In English

                      SPC

                      Stored Program Control

                      In English

                      SPC

                      Synoptic Properties Code

                      In English

                        SPC

                        South Pacific Commission

                        In English

                        SPC

                        Storm Prediction Center

                        In English

                        SPCA

                        Secondary Power Control Assembly

                        In English

                        SPCA

                        (International Convention on the) Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid

                        In English

                        SPCC
                        STS Processing Control Center

                        The abbreviation SPCC (STS Processing Control Center) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).

                        In English

                        SPCR
                        Software Problem Change Request

                        The abbreviation SPCR (Software Problem Change Request) includes the abbreviation CR (Change Request).

                        In English

                        SPCS

                        Service and Performance Checkout System

                        In English

                        SPCU

                        Simulation Process Control Unit

                        In English

                        SPD

                        Solar Physics Division

                        In English

                        SPD

                        Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (www.spd.de)

                        In German

                        SPD

                        Standard Practice Directive

                        In English

                        SPD

                        System Preliminary Design

                        In English

                        SPD

                        SharePoint Designer

                        In English

                        SPDB

                        Subsystem Power Distribution Box

                        In English

                        SPDIF

                        Sony-Philips Data Interchange Format

                        In English

                        SPDM

                        Special-Purpose Dexterous Manipulator

                        In English

                        SPDR

                        Scheduled Planning Drawing Release

                        In English

                        SPDR
                        Software Preliminary Design Review

                        The abbreviation SPDR (Software Preliminary Design Review) includes abbreviations PDR (Preliminary Design Review) and DR (Design Review).

                        In English

                        SPDS

                        Stabilized Payload Deployment System

                        In English

                        SPDT

                        Single Pole, Double Throw

                        In English

                          SPE

                          Software Process Engineering

                          In English

                          SPE

                          Static Phase Error

                          In English

                            SPE

                            Special Purpose Equipment

                            In English

                              SPEAC

                              Summer Programs East Asian Concentration

                              In English

                                SPEARS

                                Supplier Performance Evaluation and Rating System

                                In English

                                SPEE

                                Special-Purpose End Effector

                                In English

                                SPEEDI

                                System for Prediction of Environmental Emergency Dose Information

                                In English

                                SPF

                                Software Production Facility

                                In English

                                SPF

                                Spacelab Processing Facility

                                In English

                                SPFA

                                Single-Point Failure Analysis

                                In English

                                SPFL

                                Single-Point Failure List

                                In English

                                SPFM

                                Single-Point Failure Mode

                                In English

                                SPFP

                                Single-Point Failure Potential

                                In English

                                SPFS
                                Special Programme for Food Security

                                SPFS is equivalent to PSSA (Programme Spécial pour la Sécurité Alimentaire) in French.

                                In English

                                SPFS

                                Self-Propelled Fully Submersible

                                In English

                                SPG

                                Sisters of Providence of Gap

                                In English

                                SPG

                                Single-Point Ground

                                In English

                                  SPGAI

                                  Surface Position Gimbal Angle Indicator

                                  In English

                                  SPI

                                  Surface Position Indicator

                                  In English

                                    SPI

                                    Society of the Plastics Industry (https://www.plasticsindustry.org/)

                                    In English

                                    SPI

                                    Shallow Packet Inspection

                                    In English

                                    SPI

                                    Standardized Precipitation Index

                                    In English

                                    SPICE

                                    Shuttle Payload Integration Cargo Evaluation

                                    In English

                                    SPICE

                                    Spacelab Payload Integration and Coordination in Europe

                                    In English

                                    SPICE

                                    Survey Probe Infrared Celestial Experiment

                                    In English

                                    SPICE

                                    Survey Program of Infrared Celestial Experiments

                                    In English

                                    SPICE
                                    Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis

                                    The abbreviation SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) includes the abbreviation IC (Integrated Circuit).

                                    In English

                                    SPICe

                                    Scottish Parliament Information Centre

                                    In English

                                    SPIDF

                                    Support-Planning Identification File

                                    In English

                                    SPIDPO

                                    Shuttle Payload Integration and Development Program Office

                                    In English

                                    SPIDS

                                    Stabilized Payload Interface Deployment System

                                    In English

                                    SPIF

                                    Shuttle Payload Integration Facility

                                    In English

                                    SPIF

                                    Shuttle Processing Interface Facility

                                    In English

                                    SPIF

                                    Standard Payload Interface

                                    In English

                                    SPII

                                    Shuttle Program Implementation Instruction

                                    In English

                                    SPIMS

                                    Shuttle Program Information Management System

                                    In English

                                    SPINES

                                    Science and Technology Policy Information Exchange System

                                    In English

                                    SPIO-MRI

                                    Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

                                    In English

                                    SPIR

                                    Strategic Partner for Industrial Resurgence

                                    In English

                                    SPIRE

                                    Sensor Performance In a Radiation Environment

                                    In English

                                      SPIRE

                                      Spectral Infrared Rocket Experiment

                                      In English

                                      SPIRIT

                                      Sociaal progressief internationaal regionalistisch integraal-democratisch en toekomstgericht

                                      In Dutch

                                      SPIRIT

                                      Spatial Infrared Telescope

                                      In English

                                      SPITBOL

                                      SPeedy ImplemenTation of SNOBOL

                                      In English

                                      SPJ

                                      Society of Professional Journalists

                                      In English

                                      SPKI

                                      Simple Public Key Infrastructure

                                      In English

                                      SPL

                                      Science Photo Library

                                      In English

                                      SPL

                                      Scratch Pad Line

                                      In English

                                        SPL

                                        Secondary Payload

                                        In English

                                        SPL

                                        Serialized Parts List

                                        In English

                                        SPL

                                        Sonic Pressure Level

                                        In English

                                          SPL

                                          Sound Pressure Level

                                          In English

                                          SPL

                                          System Programming Language

                                          In English

                                          SPL

                                          Screening Probability Level

                                          In English

                                          SPLA
                                          Sudan People's Liberation Army

                                          SPLA is equivalent to APLS (Armée Populaire de Libération du Soudan) in French, ELPS (Ejército de Liberación del Pueblo de Sudán) in Spanish, SLOA (Súdánská lidově osvobozenecká armáda) in Czech.

                                          In English

                                          SPLM
                                          Sudan People's Liberation Movement

                                          SPLM is equivalent to MLPS (Movimiento de Liberación del Pueblo de Sudán) in English.

                                          In English

                                          SPM

                                          Seeker and Processor Math Models

                                          In English

                                          SPM

                                          Software Programmer's Manual

                                          In English

                                          SPM
                                          Software Performance Monitor

                                          The abbreviation SPM (Software Performance Monitor) includes the abbreviation PM (Performance Monitor).

                                          In English

                                          SPM

                                          Standard Parts Manual

                                          In English

                                          SPM
                                          Subsystem Project Manager

                                          The abbreviation SPM (Subsystem Project Manager) includes the abbreviation PM (Project Manager).

                                          In English

                                          SPM
                                          Standards and Procedures Manual

                                          The abbreviation SPM (Standards and Procedures Manual) is included in the abbreviation SSPM (Software Standards and Procedures Manual).

                                          In English

                                          SPM

                                          Social and Preventative Medicine

                                          In English

                                          SPMS

                                          Special-Purpose Manipulator System

                                          In English

                                          SPN

                                          Shuttle Project Notice

                                          In English

                                          SPN
                                          Skynprivaatnetwerk

                                          SPN is equivalent to VPN (Virtual Private Network) in English, RPV (Réseau Privé Virtuel) in French, RPV (Red Privada Virtual) in Spanish, VPN (Virtueel Particulier Netwerk) in Dutch, VPN (Virtuellt Privat Nätverk) in Swedish.

                                          In Afrikaans

                                          SPO

                                          Shuttle Program Office

                                          In English

                                          SPO

                                          Spacecraft Program Office

                                          In English

                                          SPO

                                          Spare Parts Order

                                          In English

                                          SPO

                                          Special Projects Office

                                          In English

                                          SPO

                                          System Program Office

                                          In English

                                          SPO
                                          System Project Office

                                          The abbreviation SPO (System Project Office) includes the abbreviation PO (Project Office).

                                          In English

                                          SPOC

                                          Shuttle Payload Operations Contract

                                          In English

                                          SPOC

                                          Shuttle Portable On-Board Computer

                                          In English

                                          SPOM

                                          Self Programmable One-chip Microcomputer

                                          In English

                                          SPOM

                                          STS Planning and Operations Management

                                          In English

                                          SPORT

                                          Samenspel Past Op Rechte Tijd

                                          In Dutch

                                          SPORTS

                                          Simplified Payload/Orbiter Thermal Simulator

                                          In English

                                          SPOT

                                          Strengthen Photonics and Optical Technologies (for Europe)

                                          In English

                                          SPOT

                                          Space Station Proximity Operations Trainer

                                          In English

                                          SPP

                                          Serial Port Profile

                                          In English

                                          SPP

                                          Security and Prosperity Partnership (of North America)

                                          In English

                                          SPP

                                          Security Practice and Procedures

                                          In English

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