Science and Technology
- Science Power Platform, planned Russian module of the International Space Station
- Self-propelled particles, a concept used in statistical physics to describe swarm behaviour
- Sequenced Packet Protocol, a network transport layer protocol promulgated by Xerox
- Serial Port Profile, a Bluetooth wireless interface profile
- Software Protection Platform, a Microsoft Windows license validation module
- Species pluralis (spp.), Latin abbreviation for multiple species
- Stromal processing peptidase, an metallopeptidase
- Surface plasmon polariton, a type of polariton from strong coupling of electromagnetic waves
- System Platform Processor, used in NVIDIA nForce2
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