STP may refer to:

Places

* São Tomé and Príncipe (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, IOC country code, and FIFA country code STP) * London St Pancras (Domestic) railway station (National Rail code STP) * St. Paul Downtown Airport (IATA airport code STP) in Saint Paul, Minnesota, US

Businesses and organizations

* German Union of Saddlers, Upholsterers and Portfolio Makers, a former German trade union *

STP (motor oil company) STP is an American brand of automotive aftermarket products, especially lubricants such as motor oil and motor oil additives. The name began as an abbreviation of ''Scientifically Treated Petroleum''. The brand has been owned by Energizer Holdi ...

Segmenting-targeting-positioning In marketing, segmenting, targeting and positioning (STP) is a broad framework that summarizes and simplifies the process of market segmentation.Moutinho, L., "Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning and Strategic Marketing," Chapter 5 in Strategic Ma ...

, a framework in marketing *

Society for Threatened Peoples The Society for Threatened Peoples International STPI (german: Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker-International, GfbV-International) is an international NGO and human rights organization with its headquarters in Göttingen, Germany. Its aim is ...

, an international NGO *

Space Test Program The Space Test Program (STP) is the primary provider of spaceflight for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) space science and technology community. STP is managed by a group within the Advanced Systems and Development Directorate, a d ...

, a spaceflight provider for US DoD *

Suntech Power Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. () is a Chinese producer of solar panels, with of annual production capacity by the end of 2011. It is headquartered in Wuxi, Jiangsu. Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited, a HKSE listed renewable energy inv ...

(NYSE symbol STP)

Drugs

* 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine, a psychedelic drug also known as DOM or STP

Entertainment

* Star Trek: Picard (2020 TV series), an American science fiction TV series * Star Trek: Prodigy (2021 TV series), an American science fiction children's TV series

Music

Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots (also known by the initialism STP) is an American rock band from San Diego, California, that originally consisted of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Dean (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass, backing vocals), and Eric Kr ...

, an American rock band * "S.T.P.", a song on the album ''

Robbin' the Hood ''Robbin' the Hood'' is the second studio album by American ska punk band Sublime, released on March 1, 1994 on Skunk Records. It is noted for its experimental nature, low production values, and numerous samples and interpolations of other art ...

'' by the band Sublime * STP, an American band with

Julia Cafritz Julia Cafritz (born May 5, 1965) is an American musician and guitarist who was a member of Pussy Galore and Free Kitten. She is regarded as a cult figure from the New York City noise music scene of the 1990s. Early life Cafritz was born in W ...

Computing

ISO 10303-21 STEP-File is a widely used data exchange form of STEP. ISO 10303 can represent 3D objects in Computer-aided design (CAD) and related information. Due to its ASCII structure, a STEP-file is easy to read, with typically one instance per line. Th ...

, the STEP CAD exchange file extension *

Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol A SCSI connector ( ) is used to connect computer parts that use a system called SCSI to communicate with each other. Generally, two connectors, designated male and female, plug together to form a connection which allows two components, such as a c ...

, supporting SATA devices in SAS bays * Server Time Protocol, to synchronize clocks *

Shielded twisted pair Twisted pair cabling is a type of wiring used for communications in which two conductors of a single circuit are twisted together for the purposes of improving electromagnetic compatibility. Compared to a single conductor or an untwisted ba ...

, a type of cable *

Signal Transfer Point A Signal Transfer Point (STP) is a node in an SS7 network that routes signaling messages based on their destination point code in the SS7 network. It works as a router that relays SS7 messages between ''signaling end-points'' (SEPs) and other s ...

, an SS7 packet switch *

Spanning Tree Protocol The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is a network protocol that builds a loop-free logical topology for Ethernet networks. The basic function of STP is to prevent bridge loops and the broadcast radiation that results from them. Spanning tree also ...

, a network protocol *

Software Technology Parks of India Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is an S&T organization under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) engaged in promoting IT/ ITES Industry, Innovation, R&D, Start-ups, Product/ IP creation in the field of emergin ...

Straight-through processing Straight-through processing (STP) is a method used by financial companies to speed up financial transactions by processing without manual intervention (straight-through). It was developed for equities trading in the early 1990s in London for auto ...

, without repeating data entry for a financial transaction

Medicine

* Scientist Training Programme, a UK healthcare training scheme under

Modernising Scientific Careers Modernising Scientific Careers (MSC) is a UK-wide government initiative to address the training and education needs of the whole healthcare science workforce in the National Health Service (NHS). The initiative won a Healthcare Innovation Award in ...

Sustainability and transformation plan In England, a sustainability and transformation plan (STP) is a non-statutory requirement which promotes integrated provision of healthcare, including purchasing and commissioning, within each geographical area of the National Health Service. The ...

, a scheme in NHS England

People

* Sir

Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his '' Discworld'' series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first no ...

, English satirical author

Other uses in science and technology

* Standard temperature and pressure, 0 °C and 100 kPa *

Sewage Treatment Plant Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewater treatment, municipal wastewater treatment) is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable for discharge to the surrounding en ...

, a site where wastewater is cleaned *

Shovel test pit A shovel test pit (STP) is a standard method for Phase I of an archaeological survey. It is usually a part of the Cultural Resources Management (CRM) methodology and a popular form of rapid archaeological survey in the United States of America a ...

, a method of archaeological survey *

Sodium triphosphate Sodium triphosphate (STP), also sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), or tripolyphosphate (TPP),

, used in detergents, etc. *

Stand-to-pee device A female urination device, female urination aid, or stand-to-pee device (STP) is a device which aids a woman to urinate while standing upright. Variations range from basic disposable funnels to more elaborate reusable designs. Female urination ...

, a female urination device

Other uses

* ''

Sacrae Theologiae Professor The Doctor of Sacred Theology ( la, Sacrae Theologiae Doctor, abbreviated STD), also sometimes known as Professor of Sacred Theology (, abbreviated STP), is the final theological degree in the pontifical university system of the Roman Catholic C ...

'', a Catholic degree *

Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic The Seattle to Portland, or STP, is an annual one- or two-day supported bicycle ride from Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, to Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The STP "is considered one of the 10 biggest recreationa ...

Soviet-type economic planning Soviet-type economic planning (STP) is the specific model of centralized planning employed by Marxist–Leninist socialist states modeled on the economy of the Soviet Union (USSR). The post-''perestroika'' analysis of the system of the Soviet ...

25 metre standard pistol 25 meter standard pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events, introduced at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in 1970. It has its roots in the conventional pistol competitions developed by the National Rifle Association of America T ...

, a shooting sport * Sticky toffee pudding, Lake District, UK