Comp, COMP or Comps may refer to:

Places

In England: *

Comp, Kent Comp is a hamlet in the Tonbridge and Malling district, in the English county of Kent. History In 1240, the town was known as ''Camp de Wrotha'' (an abbreviation of Wrotham). It then was ''Caumpes'' in 1251 and ''Compe'' in 1461. The name is d ...

In France: *

Comps, Drôme Comps is a commune in the Drôme department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographic ...

Comps, Gard Comps (; oc, Combs) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of France. The communes cooperate in the followin ...

* Comps, Gironde * Comps-la-Grand-Ville *

Comps-sur-Artuby Comps-sur-Artuby (, literally ''Comps on Artuby''; oc, Comps d'Artubi) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is the nearest town to the eastern entrance to the Gorges du Verdon ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

;Music *

Accompaniment Accompaniment is the musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece. There are many different styles and types of accompaniment in different genres and styles ...

, especially in jazz **

Comping (jazz) In jazz, comping (an abbreviation of accompaniment; or possibly from the verb, to "complement") is the chords, rhythms, and countermelodies that keyboard players (piano or organ), guitar players, or drummers use to support a musician's improvi ...

* Compilation album * Comping (post-production), an edited recording from the best parts of multiple takes

Business and finance

Comps (casino) Comps are complimentary items and services given out by casinos to encourage players to gamble. The amount and quality of comps that a player is given usually depends on what game(s) they play, how much they bet, and how long they play. Most casi ...

, complimentary items or services given by casinos to patrons to encourage gambling *

Comparable company analysis In economics, valuation using multiples, or "relative valuation", is a process that consists of: * identifying comparable assets (the peer group) and obtaining market values for these assets. * converting these market values into standardized val ...

* Comparables, in real estate *

Comprehensive layout In graphic design and advertising, a comprehensive layout or comprehensive, usually shortened to comp, is the page layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the designer to a client, showing the relative positions of text and illustra ...

, in advertising and marketing, a proposed design presented to a client *

Same-store sales Same-store sales is a business term that refers to the difference in revenue generated by a retail chain's existing outlets over a certain period (often a fiscal quarter or a particular shopping season), compared to an identical period in the pas ...

Workers' compensation Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her emp ...

, compensation for work-related injuries and diseases

Computing and technology

Comp (command) In computing, comp is a command used on DEC OS/8,"Concise Command Language" (CCL). DOS, DR FlexOS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows and related computer operating systems such as ReactOS. It is used to perform comparisons of multiple compu ...

, a command in some computer operating systems which compares two or more files * Comp.*, a class of Usenet groups devoted to computers and related technology * Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP), a wireless communication technology

Education

College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) is a private, non-profit medical school for osteopathic medicine located in downtown Pomona, in the U.S. state of California. The college opened in 1977 as the only osteopathic medical s ...

, an osteopathic medical school in Pomona, California *

Composition studies Composition studies (also referred to as composition and rhetoric, rhetoric and composition, writing studies, or simply composition) is the professional field of writing, research, and instruction, focusing especially on writing at the college leve ...

, writing instruction emphasizing content and structure, as opposed to handwriting *

Comprehensive examination In higher education, a comprehensive examination (or comprehensive exam or exams), often abbreviated as "comps", is a specific type of examination that must be completed by graduate students in some disciplines and courses of study, and also by un ...

, in higher education *

Comprehensive school A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is r ...

, a type of school in the United Kingdom

Science

Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), also known as thrombospondin-5, is an extracellular matrix (ECM) protein primarily present in cartilage. In humans it is encoded by the ''COMP'' gene. Function The protein encoded by this gene is a ...

, or COMP * '' Comparettia'', an orchid genus

Other uses

Comp card A comp card (also called composite card, Z card, zed card or Sed card) is a marketing tool for actors and especially models. They serve as the latest and best of a model's portfolio and are used as a business card. A Z-CARD is also a folded le ...

s, used by modeling agencies in promoting models * Competition Eliminator, a drag racing class commonly called Comp or Comp Eliminator *

Recoil compensator A muzzle brake or recoil compensator is a device connected to, or a feature integral to the construction of, the muzzle or barrel of a firearm or cannon that is intended to redirect a portion of propellant gases to counter recoil and unwante ...

, a mechanism on a firearm *

Sweepstakes A sweepstake is a type of contest where a prize or prizes may be awarded to a winner or winners. Sweepstakes began as a form of lottery that were tied to products sold. In response, the FCC and FTC refined U.S. broadcasting laws (creating the ...

, called ''competitions'' or ''comps'' in Australia {{disambig