Comp, COMP or Comps may refer to:

Places

In England: * Comp, Kent In France: *

Comps, Drôme Comps is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may ...

Comps, Gard Comps (; ) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 350 communes of the Gard department of France. The communes cooperate in the following int ...

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

Comps-sur-Artuby Comps-sur-Artuby (, literally ''Comps on Artuby''; ) 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. Geography Clim ...

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 of m ...

, especially in jazz **

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

Compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...

Comping (post-production) Post-production, also known simply as post, is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, audio production, and photography. Post-production includes all stages of production occurring after principal photography or recording individ ...

, an edited recording from the best parts of multiple takes *

Music composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...

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 games they play, how much they bet and how long they play. Most casin ...

, 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 v ...

Comparables Comparables (or comps) is a real estate appraisal term referring to properties with characteristics that are similar to a subject property whose value is being sought. This can be accomplished either by a real estate agent who attempts to establish ...

, in real estate, in determining a property's market value *Complimentary, as in

free of charge The adjective ''free'' in English is commonly used in one of two meanings: "at no monetary cost" (''gratis'') or "with little or no restriction" (''libre''). This ambiguity can cause issues where the distinction is important, as it often is in ...

, such as a restaurant not charging for an unsatisfactory meal *

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 illustrat ...

, 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 A fiscal year (also known as a financial year, or sometimes budget year) ...

, in evaluating retail outlets' revenues *

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 computer files ...

, 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, 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 Test (assessment), examination that must be completed by graduate students in some disciplines and courses of st ...

, in higher education *

Comprehensive school A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 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 restricted on the basis ...

, 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 n ...

, 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 Model (person), models. They serve as the latest and best of a model's Career portfolio, portfolio and are used as a business c ...

s, used by modeling agencies in promoting models *

Competition Eliminator Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individ ...

, a

drag racing Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance, mos ...

class commonly called Comp or Comp Eliminator *

Recoil compensator A muzzle brake or recoil compensator is a device connected to, or a feature integral (ported barrel) 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 re ...

, a mechanism on a firearm *

Sweepstakes In the United States, 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. broadcast ...

, called ''competitions'' or ''comps'' in Australia and the United Kingdom {{disambig